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12:40 Windsor

Thorn Plant Hire Novices' Hurdle (Gbb Race)

C2 | 5+

Winner GBP £15,843 - 6 runners

3m

Going: Good to Soft

Surface: T

Race Tip

The Olly Murphy-trained THEY CALL ME HUGO (3) lost nothing in defeat when going down by the narrowest of margins in the G2 Bristol Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham in December. He should relish this test and can get back to winning ways at the chief expense MONEYGARROW (1). Dan Skelton's Shantou gelding ran well when fifth in the G2 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham before getting off the mark in a maiden hurdle at Warwick last month. He should still have more to offer and looks like the obvious danger. It would be foolish to ignore the claims of Set Weights INDON VILLAGE (2) who should appreciate going up in trip after winning a novices' hurdle at Leicester. HAWTHORN STREET (4) is next best.