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Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race)
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12h 59min
Jumps race · low hurdles About 3 miles Good ground High-level race 6 runners £10,892 prize money E/W: also pays on 2nd, at 1/4 odds
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3 Road To Wembley
S. Bowen · O. Murphy · 5yo · 11st 8lb · Official rating 123
£1 wins £1.50 · 32 Strong chance
A 6-runner race works well for this horse
Headgear Form
32
Our top pick for this race
Strong chance
Odds 6/4
£1 wins £1.50 · 32 Strong chance
Fair price

TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £2.50 back.

How odds work
✓ Field size ✓ Race distance ✓ Trainer overall starts
Wearing tongue strap Won 3 of last 5 Likes this ground (wins 50% of runs)
Why this score
  • A 6-runner race works well for this horse. The number of runners changes the pace and how much room a horse has.
  • A 3m race suits this horse well. When a horse is comfortable with the distance, it can settle into a good rhythm.
  • This type of ground has not suited the horse: 6 runs without much success. Some horses prefer different ground.
TrackLab Insight
Road to Wembley is the market favourite and the most experienced runner here with 29 races under his belt; he's also the class act by win rate (7 wins from 29 races, roughly 1 in 4). His record on normal ground stands at 3 wins from 6 starts (50%), and distances of 2+ miles suit him (38% win rate), but his last run was a laboured 4th at Worcester 29 days ago, so form is a question.
Best record on this ground (3 from 6) Most experienced (29 runs, field avg 14) Best career win rate in field (1 in 4) Market favourite (7/4)
Fair price

TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £3.50 back.

How odds work
Stepping up to a harder race Wearing cheekpieces Won 2 of last 5 Raced here before Has won on this ground
Why this score
  • 6 runners today is a good number for this horse. The number of runners affects how a race is run.
  • A 3m race suits this horse well. When a horse is comfortable with the distance, it can settle into a good rhythm.
  • A 7.1% career win rate for C. Collins. That is below the top trainers.
TrackLab Insight
Kashchei is dropping two classes and arrives here off the back of three straight top-3 finishes, including a win at Downpatrick just 23 days ago. A 6-year-old with a 12% career win rate overall, but his recent form tells a sharper story: 2 wins in his last 6 races show he's figured something out, and his record on good ground (2 wins from 9 starts) suits this course.
Drops 2 classes from usual level 3 straight top-3 finishes
Fair price

TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £3.75 back.

How odds work
Wearing blinkers Back after 66 days off Won 2 of last 5
Why this score
  • A 6-runner race works well for this horse. The number of runners changes the pace and how much room a horse has.
  • A 21.3% overall win rate for H. Cobden. Good jockeys make better decisions during a race.
  • The trainer's horses do not always finish their races. That raises questions about fitness and preparation.
TrackLab Insight
Newbrook Diamond owns a sterling 67% win rate on fast, dry ground (2 wins from 3 starts), which is well above field average, but has not raced for 66 days despite recent wins at Cartmel and Wexford. His latest run was a laboured 5th place at Worcester, and he's one of the few here who has never won on a left-handed galloping track like Cheltenham (0 wins from 5 starts).
2nd highest rated (OR 124)
Fair price

TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £9.50 back.

How odds work
First run (debut)
Why this score
  • A 6-runner race works well for this horse. The number of runners changes the pace and how much room a horse has.
  • With a 15.8% win rate overall, B. Jones is one of the more dependable riders.
  • A 5.3% record at this course for K. Woollacott. This is not a track where the trainer has done well.
TrackLab Insight
This is a racecourse debut for a 6-year-old making an unusually late start to his racing career. With zero prior form and no solid evidence of what he can do, Woodstock Octo is a pure unknown—neither his trainer nor the market has anything concrete to go on.
Racecourse debut
Fair price

TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £29.00 back.

How odds work
Stepping up to a harder race Back after 312 days off Won 0 of last 5
Why this score
  • This is a 6-runner race, and the size suits this horse. Some horses prefer a small field with less traffic. Others do well in a crowd.
  • Today's race is over 3m. That distance looks right for this horse. Running over the right distance matters a lot.
  • M. Bowen has a 0% win rate at this course. It is not their strongest track. Some stables do better at some tracks than others.
TrackLab Insight
Landsborough is dropping three classes but is a genuine unknown: he hasn't raced in 312 days, has just one career race (a 5th place in Class 5), and has never run on normal ground before. At 20/1, there is no form whatsoever to suggest he belongs in this company after such a long absence.
Drops 3 classes from usual level Never raced on normal ground Lightly raced (1 career races) Absent 312 days (longest in field)
Fair price

TrackLab and the bookies agree on this horse's chances. Bet £1, and if it wins you get £151.00 back.

How odds work
Wearing hood Won 0 of last 5
Why this score
  • A low win rate on this ground from 6 previous runs. The ground could work against the horse today.
  • 6 runners today is a good number for this horse. The number of runners affects how a race is run.
  • C. Ellam wins 3.2% of their races overall. That is below the top trainers.
TrackLab Insight
Captain Connor is a 4-year-old winless from 13 races but has picked up two top-3 finishes in his last three outings, most recently a 2nd place 11 days ago. He's the lowest-rated horse here and carries bottom weight, but his ceiling remains unproven—he's competing at a significantly higher class than his career record suggests he's ready for.
Top-3 finishes in 2 of last 3 races
What the colours mean
40+ Very strong chance 20–39 Strong chance 12–19 Solid chance 6–11 Could surprise Under 6 Long shot Scores in a race add up to 100.How scores workModel estimates, not guaranteed. Past performance is no guide.

What these words mean

Underrated horse
We think this horse has a better chance than the bookmakers' odds suggest.
Our top pick
The horse with the highest TrackLab Score in the race.
TrackLab Score
Our model's estimate of a horse's chance of winning, as a number out of 100. The scores in a race add up to 100.
Ground
How the going was on the day, from Firm (hard and dry) to Heavy (very wet and muddy). On all-weather tracks it's Standard, Fast or Slow.
Race level (Class)
From Class 1 (elite) down to Class 7 (lowest).
Group, Grade and Listed
The top races. Group 1 on the Flat and Grade 1 over jumps are the highest level, then 2 and 3. Listed races sit just below.
Handicap
The handicapper gives better horses more weight to carry, so in theory they'd all finish together.
Maiden
A race for horses that haven't won yet.
Novice
A race for horses that are new to this type of race.
Chase, hurdle and bumper
Chase: jumps over fences. Hurdle: jumps over low hurdles. Bumper: a flat race for young jump horses.
Distance (m and f)
m is a mile and f a furlong, about 200 metres; 8 furlongs make a mile.
Each way
A bet that pays out if your horse wins or finishes in the top 3 (how far down it pays varies by race). It is really two bets.
Weight
How much the horse carries, including the jockey. 9st 5lb means nine stone five pounds.
Jockey claim
An apprentice jockey can claim a weight discount, so the horse carries a little less.
Headgear
Blinkers, visor, cheekpieces, tongue tie, hood and eyeshield change what the horse sees or feels.
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