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Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race)
Grade 2, Class 1, 3m58y, Hurdle, 5yo+, 6 runners
Winning time 6m 20.30s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Jamie Hamilton
Mark Walford
Set the pace from the off - drifted off a true line past the 7th before opening a big advantage by the last - kept finding more to the line to score
Tom Bellamy
Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls
Jumping ragged early - tracked leader through to 4 out - lost touch before 3 out - closed to be second before last but held late
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Sat behind the front group early - moved into second after 4 out but dropped away before 2 out - rallied from the rear to snatch third close home
Daniel King
Denis Gerard Hogan
Settled towards the back - error 8th and again jumping the following fence - improved into second before 2 out - handed that spot back approaching the last - eased back into 4th on the run-in
Danny McMenamin
Rebecca Menzies
Settled towards the back early - made ground into contention approaching 3 out but blundered 2 out - lost momentum before the final fence finishing fifth
Sean Flanagan
S R B Crawford
Tracked the pace group from the outside - clipped the 7th - dropped away 4 out - beaten a long way before 3 out and pulled up
Non-runners: Derryhassen Paddy (unsuitable ground), Grand Geste (self certificate), Kepler's Law (unsuitable ground)
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.