19:20
St Austell Brewery Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 3m2f105y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, 7 runners
Winning time 7m 5.96s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Ciaran O'Shea (7)
Sue Gardner
Settled midpack early - made progress wide approaching final two furlongs - hit front by the home turn - edged clear before the last and held on gamely under pressure in the closing stages
Jack Tudor
David Pipe
Settled in the pack - moved up to press the front rank on the home turn - shared 2nd approaching the last - pushed along with a clear sight of the winner on the run-in - found one too good and went down by three quarters of a length
Daniel Sansom (3)
Seamus Mullins
Held up early - stayed within range - improved before last to move into 4th - driven out on run-in but lacked the speed to get on terms
Sam Twiston-Davies
Robert Bevis
Sent clear early - clumsy 5th - driven approaching home turn - overtaken before last and held on run-in for 4th
Harry Reed
Helen Nelmes
Sat close to the front pack - pushed along before the last and hit it awkwardly - lost ground through the closing stage to finish fifth
Robert Dunne
Richard Hawker
Handy early - driven approaching two out and dropped away on home turn - faded before the last to finish sixth
Shane Fenelon (5)
David Rees
Held up in touch with the tail - pushed along and lost place approaching the last bend - well held at the finish
Non-runners: Borderline (unsuitable ground), Great d'Ange (unsuitable ground), Miss Popalong (unsuitable ground), Shibuya Song (unsuitable ground)
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.