bet365 Premier Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
—	1	—	Le Beau Madrik (G) Pulled Up Runner-up both bumpers and has looked a useful prospect when winning maiden/novice events at Newcastle since switching to hurdles. Unlikely to give up his unbeaten record over hurdles without a fight…	2-211P	Harry Skelton D Skelton	5	73.5kg	4.50 7/2
5th	2	—	Caballo De Guerra (G) Plenty of promise in bumpers and spearheaded a 1-2-3 for his yard in 2m course novice on hurdle debut in October. Hasn't really built on that when fourth on all 3 outings since and will need to advan…	7-14445	D R Fox L Russell & M Scudamore	5	72.1kg	81 80/1
—	3	—	Gaelic Rover (G) Fell Showed promise despite falling both starts in Irish points and has made a good start over hurdles, placing twice before landing the maiden at Newcastle (2m, good to soft) last month. The yard is no s…	FF-321F	Jamie Hamilton Ruth Jefferson	5	72.1kg	17 16/1
2nd	4	—	Kosac D'oudairies (G) Point/bumper winner who has struck twice over hurdles, seeing off the reopposing Red Oak by 1¼ lengths at Catterick (19f, good to soft) for latter win 38 days ago. This demands more but he's going th…	31-1212	G Sheehan Jamie Snowden	6	72.1kg	11 10/1
1st	5	—	Montemares (G) Made a winning start to his career in 19.5f Hereford maiden hurdle in November and followed up in 20.5f Market Rasen novice a month later. Lost his unbeaten record but advanced his form again when 7¾…	1141	Stan Sheppard T Lacey	5	72.1kg	7 6/1
—	6	—	Red Oak (G) Pulled Up Runner-up twice in bumpers in Ireland. Filled the same position on hurdle/stable debut at Ascot in November and didn't need to reproduce that form to go one better over 2½m at Musselburgh in December…	2212P4	S Bowen James Owen	6	72.1kg	29 28/1
—	7	—	Starmount (G) FAV Pulled Up Successful on completed start in points and has taken well to hurdling, winning a pair of 2m Wetherby novices in the mud this winter. Fourth in the Grade 1 Formby at Aintree in between. The form of h…	F1-141	Ben Jones B Pauling	6	72.1kg	3 2/1
—	8	—	The Blue Room (G) Went the right way in bumpers and made a successful start over hurdles in 2m Chepstow maiden in November. Came from an unpromising position when second behind hard held No Drama This End in Sandown G…	241-12P	Non Runner O Murphy	6	72.1kg	9 8/1
—	9	—	The Last Cloud (G) Pulled Up Improved to land hat-trick in 2m maiden/handicaps at Perth in the first half of the season and better form when reaching the frame 3 times in Graded novices at up to 3m since. In the mix again.	111433	B S Hughes P Neville	6	72.1kg	7 6/1
3rd	10	—	West Hill Verde (G) Runner-up on the first of 3 bumper starts and going the right way over hurdles without winning, finishing second of 13 in maiden at Doncaster (19.5f) last month. Bit of a surprise if a first win arri…	8-53323	Sean Houlihan J W Mullins	6	72.1kg	34 33/1
4th	11	—	Lord Byron (G) P Fairly useful form when runner-up on second of 2 Flat starts for Aidan O'Brien and sound start over hurdles for new connections, latterly finishing 4 lengths fourth in Grade 2 Finesse at Cheltenham. …	24454	Danny McMenamin Faye Bramley	4	66.7kg	10 9/1

Betting forecast: Starmount (2/1), Le Beau Madrik (7/2), Montemares (6/1), The Last Cloud (6/1), The Blue Room (8/1), Lord Byron (9/1), Kosac D'oudairies (10/1), Gaelic Rover (16/1), Red Oak (28/1), West Hill Verde (33/1), Caballo De Guerra (80/1)