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Paul Ferguson's Jumpers To Follow Handicap Hurdle
Class 4, 2m3f188y, Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-110, 11 runners
Winning time 4m 58.40s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
Peter Kavanagh (3)
Ewan Whillans
Sat behind the front group - driven approaching two out and kept responding after the last - got up close home to win
Joe Williamson (3)
Andrew Crook
Tracked the pace group early - clipped one out at the 5th - pressed forward passing the second-last - kept responding but drifted slightly off a true line in the closing stages and narrowly denied at the finish
Nick Scholfield
Archie Watson
Handy early - hit front 4th - lost advantage 6th - back in command 3 out - stumbled 2 out - drifted right approaching last then continued to drift under pressure - caught close home for 3rd
No. 7
6yo, 10-8, OR 95
J: Luke Scott (5) · T: Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole
Luke Scott (5)
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole
Settled midpack - unbalanced over 7th - improved position after 3 out - kept going late to take 4th
Conor O'Farrell
Ian Duncan
Held up towards the back - drifted left over the opening fence - made progress before two out - blundered at the last - kept on to the finish without threatening the front
Jamie Hamilton
Mark Walford
Tracked the front group early - pressed forward three out - lost momentum close to the line - finished sixth
Paddy Hanlon (7)
John Mackie
Settled midpack early - clipped a fence 5th before finding better stride and closing ground before 2 out - couldn't threaten leader approaching last and faded to finish 7th
Brian Hughes
Donald McCain
Settled towards the back and wide of the field - made ground before two out but couldn't threaten the leading pair - dropped away in the closing stages
Tom Midgley (3)
Mark Walford
Settled behind front group early - dropped back after a sluggish 2nd - blundered at the 7th before fading from midfield with three left - toiling far adrift by two out and beaten home
Callum Bewley
Simon Waugh
Went straight to front then dropped to second early - regained advantage sixth before losing it 3 out - faded from there to finish well beaten in 10th
Charlotte Jones
James Moffatt
Held up towards the back - never got involved - well held at the finish
Non-runners: Jumping Jupiter (unsuitable ground), Kilbrainy (unsuitable ground)
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.