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Pyoneer Ale Mares' Handicap Hurdle
Class 3, 2m7f174y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-125, M, 6 runners
Winning time 5m 55.45s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
Jack Andrews
T Ellis
Settled handy early - improved into third after the 9th - crept through the field before 3 out - closed on the front pair 2 out - hit the front looking full of running approaching the last - driven out to score comfortably
Charlie Deutsch
Mel Rowley
Held up towards the tail early - drifted off the pack past the 7th - closer to the pace after the 9th - roused wide with three furlongs left - gained ground two out - kept driving but couldn't reel in winner - took second at the line
Ciaran Gethings
Alastair Ralph
Up with the early pace - contesting the front from 6th - drew ahead after 9th - pressed after 3 out and matched 2 out - overtaken approaching the last - weakened on the run-in to finish third
Charlie Price
Robbie Llewellyn
Sat behind the front group early - urged on and slipped towards the back after the 9th - given a squeeze before 3 out - soon lost touch with the leading pair - unable to threaten from 2 out - drifted left and kept going at an even effort to finish 4th
Richie McLernon
Henrietta C Knight
Inclined left at fences - made the running - shared the front from 6th - lost advantage after 9th - roused before 3 out - lost ground before the last and finished 5th
James Turner (5)
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
Settled at the rear - already adrift and being driven after the 3rd - laboured in 6th - dropped right out of contention after the 7th - pulled up after the 8th
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.