Worcester

CopyBet And Worcester Racecourse 2026 Partnership/EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Qual') (GBB)

Distance: 2m

Going: Good

Prize: £5,827

Runners: 15

Winning time: 3m 57.03s (slow by 21.03s)

Age: 4-6yo

Class: Class 3

2 Big Ginge

J: Mr Jamie Neild(7)

T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: 116

SP: 4/9F

Made all - pushed along 2 out - ridden out run-in(op 4/7)

2 3¼

6 Lock Stock

J: Ben Jones

T: Ben Pauling

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: -

SP: 12/1

Took keen hold - raced in second - 2 lengths down last - kept on(op 14/1)

3 1¾ 5

8 Poet Laureate

J: Freddie Gordon(3)

T: Chris Gordon

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: -

SP: 12/1

Jumped right - midfield - headway 4 out - went fourth 2 out - hung left but went third run-in - stayed on (jockey said gelding hung left-handed and jumped right-handed)(tchd 11/1)

4 2¾ 7¾

7 Milan Tino

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Tom George

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: 123

SP: 9/2

Prominent - 4 lengths third last - lost position and no extra run-in(op 4/1 tchd 7/2)

5 17 24¾

10 Wild Goose

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: -

SP: 14/1

Jumped left - held up in rear - some headway 5th - mistake and weakened 2 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the second last hurdle)(op 16/1)

6 1 25¾

1 Away For The Night

J: Bryan Carver

T: Alex Hales

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: -

SP: 18/1

Took keen hold - prominent - lost fourth 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 22/1 tchd 16/1)

7 17 42¾

3 Greedy Smith

J: Kielan Woods

T: Jonjo & A J O'Neill

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: -

SP: 40/1

Held up in rear - some headway after 4 out - weakened from 3 out

8 3 45¾

5 Known Warrior

J: Rex Dingle

T: Richard J Bandey

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: -

SP: 40/1

Midfield - no chance from 3 out - switched right before last(op 25/1)

9 6 51¾

4 Hey Buddy

J: Jack Hogan

T: Fergal O'Brien

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: -

SP: 28/1

Towards rear throughout(op 16/1 tchd 14/1)

10 18 69¾

14 The Bluesmaster

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Age: 4

Weight: 10st 13lbs

OR: -

SP: 125/1

Midfield - awkward jump 1st - not fluent 3rd - weakening when not fluent 3 out(op 150/1 tchd 100/1 and tchd 200/1)

11 28 97¾

15 Little Wren

J: Tristan Durrell(3)

T: Dan Skelton

Age: 5

Weight: 10st 7lbs

OR: -

SP: 200/1

Always behind - lost touch after 4 out - tailed off(op 100/1 tchd 250/1)

9 Virtuose D'Ainay

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Thomas Gallagher

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: -

SP: 200/1

Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - dropped to midfield 5th - weakened after 4 out - tailed off when pulled up 3 out(tchd 100/1)

11 Can You Hear Me

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Age: 4

Weight: 10st 13lbs

OR: -

SP: 28/1

Midfield - some headway 3rd - not fluent 5th - fell 4 out(tchd 22/1 and tchd 33/1)

12 Lovis De Sceaux

J: James Best

T: Sarah-Jayne Davies

Age: 4

Weight: 10st 13lbs

OR: -

SP: 250/1

Midfield - stumbled and fell 2nd(op 100/1)

13 Son Of Tyran

J: Charlie Todd

T: Dan Skelton

Age: 4

Weight: 10st 13lbs

OR: -

SP: 125/1

Always behind - tailed off when pulled up 3 out(op 50/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £1.45

Tote place: £1.10 £2.90 £3

Exacta: £7.50

Trifecta: £50.10

CSF: £8.54