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Sky Bet Build A Bet Mares' Novices' Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 2m3y, Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-105, M, 5 runners
Winning time 4m 14.23s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Jack Andrews (3)
T Ellis
Handy early - hit front after 2nd - driven approaching straight - clean leap at final fence - stayed on but advantage shrank up run-in to prevail by a whisker
Isabel Williams (3)
Evan Williams
Held up early - made ground into second before halfway despite a mistake - hit another obstacle four out - moved up to second three out - stumbled again two out and slipped back - dug in before the last - kept on strongly to the finish - denied by a short head margin
Jamie Hamilton
Tim Easterby
Sat behind the front group - hit a flat spot four out - driven on approaching three out and up into second two out - couldn't threaten the winner and edged back on the run-in for third
Kevin Brogan
Laura Horsfall
Sent clear early - lost front spot then sat just behind rival after 2nd - urged into effort past three out but faded before two out - came down at the final fence
Jack Quinlan
Neil King
Sat close to pace early - eager to go on and dropped to second briefly - urged for effort in 5th and lost ground rapidly - pulled up before the final two fences
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.