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Class 4, 1m7f169y, Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-115, 9 runners
Winning time 3m 40.27s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 8 hurdles
Result
Nathan Andrews (7)
Kim Bailey
Tracked pace early - broke away with front-runner before 4th - hit front on home turn - opened advantage before 3 out - lost footing at final flight - driven out and margin narrowed up run-in but held on strongly
Oscar Palmer (10)
Alan King
Held up towards the back - urged forward with lots of ground to make up on the home turn - made progress approaching 3 out - up into third 2 out - trailing leader by 7 lengths over the last - kept on well to close the gap late
Fern O'Brien (6)
Fergal O'Brien
Sent to front with one rival early - stumbled rounding the bend out of the back straight - driven up and overtaken soon after - battled on but unable to match winner from there - clumsy and slipped back to third at the last flight - beaten well into third
James Turner (3)
Henry Oliver
Held in the pack early - urged forward rounding the bend and asked for effort before two out - unable to find any headway thereafter
Jack Hogan (3)
Fergal O'Brien
Settled early - in pursuit of front pair before the 4th - driven up approaching 3 out - unable to go with leading pair from 2 out and blundered last
William Maggs (3)
Donald McCain
Handy early - in touch with front group until 4th - hit a rail 4 out then faded under pressure from 2 out to finish sixth
Ned Fox
Matt Sheppard
Settled around midpack early - dropped away four out and toiling from there - well beaten at the finish
Alice Stevens
Ian Williams
Settled towards the back - equipment shifted out of place - eased and pulled up before the 4th
Joe Anderson
Emma Lavelle
Settled towards the back - scrappy over the 5th and asked for effort after four out with nothing to give - eased and pulled up before the following fence
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.