Result 14:20 · Aintree

Betway Top Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)

Grade 12m 110yGood To Soft4yo+ · 10 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 03.47s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Belfast Banter (IRE)	Kevin Sexton	Peter Fahey	—	10.0	12.0
2	Do Your Job (IRE)	Brendan Powell	Michael Scudamore	1¼L	13.0	14.6
3	Dusart (IRE)	Nico de Boinville	N J Henderson	2½L	3.50	3.98
4	Third Time Lucki (IRE)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	14½L	3.50	3.73
5	For Pleasure (IRE)	Harry Bannister	Alex Hales	20L	12.0	12.8
6	Timberman (IRE)	Paddy Brennan	F O'Brien	35L	41.0	60.0
7	Ajero (IRE)	David Bass	Kim Bailey	35¼L	9.00	11.5
PU	Bombyx (GB)	Bryony Frost	Lucy Wadham	—	101.0	94.3
UR	Houx Gris (FR)	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls	—	10.0	10.8
PU	Any News (IRE)	Sam Twiston-Davies	N P Mulholland	—	15.0	18.5

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Ajero (IRE) t

6yo · 11-4 · OR 140

321111 J David Bass T Kim Bailey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 Mar 21	Huntingdon	2m	Good To Soft	C3	1/4	—	1.57
21 Feb 21	Market Rasen	2m 110y	Soft	C3	1/7	—	4.50
23 Nov 20	Kempton Park	2m	Good	C4	1/3	—	1.91

4 wins from 6 · placed 6

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Any News (IRE)

6yo · 11-4 · OR 143

112U J Sam Twiston-Davies T N P Mulholland —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Mar 21	Kelso	2m 2f	Good To Soft	C1	UR	—	4.00
11 Dec 20	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C3	2/6	1L	2.75
11 Nov 20	Bangor-on-Dee	2m 110y	Soft	C4	1/4	—	2.62

2 wins from 4 · placed 3

Won 2 of 3 at around this trip

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Belfast Banter (IRE) t

6yo · 11-4 · OR 135

125621 J Kevin Sexton T Peter Fahey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Mar 21	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C1	1/25	—	34.0
28 Feb 21	Naas	1m 7f 110y	Soft	—	2/7	8L	7.00
07 Feb 21	Musselburgh	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C2	6/7	7¼L	11.0

3 wins from 16 · placed 11

Won 3 of 10 at around this trip

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Bombyx (GB)

6yo · 11-4 · OR 122

353013 J Bryony Frost T Lucy Wadham —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Mar 21	Newbury	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C4	3/9	10¼L	3.25
17 Mar 21	Huntingdon	2m	Soft	C4	1/9	—	2.00
06 Jul 19	Haydock Park	1m 4f	Good To Firm	C2	13/17	13L	15.0

3 wins from 12 · placed 9

Won 1 of 2 at around this trip

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Do Your Job (IRE) t

7yo · 11-4 · OR 136

211242 J Brendan Powell T Michael Scudamore —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Mar 21	Kelso	2m 2f	Good To Soft	C1	2/7	9½L	11.0
02 Jan 21	Sandown Park	2m	Heavy	C1	4/7	23¼L	6.00
21 Nov 20	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C1	2/6	4¼L	2.75

2 wins from 7 · placed 5

Won 2 of 3 at around this trip

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Dusart (IRE)

6yo · 11-4

1 J Nico de Boinville T N J Henderson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Nov 20	Newbury	2m 110y	Good	C4	1/12	—	2.75

1 win from 1 · placed 1

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For Pleasure (IRE)

6yo · 11-4 · OR 144

314103 J Harry Bannister T Alex Hales —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Mar 21	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	3/8	26¼L	41.0
21 Feb 21	Newbury	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C1	14/23	18¼L	51.0
15 Nov 20	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	1/6	—	15.0

4 wins from 20 · placed 12

Won 2 of 8 at around this trip

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Third Time Lucki (IRE)

6yo · 11-4 · OR 144

112146 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Mar 21	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C1	6/25	3¼L	9.00
07 Feb 21	Musselburgh	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C2	4/7	5L	1.91
26 Dec 20	Kempton Park	2m	Good To Soft	C2	1/6	—	2.10

5 wins from 10 · placed 7

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Timberman (IRE)

6yo · 11-4

25431 J Paddy Brennan T F O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Mar 21	Doncaster	2m 110y	Good	C4	1/9	—	2.00
09 Feb 21	Kempton Park	2m 2f	Standard To Slow	C5	3/13	1¾L	9.00
18 Jan 21	Lingfield Park	2m	Standard To Slow	C4	4/11	2¾L	5.50

1 win from 5 · placed 3

Won 1 of 4 at around this trip

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Houx Gris (FR)

4yo · 10-12 · OR 130

34 J Harry Cobden T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Mar 21	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C1	4/22	3¾L	6.50
09 Jan 21	Chepstow	2m	Soft	C1	3/8	22½L	7.50

0 wins from 2 · placed 1

2 runs at around this trip without a win

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