15:00
Pertemps Network Group Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 2, 2m7f180y, Hurdle, 5yo+, Rated 0-145, 11 runners
Winning time 5m 50.39s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 14 hurdles
Result
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
Up with the early pace - wide in the opening stages - took over after the 4th - imprecise at the 7th and blundered 4 out - forged clear 3 out - clipped 2 out - pressed after the last - kept on to score comfortably
David Bass
Charlie Longsdon
Up with the pace from the off - contested second spot momentarily after the 2nd - not clean at the 8th - pressed the front-runner from 4 out - pushed along after 2 out - kept on gamely up the run-in but the winner had the measure of it throughout - went down by 2.5 lengths in 2nd
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls
Tracked front group early - moved into third after the turn for home - closed on the front two from 3 out - given encouragement after 2 out - kept going strongly but couldn't match the front two's speed late
Patrick Wadge
Lucinda Russell
Settled in the pack early - closed on the front-runners 4 out - lost touch 2 out - clipped the final flight - kept plugging away to the line without gaining more ground
Danny McMenamin
Sandy Thomson
Sent to the front early - overtaken after 4th and slipped to fourth soon after - hit a flat spot 4 out - lost touch with the pace from 2 out - faded approaching the last
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Settled in the pack - lost touch from 3 out and driven along before an error 2 out - dropped away before the last
Sean Bowen
Gordon Elliott
Settled close to the pace - lost ground after 3 out - stumbled 2 out and dropped away - well held at the finish
Callum Pritchard (5)
John C McConnell
Settled towards the back - lacked the pace to go with rivals from four out - never threatened before three out - well beaten in eighth
Daniel King
A J Martin
Held up in the pack early - lost touch and scrambled 3 out - dropped away before the last two and beaten home
Dominic Hislop (10)
N W Alexander
Held up near the back - losing touch from 4 out - detached long before 3 out - eventually finished tenth
Charlotte Jones
James Moffatt
Held up in last place - blundered at the 9th - dropped away from four out - well beaten in 11th
Non-runners: Pigeon House (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.