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1664 Biere Handicap Hurdle
Class 3, 2m3f207y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-140, 7 runners
Winning time 4m 52.20s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
Gavin Sheehan
Jamie Snowden
Settled towards rear early - stumbled at 7th - made ground into contention around final turn - hit front 3 out - drifted left approaching last two - kept finding under pressure to prevail late
Stan Sheppard
Tom Lacey
Tracked leaders on the rail - jumped awkwardly 5th - pushed into contention approaching final flight - squeezed for space in straight and edged out by three quarters of a length
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
Went ahead early - tracked pace but scrappy over 6th - pushed along and eased right approaching 2 out - stayed on into 3rd at the line
Miss Heidi Palin (7)
Dan Skelton
Settled towards the back early - improved into 5th but jumped awkwardly soon after - unable to quicken from 3 out - stayed on for 4th
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Settled close up wide early - hit front after 1st then lost command 3 out - couldn't find more and finished 5th
Rob Hargreaves (7)
Gary & Josh Moore
Handy early - dropped back and clipped fence 4 - driven up to narrow gap after the following obstacle - clipped another 6th - slipped back again after a mistake 3 out - dropped away tamely from there finishing 6th
Jack Tudor
David Pipe
Sat handy wide early - dropped away approaching 3rd - under pressure by the 7th and beaten a long way with 3 to go
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.