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British NH Stallions Supporting Breeders' Day Mares' Handicap Hurdle
Class 3, 2m5f, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-125, M, 6 runners
Winning time 5m 17.63s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 hurdles
Result
Ben Jones
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Held up towards the back - made smooth progress out wide to move into second before two out - went to the front approaching the last - clear by the final furlong and kept going to the line
Stan Sheppard
Tom Lacey
Set the pace early - driven approaching the straight before giving way between the last two - clear of the rest but no match for winner in the closing stages - finished second beaten under three lengths
Nico de Boinville
Mel Rowley
Settled in 4th early - nudged up into 3rd on the inner as the home turn approached - kept on at an even effort but no match for the front two
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Settled mid-pack early - shared 4th before fading approach to home turn - dropped away 2 out to finish 4th
Tom Cannon
Lucy Wadham
Sat close to pace early - driven approaching home turn and slipped back before 2 out - faded from there to finish 5th
Harry Bannister
Alex Hales
Sat off the front group wide out - urged forward heading to the 7th - under pressure and dropped away before two out - eventually held in sixth
Non-runners: Sedge Wren (self certificate)
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.