EBF British Stallion Studs 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 13:17 | Winning time: 5m 46.1s

1^st

Springtown Lake

611-8

1/12f

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Led sole rival throughout, not fluent 3rd, well clear 2 out, canter

2^nd

I'm Always Trying

511-2

8/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Chased sole rival throughout, slow 1st, mostly ridden along from 2nd, lost touch 2 out op 9/1

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Forecasts

Springtown Lake (1/12), I'm Always Trying (8/1)

A disappointing turnout and so this looks a strong chance for SPRINGTOWN LAKE to get back to winning ways under the champion jockey. He was a winner on seasonal reappearance in October and, following a mishap at Wincanton next time out, has performed admirably well in better races than this in two starts since. I'm Always Trying is likely to have a future over jumps and should improve from his Ffos Las run last month, but will need to do so significantly to make a race of this.