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Watch Live Racing At nrg.bet Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 3m1f166y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, 8 runners
Winning time 6m 41.23s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 hurdles
Result
Gavin Sheehan
Robert Bevis
Tracked the front group from the outside - into contention two out then pushed along and drifted left approaching the final fence - battled on up the straight to hit the front late and win
Kevin Brogan
Toby Lawes
Tracked front group early - moved ahead 2f out - driven out but overtaken near the line to finish second by a short margin
James Davies
Richard Rowe
Set the pace early - urged to keep up effort before being overtaken 2 out - kept fighting but couldn't find more in the closing stages
Sam Twiston-Davies
Joe Tickle
held up in the pack - serious blunder 4 out - unable to get competitive from that point
Robert Dunne
Richard Hawker
Held up towards the back - urged into effort 4 out - kept going before fading after 2 out - finished fifth
Marc Goldstein
Karen Jewell
Settled in the pack early - up to 3rd by the 2nd fence - close behind the front-runner by the 9th - driven forward after 3 out but found little more - lost ground before the last and drifted left on the run to the line
Harry Kimber
Paddy Butler
Prominent on the rail - serious blunder at the 7th and dropped away at the 9th - detached from the field after 3 out and well beaten into 7th
Chad Bament (7)
Anthony Honeyball
Sat close up early - came down at the 2nd
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.