14:45
Connor Hagans Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m7f70y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 6 runners
Winning time 6m 2.00s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Gavin Sheehan
Billy Aprahamian
Set the pace early before slipping to second - tracked the front-runner into third - regained a share of second approaching four out - edged to the front three out - blundered at the following fence - shaken up to open daylight before the last - kept responding under pressure to hold on up the run-in
Sam Twiston-Davies
Gary Hanmer
Jumped left sharply and nearly ditched partner at the opening fence - settled into second/third from off the pace - moved up in third before four out - made late progress on the wide side approaching three out - retook second before the second last then found little and beaten before the final fence
Dylan Johnston (3)
Nicky Henderson
Settled towards the rear on the inner - improved into contention before the 4th - hit a flat spot 3 out then moved into 3rd approaching 2 out - pushed along and outpaced before the last
Tom Cannon
Toby Lawes
Tracked front group wide - blundered 4th - dropped back before 4 out - well beaten from 8th and eased into 4th place before last
Ciaran Gethings
Robert Stephens
Sat behind the pacesetter early - moved up front 2nd and opened a big advantage by the 7th - margin eroded and overtaken 3 out - dropped back further and faded before the following fence
Richard Patrick
Kerry Lee
Held up towards the back - hit the 7th none too smoothly - well adrift by the third-last then blundered there - no impression after - eventually came home in 6th
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.