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BetWright Safer Gambling Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 2m16y, Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-105, 12 runners
Winning time 4m 14.90s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 8 hurdles
Result
Conor O'Farrell
Neil Mulholland
Settled in the pack early - shared second before an error three out - regained stride quickly and hit the front two out - drew clear after the final fence - eased through to the line in comfort
Ellis Collier (5)
Evan Williams
Shared the early running though not travelling smoothly - sat handy behind the outright pacesetter - went ahead of the rest before 3 out - needed urging when slipping to third with 2 to go - responded after the last but unable to reel in winner and stayed on for second
Jonjo O'Neill Jr
D Donovan
Shared front spot early by a whisker - dictated a relaxed gallop - kicked on to open a five-length advantage before 3 out - gap shortened approaching 3 out - overtaken 2 out - dropped to third by the last - unable to threaten the front two on the run to the line
Lucy Gardner
Sue Gardner
Handy early - lost touch with front three from 2 out - stayed on to the line
Lorcan Williams
Jeremy Scott
Sluggish getaway and settled well off the pace early - made progress through the straight to overtake fading opponents - up into fifth approaching two out - unable to gain more ground after the last
Charlie Deutsch
Thomas Faulkner
Held up in the pack - stumbled three from home - found extra momentum from two out - stayed on to pass fading horses late but without threatening for a place
Jonathan Burke
Fergal O'Brien
Held up close to the front early - dropped back and pressed for effort before a mistake 3 out - soon faded finishing 7th
Jay Tidball (5)
Bernard Llewellyn
Settled midpack early - lost touch with the pack after the 4th and slipped towards the back - found nothing from 3 out and faded away well held in 8th
Liam Harrison
Robbie Llewellyn
Held up towards the back - lost touch approaching 3 out - dropped away in the closing stages
James Best
Harriet Dickin
Settled in the pack - pressed for effort two out - dropped away and was pulled up before the last
Stan Sheppard
Matt Sheppard
Held up at the back of the field - losing touch three from home - eased and taken out of contention approaching the second-last
Kielan Woods
Nick Scholfield
Settled around midfield - began losing touch three out and faded towards the back - pulled up before the last after running into difficulty
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.