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Service With A Smile Oncourse Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 2m6f7y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, 12 runners
Winning time 5m 37.13s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 hurdles
Result
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Handy early behind pace-setter - shared front spot from 4 out - edged in front approaching 3 out - opened daylight after 2 out - shaky jump at the last but no rival near - driven out to score
Ned Fox (3)
Clive Boultbee-Brooks
Front rank throughout - pressed from 4 out - edged out of the lead 3 out - under pressure on the home turn - lost touch with the winner at the last hurdle - kept on but found nil in the final 110 yards
Alice Stevens (3)
Jonathan Barlow
Sat close to the pace early - lost ground three out - roused to close the gap approaching the last - kept going strongly to snatch third near the line
Liam Harrison
Max Comley
Settled towards the back early - improved position from 3 out - urged forward around the home bend - in touch for second at the last - unable to match the front two on the run-in - dropped away near the line to finish fourth
Marc Goldstein
Lydia Richards
Close to the pace early - jumped awkwardly second - well placed through the contest - lost ground under pressure after 3 out - fading and bumped into the home turn - responded on the run-in to finish fifth
Bradley Harris (3)
Mark Pattinson
Settled in the pack - pressed the front group from 3 out but found little - dropped away before the final fence
Conor O'Farrell
Neil Mulholland
Settled towards the back early - made progress from 3 out - squeezed for space and knocked home turn - lost pace before the last and dropped away up the run-in
Shane Fenelon (5)
David Rees
Settled close to the pace - lost touch three out - dropped away steadily before the last - eventually well held in 8th
Sean Quinlan
Jennie Candlish
Settled midfield early - improved into contention after two out but suffered a heavy knock against the rail into the home turn - unable to build on that momentum - dropped away before the final fence to finish ninth
Tom Buckley (3)
Tracey Leeson
Settled in the pack early - lost touch three out - dropped right away and finished well behind in 10th
Ellis Collier (5)
Alison Thorpe
Settled at the back and pulling hard early - under pressure and losing touch from 3 out - well adrift by the final furlong
James Turner (5)
Stephen Allen
Settled in the pack early - lost ground after an awkward jump 5th and slipped clear of the group in 6th - well beaten by the time pulled up before 3 out
Non-runners: Arctic Saint (unsuitable ground), Ted's Friend (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.