JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle
Grade 2, Cheltenham 12:35
£80,000 guaranteed,
3yo only,
2m 87y, Class 1  
Saturday 15th November 2025

1 One Horse Town 10/3
2 Precious Man 9/4F
3 Kate O''Riley 14/1
8 ran NR: Hopes Are High, Matiwo, Parchment, Wolf Rayet
Distances: 3¾l, 4¼l, 7l Time: 4m 6.72s (slow by 16.72s)

Harry Derham’s ever-busy One Horse Town chalked up a fourth success of the campaign with a front-running masterclass at Cheltenham.

After cantering home in wide-margin wins at Hexham, Stratford and Kempton, this was supposed to be the day the water ran a little deeper in Grade Two company. Yet for all that, the gelding — unusually bred for a jumper as a son of Gimcrack winner Threat — now finds his Triumph Hurdle odds sitting somewhere between 16-1 and 25-1.

Paul O’Brien was given the licence to roll on at his own tempo, and in the gluey ground his slicker technique over the obstacles allowed him to keep stretching them, fence by fence. Behind him, the pack began to unravel. All except Harry Skelton, who had been creeping ever closer aboard the 9-4 favourite Precious Man, and still appeared to be biding his time on the bridle as they closed in on the last.

But as they met that final hurdle, One Horse Town — though producing his scruffiest jump of the afternoon — still came up far cleaner than Precious Man, whose effort at the obstacle stopped him dead. In those conditions, there was no winding the gears back up, and he could only trail home three and three-quarter lengths behind the 100-30 victor.

JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial
(Registered As The Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle) (Grade 2)
£80,000 guaranteed, 3yo only, 2m 87y, Class 1
8 ran
Going: Heavy, Soft in places

POS. DIST HORSE AGE TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1    One Horse Town 3 11-0 Harry Derham Paul O'Brien 100/30
2 3¾ Precious Man 3 11-5 Dan Skelton Harry Skelton 9/4F
3  4¼ Kate O'Riley 3 10-7 James Owen Sean Bowen 14/1
4 7 Secret Force 3 11-0 Gavin Cromwell Keith Donoghue 5/2
5 1¾ Kasper Hauser 3 11-0 Kevin Thomas Coleman Jonjo O'Neill Jr 50/1
6 16 Lord 3 11-0 Donald McCain Harry Cobden 12/1
7 2¾ Galactique 3 11-0 Gary & Josh Moore Caoilin Quinn 8/1
8 18 Hallelujah U 3 11-0 James Owen Sam Twiston-Davies 16/1
NR 2 Parchment 3 11-3 David Pipe NON RUNNER
NR 5 Hopes Are High 3 11-0 William Durkan NON RUNNER
NR 8 Matiwo 3 11-0 Jane Williams NON RUNNER
NR 11 Wolf Rayet 3 11-0 Samuel Drinkwater NON RUNNER

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