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Weddings At Western House Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m4f100y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 5m 36.12s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Ciaran Gethings
Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls
Set the pace from the start - opened up a two length margin three out and held that gap approaching two out - asked for effort soon after - stayed on strongly toward the final flight to win
No. 2
6yo, 11-0, OR 118
J: Conner McCann (7) · T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Conner McCann (7)
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Held a forward spot early - hit the third-last then pressed on to close on leader - lost touch after a serious blunder at the last - continued at an unchanged effort to finish second
Callum Bewley
Ian Duncan
Held in the pack early - clipped the 6th and moved onto the pace by the 8th - pressed for effort before two out and blundered again - soon dropped away to finish third
Brian Hughes
Brian Ellison
Raced handy early - clumsy at the first and again 7th - pushed along into fourth after the 8th - blundered 3 out - dropped away after finishing 4th
Derek Fox
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Settled mid-pack early - pushed along and lost touch after the 8th - dropped away to finish fifth
Ben Smith (7)
R Mike Smith
Held up at the back - dropped away from 8th - well beaten in 6th
William Maggs (5)
R Mike Smith
Jumped errant at times - held up towards the back throughout - never a factor - well held in 7th
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.