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Christmas Jumper Day 14th December Handicap Hurdle
Class 4, 2m1f, Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-110, 10 runners
Winning time 4m 39.22s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Callum Bewley
Nicky Richards
Sat close to pace early - pushed along after 3 out - moved upsides 2 out - hit front before last - held on gamely under pressure to score
Danny McMenamin
Chris Grant
Went straight to front - challenged two out then lost lead before last - fought back under pressure through the closing stages - narrowly denied in the final strides
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Settled just behind the pace - improved into contention 4 out - lost momentum and pressed after 3 out - error 2 out - fought back into 3rd on the run-in but couldn't reel in the leading two
Joshua Thompson (7)
David Thompson
Held up in the pack - improved into 3rd before 5 out - pressed for effort before 2 out and stumbled on touchdown then dropped a place on the run-in to finish 4th
Nathan Moscrop
Rebecca Menzies
Settled at the back early - crept into contention after the third-last then pushed along past two out - kept going without finding extra to finish fifth
Conor O'Farrell
Micky Hammond
Settled just behind the pace - pushed along after the third-last and untidy two out - dropped away from the final flight to finish sixth
Leah Noreci (10)
James Moffatt
Sat close to pace early - urged forward after 3 out - dropped away before the last - finished seventh
Aaron Anderson (5)
Joanne Foster
Settled towards the back - driven from 3 out - unable to close the gap - finished eighth
Jamie Hamilton
Micky Hammond
Settled at back of field - urged forward approaching 3 out - made no impression - beaten well into 9th
Sean Quinlan
Samantha & Jacqueline Coward
Sat close to the pace early - dropped away 4 out - eased and pulled up before 2 out
Non-runners: Allbetsoff (self certificate, off feed), Throatlash (self certificate, cast in box)
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.