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Advertise Your Business At Huntingdon Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 4, 1m7f171y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 12 runners
Winning time 4m 3.85s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 8 hurdles
Result
Nico de Boinville
Nicky Henderson
Wide early and drifted left over first - settled in 4th early - improved into contention before 4th and again drifted left 4 out - up to 2nd approaching straight - hit front 2 out with daylight advantage then blundered last - driven out and eased away on run-in - finished strongly for the win
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Tracked leaders in third - driven approaching two out - moved into second at the last but held by a clear-cut winner
Tom Bellamy
Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls
Set the pace early before yielding it after the first - sat second behind the pacesetter - clipped the third-last fence and had to be driven up - dropped away to fourth as the field wheeled for home - found less than the front pair before 2 out then rallied to reclaim third on the run to the line
Kielan Woods
David Killahena & Graeme McPherson
Up with the front from the off - moved to the front after the 1st - slight error and just surrendered the advantage 2 out - serious blunder at the last all but dislodging the jockey and dropped away through the run-in to finish 4th
William Shanahan (5)
Jennie Candlish
Settled towards the rear early - made steady progress into midfield before 3 out - unable to reach the front group - finished 5th
Jack Andrews (3)
T Ellis
Held up in 6th - stumbled 4 out and dropped back further before another blunder - kept battling into the straight but well held at the line
Henry Brooke
James Owen
Settled towards rear early - nudged into 6th place 4 out - lost ground approaching straight - finished well beaten in 7th
Kevin Brogan
Laura Horsfall
Settled towards the back early - lost touch with the field through the middle stages - beaten a long way home in 8th
Tristan Durrell (3)
T Ellis
Settled at the back early - lost touch with the field before halfway - no impression made - well beaten at the finish
David Bass
Max Comley
Settled on the rail in touch early - dropped away with 4 to jump - beaten a long way behind by the finish
James Best
J R Jenkins
Settled off the leaders in 6th - dropped rearward before the 4th out - well behind and eased before 2 out - pulled up
David Noonan
Tom Gretton
Slow to jump first - settled at the back of the field - lost touch with rivals - eased off and pulled up before 3 out
Non-runners: Sleeping Late (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.