NewcastleThu, December 11, 2025

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13:15 Newcastle

Position Payout At Bet365 Novices' Handicap Hurdle

C5 | 4+

Winner GBP £3,248 - 11 runners

2m 7f 149y

Going: Good to Soft

Surface: T

Race Tip

Irish raider KING GRIS (9) made the perfect start for Gordon Elliott when returning from a break gaining a strong 2m3 1/2f Ayr hurdle win. On the back of that performance rates the one to beat again. BIG ZOUK (2) shaped better than the bare result when fifth making stable debut for trainer Nicky Richards at Hexham over 2m4f. Might strip fitter looking a live danger under Brian Hughes. TEES COMP'S CLIVE (7) brings recent placed form. Can bounce back from his Market Rasen effort and get involved. Warrants serious consideration. SNOWROCCO (4) is hard to dismiss if recapturing the promise of her Wetherby second.