Twin-Cheltenham Pageant winner Structure Hill will make his Flat debut on Friday after a collection of falls over obstacles.
Structure Hill is all set for his Flat debut at Southwell (Picture: Getty)
Every little thing you should know as Nationwide Hunt star Structure Hill takes to that Flat at Southwell
- Friday’s characteristic at Southwell is the SBK Highway to Cheltenham Novice Stakes, a novel Flat debut for famous person hurdler Structure Hill. Nicky Henderson’s nine-year-old gelding would be the star of the present as Nationwide Hunt eyes flip to the all-weather.
- Motion shall be proven stay on Sky Sports activities Racing and through the “Friday Night time Stay” particular on ITV4, doubtless that includes a stay DJ and velocity courting. If you’re on the transfer, the ITVX app will stream all the card stay at no cost and Sky prospects can even entry their protection on the Sky Go app.
- The race presents a formidable whole prize fund of £40,000. From this pot, the winner takes house £21,600, whereas the second and third-placed horses earn £10,140 and £5,072 respectively.
- Structure Hill is scheduled to burst from the stalls at 7:30pm for the night’s headlining occasion. The remainder of the nine-race card begins at 4:26pm, with races at 4:58pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm, 6:30pm, 7:00pm, 8:00pm and eight:30pm.
- The competition shall be run over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs on the monitor’s synthetic Tapeta floor. That is labeled as a staying journey and as a Class 2 Novice race, horses which have gained greater than two Flat races or a Group or Listed occasion are ineligible to take part.
- The nine-year-old enters this race having fallen in three of his final 4 begins over hurdles. Coach Henderson has chosen this Flat run as an important confidence-booster to assist the horse regain his composure earlier than doubtlessly returning to obstacles.
- The son of Blue Bresil’s assumed goal for this marketing campaign is to compete on the 2026 Cheltenham Pageant, with the opportunity of reclaiming his Champion Hurdle title. An easy and assured efficiency tomorrow may decide if he’ll take part within the race on Tuesday, March 10.
- Champion Flat jockey Oisin Murphy has been booked for the journey, taking on from common leaping accomplice Nico de Boinville. The gelding is priced at 7/4 with Ladbrokes and faces a aggressive area together with the Willie Mullins-trained Daddy Lengthy Legs (4/1) and Amo Racing’s four-year-old Sq. Necker (13/8).
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