Newbury Races
Newbury
13:15
Read Paul Nicholls On Betting.Betfair Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Newbury
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021
Distance: 2m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £4.30
Place: £1.40 £1.20 £3.20
Exacta: £13.70
Trifecta: £87
Non-Runners: Give Us A Swig (self certificate), Pol Crocan (self certificate), Tip Top Mountain (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Gowel Road (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 162 lbs | 7/2 | Won | Ducked left start - took keen hold - led - wandered around just before 2nd - headed and pushed along before 3 out - soon rallied and every chance - led again run-in - went clear final 110yds - readily(tchd 10/3 and tchd 4/1) | ||
| 2nd | 14 | Good Ball (FR) | N/A | Elite | Paul Nicholls | 153 lbs | 9/4J | 5.5 | Tracked winner - led going easily before 3 out - soon hard pressed - not fluent and pushed along 2 out - not fluent last - headed run-in - ridden and outpaced final 110yds(op 5/2) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | Nobby (GB) | N/A | Poor | Alan King | 156 lbs | 16/1 | 4.75 | Took keen hold - midfield on inner - steady headway before 3 out - went third 2 out - soon pushed along - no impression from last (vet said gelding lost its right-fore shoe) | ||
| 4th | 3 | Defining Battle (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Dan Skelton | 156 lbs | 18/1 | 5.5 | Took keen hold - held up in rear - going easily when hampered 3 out - shaken up and steady headway from 2 out - not fluent last - soon went fourth - kept on - eyecatcher (jockey said gelding ran too free and was badly hampered by a faller at the third last hurdle)(op 14/1) | ||
| 5th | 7 | Moore Margaux (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Olly Murphy | 156 lbs | 80/1 | 1 | Took keen hold - prominent - not fluent and pushed along 3 out - outpaced before 2 out - held when bumped just after last(op 66/1) | ||
| 6th | 15 | Ahorsewithnoname (GB) | N/A | Good | Nicky Henderson | 149 lbs | 9/4J | 4.25 | Didn't jump with fluency - prominent on inner - went third after 4 out - pushed along and lost position 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 2/1) | ||
| 7th | 6 | Kennack Bay (FR) | 9 G | AVG | Ben Pauling | 156 lbs | 125/1 | 4 | Raced wide - towards rear - steady headway after 4 out - shaken up and lost ground after 3 out - weakened from 2 out | ||
| 8th | 11 | Spotty Dog (GB) | 10 G | Poor | Michael Hawker | 156 lbs | 300/1 | .5 | Towards rear - pushed along before 3 out - soon no impression - weakened from 2 out(op 250/1 tchd 400/1) | ||
| 9th | 9 | Rocco Du Berlais (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Gary Moore | 156 lbs | 200/1 | 18 | Didn't jump with fluency - in rear - shaken up 3 out - weakened before 2 out - tailed off(op 125/1) | ||
| 10th | 10 | Seymour Promise (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Colin Tizzard | 156 lbs | 66/1 | 2.75 | Took keen hold - prominent - shaken up and lost position after 4 out - struggling when jockey lost iron briefly after 3 out - soon beaten - tailed off(op 50/1) | ||
| 11th | 13 | Who Is That (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Chris Gordon | 156 lbs | 200/1 | 13 | Raced wide - took keen hold - prominent - lost position 4th - dropped to last and pushed along after 4 out - soon beaten - tailed off (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 125/1) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Hoi Polloi (IRE) | N/A | Elite | Emma Lavelle | 156 lbs | 9/2 | - | Midfield - steady headway 4 out - nudged along and 4 lengths fifth when sprawled on landing and unseated rider 3 out(op 5/1 tchd 4/1) |