13:00
Pertemps Network Long Distance Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 2, 3m58y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 5m 57.46s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles 2 omitted
Result
Tom Cannon
Alan King
Settled in the pack early - driven up to close the front-runner and met the last fence well - hit the front soon after - stayed on to prevail near the line
Callum Pritchard (5)
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Set the pace early - lost front spot before the 4th - closed to challenge 2 out - surged back in charge and pushed along - edge shrinking after an awkward jump at the last - overtaken close home - stayed on to just miss out
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Settled towards the back - asked for effort with much ground to recover before 2 out - improved into mid-division approaching the last - moved into 3rd late and stayed on to go under by a short margin
Tristan Durrell (3)
Dan Skelton
Settled in the pack - pushed along before two out - moved right and made ground into the last - closed on the front pair only to find nothing near the line
Paddy Hanlon (7)
John Joseph Hanlon
Settled just behind pace - pressed for the lead approaching two out and edged towards the front before the last - held no more in reserve and lost ground in the final strides to finish 5th
Henry Brooke
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Held a forward position early - pushed along and slipped to 4th approaching 2 out - weakened soon after and lost more ground to finish sixth
Miss Olive Nicholls (7)
Georgina Nicholls
Settled in the pack early - moved through to hit the front before the 4th - hit a bad one at the 8th - pressed on and margin shrinking two out before being caught and dropping away late
William Maggs (5)
Rebecca Menzies
Settled last of the group early - closed in and pushed along approaching two out - moved right before the last and blundered there then dropped away
Sam Twiston-Davies
James Owen
Held up in the pack - hit the third-last then pressed for effort - stayed on at one gear to the final flight - finished ninth well beaten
Gavin Sheehan
Lucy Wadham
Held up at back throughout - untidy leap 8th - pushed along before 2 out and stayed on same gait to last
Harry Cobden
Emma Lavelle
Fighting for control early - held mid-pack before fading two out - dropped away approaching the last
Isabel Williams
Evan Williams
Settled in the pack early - hit the 7th awkwardly then pushed along and slipped back before 2 out - faded from there to finish well held
Charlie Deutsch
Mel Rowley
Tracked the pace early - pushed along and slipped back before 3 out - dropped right away soon after - well held at the finish
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.