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Late Roy Kneller 85th Birthday Mares' Handicap Hurdle
Class 4, 2m5f55y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, M, 10 runners
Winning time 5m 20.83s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles 1 omitted
Result
Ciaran Gethings
Alastair Ralph
Shared front spot - pushed along two out and edged clear approaching last - margin narrowed near the line but held on for the win
Charlie Deutsch
Mel Rowley
Prominent early - shared front with rival before the 3rd - pushed along before 2 out - lost advantage approaching the last - stayed on up the run-in to finish second
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Pulled hard early - shared front spot before being overtaken and pressed approaching 2 out - hit last and unbalanced - found more late to finish third
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
Settled in the pack early - pushed along and close to the front pair 2 out - weakened before the last after a blunder and gave up third place late
Jonathan Burke
Fergal O'Brien
Settled in the pack - pushed along and maintained effort - blundered before 2 out - finished 5th beaten 14 lengths
Conor O'Farrell
Kerry Lee
Settled at the back - clipped the 2nd - pushed along and found progress two out - lost ground on the run-in to finish 6th
David Bass
Henry Daly
Held handy early - pressed for effort then dropped away approaching 2 out - finished 7th
No. 11
8yo, 10-11, OR 103
J: Craig Nichol · T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Craig Nichol
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Held up in the pack - under pressure and detached before 2 out - well beaten in 8th
Toby McCain-Mitchell (5)
Alex Hales
Shared front-running spot early - lost command at 6th - pushed along and faded before two out - finished well beaten in 9th
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds
Settled in the pack early - under pressure with nothing left two out - eased and pulled up soon after
Non-runners: Notnowlinda (unsuitable ground)
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.