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Visit Irish Bloodstock Sales With ITM Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 2m4f139y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-95, 8 runners
Winning time 5m 5.70s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
Jack Andrews (3)
T Ellis
Settled towards the back - clumsy jump in 3rd - made smooth progress on the inner to move into 2nd after three out - driven along and kept finding more to hit the front inside the final 150 yards and pull clear
Ben Jones
Ben Pauling
Sat behind pace early - moved to front approaching 4th - clipped that fence - drifted left with two to jump - driven along between the last two - drifted left again on the run-in under pressure then overtaken and unable to fight back in the final furlong and a half
Tom Cannon
Gary & Josh Moore
Sat handy out wide early - moved up into second around the 5th and pushed along after three out - lost touch before the following fence - clear in third but bumped approaching the last and came home well beaten
Charlie Price (3)
Maurice Barnes
Set the pace early before giving way approaching the 4th - dropped towards the rear and hampered by a fallen rival at the last - finished well adrift in 4th
Robert Dunne
Declan Carroll
Held handy position early on - moved into third from the fourth - under pressure and losing ground before coming down 3 out
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds
Positioned wide behind the pace early - moved into second by the 5th - clipped the third-last and pushed along soon after - lost ground straightening for home among the back markers - fell at the last
Philip Armson (3)
Richard Armson
Held up in rear of the small group - eased and pulled up before the 4th
Joshua Thompson (7)
Micky Hammond
Held up in rear - improved with effort wide to loom into third approaching two out - error at the last then rider dislodged
Non-runners: Mac's Xpress (vet's 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.