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Tip Top Duel Flush Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m11y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 10 runners
Winning time 3m 59.12s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 8 hurdles
Result
David Noonan
Jane Williams
Pulled hard early - sat behind the pace - drifted under pressure after two out - hit front near last and stayed on strongly to win
Callum Pritchard (5)
Anthony Charlton
Fought for control early - settled towards the back - stumbled 3 out while making progress - pushed along 2 out - moved into second on the run-in and stayed on well
Freddie Gingell
Paul Nicholls
Settled just behind the pace early after showing eagerness - close up on the rail approaching 2 out - blundered at the last under pressure - unable to find more on the run-in finishing third
Ben Godfrey
Anthony Honeyball
Settled with the group early - pressed for effort and lost ground 2 out - responded again over final stretch to finish 4th
Stan Sheppard
Matt Sheppard
Set the pace early - hit the third-last then pushed along - lost the front before the final fence and dropped away up the run-in
Harriet Tucker (7)
Neil Mulholland
Fighting for control early - held up towards the back - drifted right three out - made up ground two out but found little thereafter
David Bass
Henry Daly
Settled with the pack early - drifted left and clipped another runner at the 1st - stumbled at the 3rd - dropped towards the back soon after - shifted right 3 out then got outpaced and dropped away
Connor Brace
Tim Vaughan
Held up rear early - never involved - trailed home well beaten
Ben Poste
Nikki Evans
Fought for control early - held up towards rear throughout - never a factor - finished well held in 9th
Richie McLernon
Neil Mulholland
Handy early - bumped at the opening obstacle - dropped towards the back soon after - mistake 4 out then lost ground 3 out to finish well down the field
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.