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William Hill Cheltenham Non-Runner Money Back Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)
Class 5, 3m26y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, 10 runners
Winning time 6m 57.90s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Peter Kavanagh (3)
Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith
Tracked the pace throughout - hit the front two out with a mistake - broke away after the last and kept finding more to the line
Sean Houlihan
D J Jeffreys
Settled towards the back early - made progress before the 7th - up into 3rd 3 out - shadowed the leader but hit the last awkwardly and found little more - stayed on for second
Henry Brooke
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Settled behind the front group early - improved into second by the 4th - took over at the 9th - blundered two out and dropped back - eased into third before the last and stayed on one-paced to finish third
Miss Natasha Cookson (7)
N W Alexander
Held the front until the 9th - dropped to 4th and held no more when pressed from 2 out
Tom Broughton (5)
Nick Kent
Settled midpack early - clipped a fence in fourth then errored again three out while under pressure in sixth - unable to close and beaten well into fifth
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Held up in the pack - pulled hard and nudged forward approaching 3 out - quickly out of contention and well held in 6th
Theo Gillard
Adam Nicol
Settled towards the back early - improved into contention before the 7th - dropped away before 3 out - eventually finished 7th
Brian Hughes
Ian Duncan
Sat close to the pace early - urged along before the 7th - dropped away after the 9th - eventually finished 8th
Jamie Hamilton
Mark Walford
Settled towards the back early - made progress into contention by the 9th before fading approaching 3 out - pulled up before the last
Tom Midgley (3)
Tim Easterby
Settled in the pack early - stumbled first and again 3rd dropping towards the back - erred 7th - adrift after 9th - pulled up before two out
Non-runners: Royle Steel (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.