Doncaster
13:25
Virgin Bet A Good Bet Mares' Novices' Hurdle () (GBB Race)
Doncaster Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 Distance: 3m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £13.80 Place: £2.80 £1.40 £4 Exacta: £54.30 Trifecta: £456.10
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Held up in rear - headway and pressed leaders 3rd - on inner home straight - led before 2 out - pushed along and went clear before last - ridden run-in - easily (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - mare dealt with the preliminaries better today than previously at Warwick where she boiled over)(tchd 9/1)
5 M Elite Anthony Honeyball 154 lbs 11/1 Won
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2nd
Prominent - on outer home straight - went second 2 out - soon no chance with winner - mistake last(op 7/2)
6 M Good Fergal O'Brien 154 lbs 85/40F 21
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3rd
Prominent - disputed lead 1st - on inner home straight - lost position before 2 out - soon outpaced and no chance - stayed on and went modest third run-in(op 18/1 tchd 16/1)
5 M Good Anthony Honeyball 154 lbs 20/1 1
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4th
Prominent - on outer home straight - weakened from 2 out - lost third run-in(op 9/4)
5 M Elite Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls 154 lbs 3/1 3
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5th
Held up in rear - headway 3 out - on outer home straight - weakened after 2 out(op 9/1 tchd 15/2 and tchd 10/1)
5 M AVG Dan Skelton 154 lbs 8/1 45
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99th
Led - joined 1st - on inner home straight - lost position before 2 out - soon weakened - pulled up last(op 16/1)
5 M Good Anthony Honeyball 154 lbs 10/1 -
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99th
In rear - short of room and mistake 1st - not fluent 7th - not fluent and weakened 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (trainer's rep said - regarding poor form shown - mare never appeared to be travelling)(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
4 F Elite Jamie Snowden 154 lbs 18/1 -
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99th
Prominent - in rear when hampered 1st - mistake 2nd - weakened after 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 10/3 tchd 3/1)
5 M AVG Emmet Mullins 154 lbs 18/5 -
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