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Oddschecker Cheltenham Free Bets Handicap Hurdle
Class 3, 3m150y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-130, 10 runners
Winning time 6m 38.85s
- Going
- Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 hurdles
Result
Lorcan Williams
Jeremy Scott
Settled at back early - improved into contention four out - up with the front group before three out - into third approaching two out - locked together for front spot at the last - found more to get up close home
Freddie Keighley (7)
Martin Keighley
Handy with the front group early - urged forward after 3 out to nose ahead 2 out - asked for more when rival came back at last - overtaken on run-in and unable to find more late
Tom Bellamy
Ben Clarke
Settled in mid-pack going wide - moved into third early on - hit front approaching final bend - pressed for effort when overtaken with two out - unable to live with front two before last - laboured over final fence - lost momentum up the straight to finish third
Jack Tudor
David Pipe
Handy in the pack early - blundered 4 out then lost touch after 3 out - eased and pulled up before 2 out
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls
Sat close to the pace early - dropped back after a bend - began to weaken - pulled up before two out
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard
Handy early - faded through the pack approaching 4th and found little from 3 out - eventually pulled up before 2 out
No. 6
8yo, 11-4, OR 120
J: Charlie Hammond · T: Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole
Charlie Hammond
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole
Set the pace early - pushed along once overtaken on the turn - soon lost touch and eased out of contention before 2 out
Harry Kimber
Robert Walford
Settled in the pack early - slipped towards the back after the 2nd and needed encouragement from the 3rd - lost touch with the field by the 8th - eased out of contention before 2 out
Jack Quinlan
Neil King
Settled in the pack early - lost touch and dropped away after 3 out - eased and pulled up before 2 out
Sean Houlihan
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Settled in the pack - given encouragement after 9th and lost touch three out - eased and pulled up before the second last
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.