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bet365 Novices' Championship Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 2, 1m7f216y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 14 runners
Winning time 3m 51.27s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 8 hurdles
Result
Caoilin Quinn
Gary & Josh Moore
Settled early with eager enthusiasm - sat close to front pack - error at final fence prompted urging into the front-runner - went ahead soon after and stayed on strongly to the line
Brendan Powell
Alan King
Settled with the pack early - moved through strongly two out to hit the front but drifted right and blundered at the last - quickly asked for effort again after being overtaken - stayed on to finish second beaten three quarters of a length
Harry Skelton
Paul Nicholls
Held up at back - stayed on from 3 out to close on front pair after 2 out - driven but unable to find more up the straight finishing third beaten 5 lengths
Jonathan Burke
Fergal O'Brien
Sat close to pace early - hit front by a whisker 2 out then had to be niggled along - lost place approaching last - drifted right and could not find more late finishing fourth
Paul O'Brien
Warren Greatrex
Settled with the pack early - clumsy in 2nd and again 4 out - improved position 2 out - asked for effort and one-paced approaching the last - stayed on through the finish
Kevin Brogan
Toby Lawes
Settled with the field early - lost ground two out - stayed on late without closing the gap
Jonjo O'Neill Jr
Jonjo & A J O'Neill
Sent clear early - lost front spot 2f out and put under pressure - dropped away approaching final furlong
Sean Bowen
Paul Nicholls
Held up towards the back - drifted left at the opening fence and scratchy over the fourth from home - nudged into a short-lived advance approaching two out - pressed for effort and dropped away to finish well beaten in 8th
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls
Wide in the early stages - close up and up with the front pair after the 2nd - faded from 2 out and beaten when blundering at the last
James Bowen
Nicky Henderson
Held up towards the back - wide from four out then made progress into contention before two out - drifted right and lost ground approaching the last - well held in 10th
Tom Cannon
Alan King
Settled handy on the rails - squeezed for space after the second and boxed in around the turn - still with the pack but stumbled three out then dropped away after two out
Jack Hogan
Fergal O'Brien
Held up in rear from the off - never a factor - well held throughout - finished 12th
Ben Jones
Ben Pauling
Fought rider early - settled mid-pack - scratchy jumping third then dropped away fast two out
Gavin Sheehan
Jamie Snowden
Fumbled at the fences early - never a factor - well held throughout - eventually last of 14
Non-runners: Big Ginge (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.