Free Raceday 9 March Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
8th	1	—	Eric Gorcombe (G) No show in points/trio of hurdle starts.	PPP-084	Harry Kimber R Walford	7	72.6kg	201 200/1
7th	2	—	Fane Court (G) Bought for 5,000 gns after winning an Irish point in November but has been tailed off in a pair of novice hurdles.	74P-432	Shane Quinlan B Lund	8	72.6kg	126 125/1
2nd	3	—	Five Bar Gate (G) FAV Point bumper winner who improved on Rules debut form to land 7-runner bumper at Plumpton (17.8f, soft) in December. Showed an aptitude for hurdling when fifth of 13 in a C&D maiden last month and lik…	5/1-6152	C O'Farrell N P Mulholland	6	72.6kg	1.83 5/6
5th	4	—	Georges Street (G) €38,000 3-y-o, £7,000 4-y-o, Order of St George gelding. Dam, maiden on Flat, half-sister to high-class hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3m) Sharjah. Unpromising in points and sold cheaply.	PP559-6	Ben Godfrey Claire Hitch	5	72.6kg	126 125/1
—	5	—	Leader Crik (G) Very tall gelding who finished runner-up sole start in Irish points (May 2025). Shaped as if in need of the experience when sixth of 7 in novice hurdle at Cheltenham (19.9f, good) on hurdles bow in O…	261	Sam Twiston-Davies N & W Twiston-Davies	5	72.6kg	13 12/1
4th	6	—	Sailing By (G) Produced a promising first effort behind a couple of useful prospects when third of 13 in Chepstow bumper (2m, soft) on debut in November. Went backwards in a similar event at Exeter prior to being g…	37744	Brendan Powell J Tizzard	5	72.6kg	4.33 10/3
6th	7	—	Paradise Park (M) Shaped with some encouragement when fourth of 10 in a bumper at Uttoxeter in April 2024 but made a low-key hurdles debut 8 months later and off a further 12 months.	4/9-697	Tabitha Worsley T Faulkner	8	69.4kg	126 125/1
1st	8	—	Innamorato (G) P Showed fairly useful form when hitting the frame in pair of juvenile hurdles in France last summer but well below that level both starts in Britain. Step up in trip needs to trigger a better showing.	438413	H Cobden P F Nicholls	4	66.2kg	6.50 11/2
3rd	9	—	Mariole (G) Made a promising start to career when second of 9 in French bumper over 1½m for Mathieu Pitart in April. Well held in a listed event at Cheltenham on New Year's Day on first start for Nicky Henderson…	036	N de Boinville N J Henderson	4	66.2kg	4.33 10/3

Betting forecast: Five Bar Gate (5/6), Mariole (10/3), Sailing By (10/3), Innamorato (11/2), Leader Crik (12/1), Georges Street (125/1), Paradise Park (125/1), Fane Court (125/1), Eric Gorcombe (200/1)