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Book Boxing Day At The Races 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m4f139y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 5m 28.87s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
No. 3
5yo, 11-4, OR –
J: Sam Twiston-Davies · T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
Sam Twiston-Davies
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
Shared front spot early - clipped heels 2nd - broke away with a rival 3rd - hit front but margin shrank 6th - travelling strongest 2 out - pressed for effort and saw off a late attempt from the last to hold on
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Handy early but scratchy over 2nd - tracking front pair 3rd - made ground into 6th after another sloppy jump - into second spot 3 out despite error - roused after 2 out - asked to go on approaching last - drifted left under pressure on run-in - kept on but unable to reel in winner
Jonathan Burke
Fergal O'Brien
Settled at the back - jumped poorly at the 6th and again 2 out leaving the field far ahead - stayed on for a distant third on the run-in
Tom Cannon
Lucy Wadham
Settled handy early - drifted towards back and untidy over 4th - improved into contention by 6th - drifted left and clumsy at 7th - roused into third after 3 out - pressed approaching 2 out - unable to match front two before last and eased back into fourth late
Charlie Todd
Ian Williams
Settled at the back early - made no real impression through the race - well beaten in 5th
Kielan Woods
Fergal O'Brien
Took a strong hold early - shared front-running spot before edging ahead with a rival then blundered 3rd - fumbled again 4th - overtaken before further error 6th - lost place rapidly approaching 3 out - eased and withdrawn from contest
Ben Poste
Clare Hobson
Held up early holding hard on the bridle - improved into contention by the 6th - fourth and close up 3 out - lost ground rapidly and pulled up before 2 out
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.