20:10
Family Day Saturday 17th May Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)
Class 5, 2m3f123y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, 8 runners
Winning time 4m 57.92s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 hurdles
Result
William Maggs (5)
Donald McCain
Set off in front and quickly opened a big advantage - clipped the 2nd and 4th - gap narrowed by the 6th - kicked away once more 4 out - brushed the final flight - powered home unopposed
Chad Bament (7)
Anthony Honeyball
Sat behind leader early - driven and clearly outpaced 4 out - stayed on for second but no threat to the runaway leader
Peter Kavanagh (3)
Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith
Settled fourth early holding position on rails - improved into contention around the 7th - clipped the fence four out - moved up to third after that - shifted wide entering the straight - kept up efforts to finish - never a threat to the front pair
Theo Gillard
Donald McCain
Settled at the back early - improved to lie 4th on the inner approaching 2 out - unable to threaten the front runners - finished 4th
Henry Brooke
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Slow to make ground from the off - lacked the pace to get competitive - dropped away and finished well adrift in 5th
Sean Quinlan
Ewan Whillans
Settled towards the back early - improved to sit close to the front group four out before fading rapidly - dropped away and eased out of contention before the second last
Charlie Todd
Dan Skelton
Sat behind the front two early - improved into 6th before losing fluency at a fence - dropped away before 3 out - well beaten and pulled up before the following obstacle
Stan Sheppard
Matt Sheppard
Held up in 5th - blundered and needed driving along 7th before losing touch four out - dropped away and eased before 2 out
Non-runners: Independent Jimmy (unsuitable ground), Liloo d'Ores (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.