13:30
Higgy's 70th Birthday Bash Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 2m7f70y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, 14 runners
Winning time 6m 30.48s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Conor Ring
Ryan Potter
Held up towards back of pack - made steady progress after 4 out to take second - hit front before 3 out and opened a gap - pushed along after 2 out - kept responding under pressure but weakened close home to score
Callum Pritchard (7)
Ben Pauling
Set the early pace - driven and overtaken before 3 out - stayed on but unable to match the winner
Miss Imogen Mathias (7)
John & Rhys Flint
Sat close to the front group early - urged forward 3 out - kept going late without threatening the front pair - finished third
Jonathan Burke
Samuel Drinkwater
Settled midfield early - urged forward approaching 4th last - stayed on without getting competitive to finish 4th
Richie McLernon
Neil Mulholland
Sat handy behind the pace - urged forward 3 out - faded out of contention - eventually well held in 5th
Philip Armson (3)
Richard Armson
Settled at the back start - drifted right at the opening fence - never involved with the pace - finished a well beaten 6th
Finn Lambert (3)
Robert Bevis
Settled in the pack - driven approaching the final bend - found nothing thereafter - well held in 7th
Murray Dodd (7)
Alastair Ralph
Prominent early - a jumping error cost ground and dropped back to 8th - out of contention before 3 out
Derek Fox
Lucinda Russell
Held up in the pack - struggling for pace from the 3rd - eased out of contention before 3 out
Sean Bowen
Peter & Michael Bowen
Held up towards the back - urged into effort at the 8th and dropped away from the pack - eased out of contention before 3 out
James Bowen
Nicky Martin
Handy position wide of rivals - pressed for effort and lost ground approaching 3 out - eased and pulled up before the last
Harry Kimber
Robert Walford
Settled around midpack early - lost touch with the pace before the finish - eased and pulled up ahead of the last
Mr Ben Sutton (5)
Dan Skelton
Settled midfield early - pushed along 6th and dropped right away - eased out of contention approaching 3 out
James Best
Emma-Jane Bishop
Settled towards the back - dropped away with four to jump - 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.