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Summerley Recruitment Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 2m5f164y, Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-105, 8 runners
Winning time 5m 27.40s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 hurdles
Result
Sean Bowen
James Owen
Held up towards the back - urged to improve after the 2nd and 3rd - shifted wide 4th - made ground into contention - went in front 3 out - hit the second-last but kept on to score
Elliott England (10)
Ben Pauling
Settled handy early but scratchy over the 6th - moved into second and clipped the fence 3 out - clumsy again at the second last - still holding claims approaching the final obstacle - edged out towards the line
Brendan Powell
Henrietta C Knight
Went straight to front early - soon overtaken and settled behind the pace - hit the fourth without much fluency - pressed for effort after three out - held in third from two out to the line
Freddie Gordon (3)
Chris Gordon
Settled towards the back early - shifted wide to make progress before the 8th and pushed along 3 out - into 4th but unable to threaten leaders from 2 out and stayed on for fourth
Rex Dingle
Joe Ponting
Settled at the back early - within range but yet to make ground three out - lost place under pressure and unable to close before two out - finished a well-beaten fifth
Harry Bannister
Ben Case
Settled behind the pace early - slipped back at the 3rd and dropped to rear by the 5th - stumbled slightly at the 8th - faded steadily from three out to finish sixth
Lilly Pinchin
Roger Teal
Went in front early - dropped to second at the opener - stayed with the front group before slipping back three out - well held at the finish
Caoilin Quinn
Andy Irvine
Went clear early after the first - lost the advantage 3 out under pressure - faded quickly - 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.