15:50
Salisbury Hospice Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m3f179y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 5 runners
Winning time 5m 9.52s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls
Fired up early and drifted left under pressure - set the pace throughout - challenged from the 5th - asserted out wide approaching the last - kept finding readily to score
Lorcan Williams
Jeremy Scott
Sat second early well ahead of the remainder - closed on the leader from the fifth - blundered and dropped to last spot - found finishing effort late to secure runner-up spot without threatening the winner
Richard Patrick
Clive Boultbee-Brooks
Held up in 3rd - dropped a place approaching 3 out before rallying into 3rd late - well held at the finish
James Best
Anthony Charlton
Settled towards the back early - improved into third after 3 out - dropped to fourth between the last two flights
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard
Settled in 4th racing wide early - lost touch and slipped to last before 3 out - error 3 out leaves well adrift at the finish
Non-runners: Gorcombe Blueskye (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.