Leicester
13:15
William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Leicester Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £5 Place: £1.50 £1.90 £1.80 Exacta: £25.70 Trifecta: £114.80
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Grozni (FR) 9 G AVG C Byrnes 161 lbs 4/1 Won Took keen hold - made all - pushed along after 2 out - ridden and faced challenge last - kept on well run-in - just did enough(op 10/3 tchd 5/1)
2nd 8 Not A Light (IRE) 7 G AVG Philip Hobbs 154 lbs 9/2 0.1 Held up in rear - good headway before 3 out - went second 2 out - pushed along and challenging when mistake last - ridden and every chance run-in - just held(tchd 7/2)
3rd 10 Scamallach Liath (IRE) 7 G AVG Oliver Sherwood 154 lbs 7/2C 3 Midfield - ridden after 3 out - went third approaching last - stayed on run-in - not pace to challenge(op 4/1 tchd 3/1)
4th 4 Hermes Du Gouet (FR) 7 G Poor Venetia Williams 154 lbs 7/2C 10 Prominent 3rd - pushed along after 3 out - ridden before 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 6/1 tchd 13/2)
5th 9 Safe Destination (GB) 6 G AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 154 lbs 40/1 11 Held up in rear - headway after 4 out - not fluent 3 out - ridden and no impression before 2 out(tchd 50/1)
6th 3 Carlo Du Berlais (IRE) 6 G AVG Fergal O'Brien 154 lbs 50/1 6.5 Raced wide - disputed lead - niggled along briefly 5th - ridden before 3 out - weakened from 2 out(op 40/1)
7th 6 Let's Go Amigo (IRE) 4 G Poor Kim Bailey 154 lbs 33/1 .5 Took keen hold - midfield - not fluent 2nd - headway 4 out - ridden and outpaced before 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 28/1 tchd 25/1)
8th 7 Mystic Man (IRE) 7 G AVG Oliver Sherwood 147 lbs 80/1 5.5 Raced wide - took keen hold - midfield - ridden and no impression before 2 out(op 66/1)
9th 11 Scene One (IRE) 9 G AVG Lucy Wadham 154 lbs 7/2C 2.75 Raced wide - prominent - pushed along before 3 out - ridden and weakened before 2 out(op 3/1 tchd 18/5)
99th 2 Stony Man (IRE) 9 G Poor Gary Hanmer 161 lbs 14/1 - Raced wide - held up in rear - pushed along after 4th - became detached 5th - struggling before 4 out - pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding never travelled)(op 8/1 tchd 16/1)
99th 5 Hilnamix (FR) 5 G AVG Lawney Hill 154 lbs 150/1 - Took keen hold - midfield - ridden and dropped to rear before 6th - struggling before 4 out - pulled up before 3 out (jockey said that he pulled up gelding as a precautionary measure - as gelding was bleeding from a wound to his right-hind limb; vet reported that a subsequent post-race examination of gelding revealed that there was a small wound - but it was of no significance)(op 125/1)