Alastair Down Press Room Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Cheltenham

4:10

Date 2024-10-25

Distance 2m3f200y

Class Class 2

Going Good

Type Hurdle

Surface Turf

Age Band 4yo+

Prize £9,506

Runners 8

Runners

#	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Wt	Gear	Form	OR	RPR	TS	Last	Crs	Dst	Val	Scr	Odds
4	Potters Charm b Sam Twiston-Davies · Nigel Twiston-Davies	Sam Twiston-Davies · Nigel Twiston-Davies	159	—	21-1	-	132	115	28d	—	—	-23	27.1	Evens 50%
Comfortably justified favouritism in a bumper and maiden hurdle (2m4f); nice prospect
3	Minella Sixo b Danny Gilligan · Gordon Elliott	Danny Gilligan · Gordon Elliott	159	—	11	-	131	110	18d	—	—	+3	22.7	10/3 23%
Kept jumping to his right at Fairyhouse but still won comfortably by 8l
2	Kingston James b Patrick Wadge · Lucinda Russell	Patrick Wadge · Lucinda Russell	159	—	/11-41	-	111	42	21d	—	—	-12	4.7	5/1 17%
Won an average novice at Hexham 21 days ago but he's a horse with potential
7	First Confession b Brendan Powell · Joe Tizzard	Brendan Powell · Joe Tizzard	154	—	1-	-	-	-	—	—	—	+5	12.1	12/1 8%
Fetched £140,000 at the sales soon after winning a heavy-ground point over 3m in Ireland
8	Cloonainra br Alex Harvey · John C McConnell	Alex Harvey · John C McConnell	152	—	F1-13	-	130	90	35d	—	—	-4	1.6	14/1 7%
In against the boys once more here and probably needs to progress again
1	Ailt An Chorrain b Henry Brooke · Patrick Neville	Henry Brooke · Patrick Neville	159	—	/2P2-1	-	98	83	69d	—	—	+8	10.7	33/1 3%
This is a way better race than the maiden hurdle he won at Perth in August
6	Better Off Alone b Sean Bowen · Martin Keighley	Sean Bowen · Martin Keighley	154	—	6/2-4	-	91	79	28d	—	—	+2	3.9	66/1 1%
Well behind Potters Charm last time and asking a lot to turn around that 40l deficit
5	Beaufort Breeze b Kielan Woods · D J Jeffreys	Kielan Woods · D J Jeffreys	154	—	PF-1	-	-	-	—	—	—	+9	10.2	200/1 0%
Lucky to win his third point and was bought for £9,000 afterwards

Horse	bet365	William Hill	Boyle Sports	Ladbrokes	Unibet
Potters Charm	10/11	10/11	10/11	10/11	Evens
Minella Sixo	3/1	10/3	10/3	3/1	10/3
Kingston James	5/1	9/2	9/2	4/1	4/1
First Confession	12/1	11/1	11/1	10/1	11/1
Cloonainra	14/1	12/1	12/1	12/1	14/1
Ailt An Chorrain	33/1	33/1	33/1	33/1	33/1
Better Off Alone	66/1	50/1	66/1	66/1	50/1
Beaufort Breeze	200/1	125/1	125/1	100/1	125/1

Predictor

Scored on Official Rating (max 30), Recent Form (max 25), and Market Odds (max 20). Max score: 75.

1st

Potters Charm

27.1

OR: 0 Form: 10 Odds: 17.1

Evens

2nd

Minella Sixo

22.7

OR: 0 Form: 17 Odds: 5.7

10/3

3rd

First Confession

12.1

OR: 0 Form: 10 Odds: 2.1

12/1

Ailt An Chorrain

10.7

OR: 0 Form: 10 Odds: 0.7

33/1

Beaufort Breeze

10.2

OR: 0 Form: 10 Odds: 0.2

200/1

Kingston James

4.7

OR: 0 Form: 0 Odds: 4.7

5/1

Better Off Alone

3.9

OR: 0 Form: 3.5 Odds: 0.4

66/1

Cloonainra

1.6

OR: 0 Form: 0 Odds: 1.6

14/1

Ratings

Horse	OR	RPR	TS
Potters Charm	—	132	115
Minella Sixo	—	131	110
Kingston James	—	111	42
First Confession	—	—	—
Cloonainra	—	130	90
Ailt An Chorrain	—	98	83
Better Off Alone	—	91	79
Beaufort Breeze	—	—	—

Last Run

Horse	Last Run	Status
Potters Charm	28d ago	Fit
Minella Sixo	18d ago	Fit
Kingston James	21d ago	Fit
First Confession	—	—
Cloonainra	35d ago	Fit
Ailt An Chorrain	69d ago	Fresh
Better Off Alone	28d ago	Fit
Beaufort Breeze	—	—

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