Perth
14:52
Billy Duncan's 65th Birthday Celebration Handicap Hurdle
Perth Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 Distance: 2m4f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £7.90 Place: £2.70 £2.30 £2.40 Exacta: £57.40 Tricast: £308.32 Trifecta: £425.30
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Midfield - not fluent 6th - smooth headway after 3 out - led before 2 out - soon clear - easily (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had stripped fitter for his Ayr appearance which was his first run for the yard)(op 13/2 tchd 3/1)
8 G AVG Nicky Richards 149 lbs 5/1 Won
2nd
Led - ridden when headed before 2 out - soon no chance with winner but kept on(op 5/1)
11 G Poor Leonard Kerr 158 lbs 7/1 12
3rd
Held up in rear - ridden home turn - headway 2 out - soon hung left and went third - kept on(op 15/2 tchd 7/1 and tchd 10/1)
7 G Poor Rose Dobbin 152 lbs 9/1 0.3
4th
Prominent - ridden before 2 out - lost third approaching last - no extra run-in(tchd 8/1)
8 G Poor R Mike Smith 158 lbs 7/1 11
5th
Held up in rear - pushed along after 5th - headway after 7th - ridden after 3 out - weakened approaching last(op 18/1 tchd 14/1 and tchd 20/1)
N/A Poor Ewan Whillans 142 lbs 12/1 2.5
6th
Pressed leader - ridden when lost second before 2 out - soon weakened(tchd 14/1)
N/A Poor Lucinda Russell 165 lbs 12/1 3.5
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7th
Didn't jump with fluency - midfield - hit 4th - ridden after 3 out - weakened 2 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 15/8)
9 G AVG Olly Murphy 168 lbs 5/2F .5
8th
Midfield - ridden after 3 out - weakened before 2 out - tailed off(op 25/1 tchd 18/1)
N/A Poor Keith Dalgleish 152 lbs 20/1 15
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99th
Midfield - dropped to rear and reminders before 6th - weakened after 3 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out(op 80/1 tchd 66/1)
11 G Poor Lisa Harrison 160 lbs 100/1 -
99th
Prominent - weakened quickly after 7th - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding weakened quickly; vet reported that a post-race examination revealed the gelding to be uneven behind)(op 13/2 tchd 7/1)
N/A Poor Daragh Bourke 158 lbs 11/2 -
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