Fast Results

Scores

Racecards

14:30 Kempton

Wednesday 26 December 2018

All12:5013:2013:5514:3015:0515:40

Unibet Christmas Hurdle (Grade 1)

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 3m 47.1s

1^st

Verdana Blue

611-0

11/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Held up in rear, headway after 3 out, ridden next, went second between last 2, stayed on strongly run in to lead post op 6/1

2^nd

Buveur D'Air

711-7

1/4f

T: N J HendersonJ: B J Geraghty

Held up in touch, headway 5th, went second when hit 3 out, led next, soon ridden, headed post op 2/9

3^rd

If The Cap Fits

611-7

7/1

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Tracked leaders, headway after 4 out, ridden and one paced approaching 2 out op 8/1

4^th

Global Citizen

611-7

11/1

T: B PaulingJ: David Bass

Led, soon clear, headed 2 out, hung left and no extra op 12/1

5^th

Boite

811-7

66/1

T: W GreatrexJ: G Sheehan

Tracked leader to 3 out, soon outpaced tchd 50/1

Watch Race Replay

Unlimited race replays of all UK & Irish racing

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.10Pl:£2.30, £1.10EX:£11.90Trifecta:£25.80SF:£8.37

Forecasts

Buveur D'Air (1/4), Verdana Blue (11/2), If The Cap Fits (7/1), Global Citizen (11/1), Boite (66/1)

Look no further than the brilliant BUVEUR D'AIR. Winner of the Champion Hurdle in each of the past two seasons, he added yet another Fighting Fifth Hurdle to his already burgeoning CV when fully deflating the hype which had built up around the Irish challenger Samcro. Furthermore, his trainer Nicky Henderson is an absolute master at handling these top-class 2-milers. By recording a second straight Christmas Hurdle win, that aforementioned CV will hold an obvious degree of symmetry in terms of Grade 1 victories.