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Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap Hurdle
Class 4, 2m7f149y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, 7 runners
Winning time 5m 58.75s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 hurdles
Result
Callum Bewley
Ian Duncan
Settled towards the back - improved into contention on the home bend - boxed in with the leg speed to spare two out - squeezed for space nearing the last - driven along and drifted left - closed strongly to score late
Joshua Thompson (7)
Brian Ellison
Tracked the front pack - hit a flat spot at the 5th - given a reminder before 3 out - closed up into contention - kicked to the front approaching the last - pressed again on the run-in and edged out close home
Bryan Carver
D Summersby
Handy early - went in front 9th - pressed and driven 3 out - drifted left under urging into 2 out - overtaken at the last and had nothing left in the straight
Danny McMenamin
Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith
Sent clear early but scratchy at the 8th - lost the advantage after another mistake at the 9th - regained ground to dispute matters approaching 3 out - clipped 2 out - lost touch steadily through the closing stages to finish fourth
Tom Midgley (3)
Tracy Waggott
Held up eagerly early on - up with the pace before losing momentum when clumsy at the 6th - untidy again next - dropped towards the back at the 8th - pushed along and faded before 3 out
Charlotte Jones
James Moffatt
Held up early and pulling hard - never involved with the pace - trailed throughout - finished sixth well beaten
Sean Quinlan
Jennie Candlish
Settled with the pack early - asked for effort into the home turn then lost ground before 3 out - eased and withdrawn from contention
Non-runners: Do No Wrong (unsuitable ground), You Some Girl (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.