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Happy 80th Birthday June O'Dwyer Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Newton Abbot · Tue 24th Jun 2025 · 17:57

📏 2m5½f 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Hurdle

2nd

Time To Bite

11/2

Bryan Carver

1st

Byzantium

4/9F

Jay Tidball(5)

3rd

Kill The Groove

4/1

Ben Jones

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Class

Class 4

📏

Distance

2m5½f

🌿

Going

Good

🏟️

Surface

Turf

🐎

Runners

🔖

Type

Hurdle

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
🥇 1st	Byzantium Form: –	5y lbs	Jay Tidball(5) Paul Nicholls	–	4/9F
5	Beau Gold (FR) Form: –	5y lbs	Richie McLernon Jonjo & A J O'Neill	–	33/1
PU	Kentucky Bluegrass (GB) Form: –	5y lbs	Lorcan Murtagh Nigel Hawke	–	16/1
PU	Sure To Be Sure Form: –	5y lbs	Paul O'Brien Helen Nelmes	–	125/1
🥈 2nd	Time To Bite Form: –	10y lbs	Bryan Carver Chris Honour	–	11/2
🥉 3rd	Kill The Groove Form: –	5y lbs	Ben Jones Ben Pauling	–	4/1
4	Needtoknow (IRE) Form: –	5y lbs	James Best Joe Ponting	–	80/1

Today's NAP of The Day

15:05 AscotWINNER

Racecard ›

Limestone

J : Dylan Browne McMonagle

T : Joseph Patrick O'Brien

15:05

Age: 3

Form: 321-11

Weight: 128 lbs

OR:

Joseph O\'Brien had a fantastic opening day, saddling one winner and three placed horses, and his team continues to operate in excellent form.

His representative here, LIMESTONE, really caught my eye on his latest start in Ireland. For a brief moment he looked as though he might be struggling for pace, but when asked to quicken he produced a turn of foot that was extremely impressive.

The step up to 1m6f is unknown territory for many in this field, but based on the way he finished off his race over 1m5f, I don\'t see the extra furlong being an issue at all. In fact, it may bring out even more improvement.