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Get The Best Odds With Oddschecker Handicap Hurdle
Class 5, 1m7f50y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, 13 runners
Winning time 3m 52.67s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 8 hurdles
Result
Harry Reed
Michael Blake
Settled in the pack early - made ground before 3 out and hit the front before 2 out - drew clear approaching the last - kept finding to the line
James Best
Martin Keighley
Handy early with front group - clipped one but moved into second two out - closed on winner after final flight - kept battling under late attention to finish clear second beaten 3 lengths
Kielan Woods
Nick Scholfield
Settled towards the back early - made gradual progress from 3 out - moved into third after 2 out and battled for second up the straight - unable to find more close home
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard
Held up towards the back - improved to press pace after three out - hampered when a rival went down two out - lost touch before the last and gave way on the run to the line
James Turner (5)
Alexander Gibbons
Held up towards the back - driven into contention after the second - improved into contention before 2 out - stayed on into the front group approaching the last but weakened to be edged out of fourth close home
Sean Houlihan
Carroll Gray
Handy early - settled just behind the front pair - dropped back on the home turn and needed urging - hampered by a fallen rival two out then faded before the last
Sean Bowen
Harriet Dickin
Settled in the pack early - lost touch after 3 out - well beaten from 2 out - eventually came home last of the finishers in 7th
Kevin Brogan
Neil Mulholland
Held up towards the back - lost touch after 3 out - dropped away steadily in closing stages - finished a distant 8th
Tom Broughton (5)
Fergal O'Brien
Settled in the pack early - clipped the first - lost touch after 3 out - well beaten from 2 out to the line
Jack Tudor
Gordon Edwards
Handy early behind the front group - slipped back through the pack approaching halfway - pushed along before two out and fell away rapidly to finish last of the runners
Callum Pritchard (3)
Seamus Mullins
Held up towards the back - improved onto the pace after 3 out but faded before 2 out - well held at the finish
Harry Kimber
Robert Walford
Handy early - close up and battling when came down 2 out
Mr Daniel Williams (7)
Nicky Henderson
Set the pace early and opened a four-length advantage by the 3rd - drifted left once overtaken after the third-last - form fell away rapidly and dropped well behind - eased and taken out of the contest ahead of 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.