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Exe Trak Ltd Ground Protection Mats Mares' Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 2m2f111y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, M, 10 runners
Winning time 4m 41.65s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
James Bowen
Billy Aprahamian
Settled towards the back early - made steady progress into contention approaching 3 out with a slight mistake there - moved out between the last two and up into second - closed on the front-runner at the last - driven ahead on the run to the line - kept finding more to win
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Settled towards the back early - made steady progress wide to sit 6th - up into 3rd before 3 out - improved to 2nd 2 out - edged in front between the last two - overtaken and unable to fight back on the run-in
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard
Settled just behind the front group early on the wide side - suffered a heavy knock at the 4th - moved into second before three out but hit that fence awkwardly - dropped back to third two out and stayed there to finish
Lorcan Murtagh
Nigel Hawke
Driven up early into a forward spot - hit the front after the 3rd but drifted sharply left and knocked others off stride - opened a big advantage on the turn - margin shortened 3 out - pressed and overtaken between the last two - dropped to third shortly after - faded to finish fourth
Lorcan Williams
Jeremy Scott
Tracked front group early - hampered a touch 4th - lost ground 3 out - well held at finish
Tom Bellamy
Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls
Sat just behind the front group on the rail - asked for effort as field bent for home - lost touch in a hurry and finished well adrift
Ben Godfrey
Keiran Burke
Sat just behind the front group early - suffered a heavy knock at the 4th then pushed along and lost touch after 4 out - well beaten at the finish
David Noonan
Nigel Hawke
Settled towards the back early - urged forward before four out and unable to go with rivals - well beaten at the finish
Sean Houlihan
Sue Gardner
Set the pace to the 3rd - sat second before being driven straight after the turn - dropped away rapidly and beaten a long way home
James Davies
Chris Down
Held up towards the back - bumped mildly at the 4th - dropped away and eased down before 3 out
Non-runners: Arctic Stream (unsuitable ground), Countess Vicky (vet's certificate), What U Wanna Do Is (doubly declared)
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.