1.05 William Hill Formby Novices´ Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) of £100,000.00 3-y-o plus(Class 1) 2m. 209yds.

Aintree Results Fri, 26th Dec, 2025

Going - Good to Soft.

Placepot Pool - £140,873.82 Winning Units - 1634.15 Dividend - £62.90. Quadpot Pool - £10,816.31 Winning Units - 511.29 Dividend - £15.60. Place Six Dividend - £72.12. Place Five Dividend - £34.06.

William Hill Formby Novices´ Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) of £100,000.00 3-y-o plus (Class 1) 2m. 209yds.

1st - £56,950.00, 2nd - £21,370.00, 3rd - £10,700.00, 4th - £5,330.00, 5th - £2,680.00, 6th - £1,340.00 6 Ran

Stewards Report

1st

Idaho Sun (IRE) 11-8 (Mr Jeremy Gear)
Rated 135
Idaho (IRE) - West Elite (IRE)(Westerner (GB))
Breeder - T. McAuliffe

(Morning price: 4/1 7/2 4/1 9/2 4/1 9/2 4/1 7/2)
(Ring price: 7/2 10/3 16/5 3/1) SP 3/1

H Fry

B Carver

Tote Win £4.10 Place £1.60

(two hurdles in home straight omitted) raced in fourth, improved into second 3 out, led home straight, ridden run-in, pulled clear near finish

29th Nov, 25 Bangor-on-Dee
1st Hdl This
Race

2nd

3.25L

Mydaddypaddy (IRE) 11-8 (Mr Dermot Hanafin)
Rated 138
Walk In The Park (IRE) - Debdebdeb (GB)(Teofilo (IRE))
Breeder - Dermot Hanafin

(Morning price: 8/15 1/2 4/9 2/5 4/9 1/2 8/15 4/7 8/13 8/15 4/7)
(Ring price: 4/7 8/13) SP 8/13fav

D Skelton

Harry Skelton

Place £1.20

held up in last, smooth headway into third last, travelled strongly home straight, soon asked for effort to chase winner, no impression near finish

3rd Dec, 25 Haydock
1st Hdl This
Race 10th Mar, 26 Cheltenham
3rd Hdl Rated 139

3rd

The Last Cloud (IRE) 11-8 (Mr B Hague, Mrs W Duffus & Partner)
Rated 123
Cloudings (IRE) - Lady Lucarno (GB)(Lucarno (USA))
Breeder - Mr & Mrs James Hannon

(Morning price: 28/1 20/1 22/1 20/1 33/1)
(Ring price: 33/1 28/1 33/1 28/1 25/1 22/1 18/1 16/1 18/1) SP 18/1

Patrick Neville

B Hughes

prominent, lost place 3 out, struggling after last, rallied into third home straight, no chance with front two

24th Oct, 25 Cheltenham
4th Hdl Rated 123 This
Race 24th Jan, 26 Doncaster
3rd Hdl Rated 129

4th

8.5L

Starmount (IRE) 11-8 (Dineen, King, Stokes & Wicks)
sr
Mount Nelson (GB) - Sparky May (GB)(Midnight Legend (GB))
Breeder - Ruxley Holdings Ltd

(Morning price: 7/1 15/2 8/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 10/1 12/1)
(Ring price: 11/1 12/1 14/1) SP 14/1

B Pauling

Kielan Woods

led, shaken up and headed home straight, soon weakened

6th Dec, 25 Wetherby
1st Hdl This
Race 22nd Jan, 26 Wetherby
1st Hdl Rated 123

5th

8.5L

Glance At Midnight (GB) 11-8 (Mr Andrew J Martin)
Rated 127
Passing Glance (GB) - Call Me A Legend (GB)(Midnight Legend (GB))
Breeder - Pitchall Stud

(Morning price: 20/1 25/1 28/1 33/1 25/1 22/1 25/1 22/1 18/1 22/1)
(Ring price: 22/1 25/1) SP 25/1

Andrew J Martin

Shane Quinlan

raced in fifth, dropped to last before final flight, rallied into fourth home turn, soon dropped to fifth and beaten

12th Dec, 25 Cheltenham
2nd Hdl This
Race 5th Feb, 26 Huntingdon
2nd Hdl Rated 127

6th

45L

Storming George (IRE) 11-8 (Peter Beadles)
sr Rated 127
Order Of St George (IRE) - Nickel (IRE)(Presenting (GB))
Breeder - Mr Neville Reid

(Morning price: 16/1 18/1 16/1 14/1 12/1 14/1 11/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 9/1 17/2)
(Ring price: 9/1 17/2 8/1 17/2) SP 17/2

Neil King

J M Quinlan

tracked leader, not fluent last, soon dropped to last and well beaten

29th Nov, 25 Doncaster
1st Hdl This
Race 5th Feb, 26 Doncaster
2nd Hcp Hdl Rated 125

Off 1.07
Time 4m. 1.72 secs, which is 13.30 secs faster than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £6.90
Tote Trifecta- £34.90
CSF- £5.54
Tricast- £22.22.

Non runners Diamond Hunter ( Self Cert (Abscess) ), Wahraan (FR) ( Self Cert (Not Eaten Up) )
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