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Copybet Fixed Brush Hurdle Series Final Novices' Handicap Hurdle Race (gbb Race)
Class 2, 2m4f, Hurdle, 3yo+, 15 runners
Winning time 4m 56.97s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds
Handy early - hit front after 1st and dictated from there - opened daylight 3 out - driven after final flight - edged in but held on at the line
David Bass
Tom Dascombe
Balked at the start and dropped away early - some way off the pace soon after - made progress from 4 out - kept on well approaching last two - moved into second after the last - unable to peg back leader at the line
Jonathan Burke
James Owen
Handy with the pace - drifted left two out then hampered at the last - rallied late to grab third
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Handy early - dropped away past 4 out - fought back from 3 out to claim fourth close home
Jack Hogan
Fergal O'Brien
mid-pack early - held that position through the race - eventually beaten 17 3/4 lengths in 5th
Ciaran Gethings
Alastair Ralph
Took the initiative early - relinquished the front after the 1st and held 2nd - left behind by the winner 3 out - under pressure before 2 out - hampered and dropped to 3rd after the last - faded to finish 6th
Harry Atkins (5)
Dan Skelton
Held up towards the back - clipped a fence three out - pushed along after two out and dropped away after the last
Theo Gillard
Donald McCain
Settled in the pack - lost touch before 3 out and pressed for effort after 2 out - dropped away after the last
Harry Reed
Nick Scholfield
Held up towards the back - lost touch from 3 out - checked after the last then faded through the run-in
Mr T Walsh (7)
Olly Murphy
Settled in mid-division - lost ground from 3 out - jumped poorly 2 out and faltered before the last - finished well held in 10th
Richie McLernon
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill
Settled in the pack - made headway into contention after 4 out - lost touch approaching 3 out and dropped away
Lee Edwards
Dave Roberts
Held up towards the back - lost touch after 4 out - drifted left 3 out - dropped away before 2 out and beaten a long way
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Held up at the back of the field - blundered three out - well beaten thereafter and never in contention - eventually finished last of the runners
Gavin Sheehan
Jamie Snowden
Settled midpack early - faded from four out and beaten well before the finish approached - eased out of contention shy of three out
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill
settled in third early - moved up to challenge with three furlongs left - upsides in second when came down two out
Non-runners: Yellow Card
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.