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Claire Dyson Supporting Midlands Air Ambulance Selling Hurdle
Class 5, 2m2f148y, Hurdle, 4-7yo, 8 runners
Winning time 4m 32.56s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Adam Wedge
Keiran Burke
Prominent early on the wide side - improved into second by the 5th - hit the front at the home turn under pressure - repelled a rival's bid before the last and pulled clear in the closing stages to win
Lorcan Williams
Paul Nicholls
Towards the back - made ground to join for 2nd on the home bend - upsides the front runner approaching the last - kept on into the straight but outpaced in the final 110 yards - went down by 1½ lengths in 2nd
Connor Brace
John & Rhys Flint
Sat close to the early group - urged into effort rounding the final bend - outpaced by the top two nearing the last and held on for third
James Turner (7)
Nigel Twiston-Davies
Settled midfield - needed encouragement in running and dropped away entering the straight - kept battling to finish fourth
Charlie Hammond
Max Young
Handy early - hit front from 5th before being driven out nearing 2 out - lost place and faded around home turn
Harry Reed
Daisy Hitchins
Held up in midfield - pushed along after the second-last - failed to quicken - finished sixth
Jamie Brace (7)
Nigel Twiston-Davies
Held up in the pack - untidy over the obstacles and driven approaching three out - dropped away and pulled up after the following fence
Kielan Woods
David Killahena & Graeme McPherson
Went straight to front - needed encouragement past 4th before losing command at the 5th under pressure - faded weakly and was pulled up
Non-runners: Scarlet (self certificate, off feed)
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.