Lingfield Races
Lingfield
12:42
Sharon Knapp Memorial Cup EBF "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle (Qualifier) (GBB Race)
Lingfield
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025
Distance: 2m3½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £1.84
Place: £1.20 £5.20
Exacta: £19.60
Trifecta: £104.50
Non-Runners: Calvino (vet's certificate, pricked foot), Luwdvig (self certificate, scoped wrong)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | Minella Marathon | 4 G | Elite | Dan Skelton | 153 lbs | 5/6F | Won | In touch with leaders - not fluent 2nd - hit 3 out - niggled along and steady headway before 2 out - edged left and bumped rival after 2 out - led approaching last - ridden and went clear run-in - comfortably(op 8/11) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Can You Hear Me (IRE) | 4 G | Poor |
Callum Pritchard
(5)lbs
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Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | 148 lbs | 18/1 | 3.25 | In touch with leaders - hit 4th - mistake and dropped to rear 5th - outpaced after 2 out - rallying when mistake last - kept on run-in - went second final 110yds - eyecatcher(tchd 12/1) | |
| 3rd | 7 | Laurier Des Obeaux (FR) | 4 G | Poor | Gary & Josh Moore | 153 lbs | 28/1 | 1 | Held up in rear - ran green and cajoled along with one circuit to go - outpaced before 2 out - rallying when awkward jump last - stayed on run-in(op 25/1) | ||
| 4th | 3 | Les's Destiny Star (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Ben Pauling | 154 lbs | 13/2 | 2 | Led at steady pace - increased tempo after 3 out - headed 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 8/1 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 5th | 5 | Purple Owl (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | David Pipe | 154 lbs | 5/1 | .5 | Prominent - not fluent 3rd - led 2 out - headed approaching last - weakened quickly run-in(op 7/1) | ||
| 6th | 2 | Korkoran (FR) | 5 G | Poor | Harry Derham | 154 lbs | 4/1 | 17 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - dropped to last before 2 out - weakened quickly approaching last(tchd 7/2) |