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DragonBet 'Welsh Champion' Hurdle Race (A Limited Handicap) (GBB Race)
Class 2, 2m, Hurdle, 5yo+, 17 runners
Winning time 3m 59.11s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill
Up with the pace early - went to the front before 2nd - two lengths up 3 out and holding that margin 2 out - soon pushed along - veered about but four lengths to spare approaching the last - stayed on strongly to win
Kielan Woods
Nick Scholfield
Handy early - short of room until 2 out - pushed along to go after the winner at the last then stayed on without getting to the front - second beaten 4 lengths
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard
mid-pack early - improved 3 out and travelling sweetly - pursued the winner 2 out - under pressure and dropped to third at the last - stayed on without quickening
Sean Flanagan
Paul Nolan
settled in rear of the pack - jumped sluggishly first - gained ground 3 out - scrappy 2 out under pressure - stayed on towards the last - took fourth on the run-in and never a threat
Philip Byrnes
William Durkan
Set off in front - overtaken before 2nd - pushed along and dropped to third 2 out - faded before the last to finish 5th
Sean Houlihan
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
mid-pack early - under pressure and untidy 3 out - lost touch 2 out - plugged on run-in - never a threat finishing 6th
Stan Sheppard
Tom Lacey
In the pack through the early stages - pushed along after 3 out - tired badly 2 out and finished 7th
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
Raced freely early - prominent through the middle stages - crept closer 3 out - dropped away 2 out and fell right out of it - finished 8th
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Close up early - error at the first and jumping scrappy by the 3rd - went after the winner 3 out - under pressure and faded 2 out - finished 9th
Jonathan Burke
James Owen
Among the backmarkers early - still within reach 3 out - urged along before 2 out then plodded on at one speed before the last - finished 10th
Harry Atkins (5)
Dan Skelton
Held up in last group - crept past a couple of rivals before 3 out - pushed along and made no dent 2 out - finished 11th
Jack Andrews
Dan Skelton
Settled at the back of the field - struggled to make any inroads before 2 out - finished 12th and well beaten
Charlie Todd
Dan Skelton
mid-pack early - bumped before 3 out - struggling 2 out and never a threat - finished 13th
Harry Cobden
Faye Bramley
Up with the pace early - faded from 4th and was bumped before 3 out - soon detached and well beaten in 14th
Sean Bowen
Nick Scholfield
rear throughout - bumped by rival and going nowhere before 3 out - finished 15th and tailed off
Liam Harrison
Fergal O'Brien
Raced at the back early - struggling to keep pace 3 out - soon tailed off and beaten 52.5 lengths in 16th
Dylan Johnston
Sam Thomas
mid-pack early - jumping errors 3 out then soon under pressure and fading - pulled up before the 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.