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Racing To School Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 4, 1m7f169y, Hurdle, 4yo, 8 runners
Winning time 4m 0.07s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Tom Bellamy
Alan King
Set the pace from the off - driven along and challenged 3 out - responded to stay a length in front and hit the last - margin shrinking close home but held on for the win
Kevin Brogan
Toby Lawes
Held handy early - pushed alongside leader 3 out and slightly awkward there - trailed by a length nearing final fence - kept battling to go down by a short margin
Robert Dunne
Samuel Drinkwater
Settled in the pack early - jumped awkwardly 4th - made progress toward the front before 3 out - pressed for effort soon after - stayed on at one gait but clipped the final fence - finished third
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
Handy early - pushed along and slipped to fourth before 3 out - jumped awkwardly 2 out then wandered off line approaching last - stayed on at an unchanged rate to finish fourth
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Settled at the back early - stumbled 6th - pushed along and made progress 3 out - jumped awkwardly 2 out - moved into fourth near the last but blundered there and dropped away quickly
Jonathan Burke
Fergal O'Brien
Pulled hard early - settled in the pack - pressed for effort before fading 3 out - finished sixth well beaten
Sam Twiston-Davies
Henry Daly
Settled in the pack - pushed along and dropped away 3 out - finished 7th
Ben Poste
Ed de Giles
Settled at the back from the off - never involved with the front rank - eased and pulled up before 3 out
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.