Doncaster
16:50
Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)
Doncaster Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 Distance: 3m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £2.88 Exacta: £9 Trifecta: £20.80
Non-Runners: Arnica (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Ernest Gray (IRE) 7 G AVG Alan King 167 lbs 15/8 Won Held up in last - niggled along briefly 8th - headway on inner to lead before 3 out - pushed along 2 out - 1 1/2 lengths ahead when jumped left last - ridden and kept on well run-in(tchd 7/4 and tchd 2/1)
2nd 1 Seigneur Des As (FR) 7 G Poor Milton Harris 163 lbs 9/2 3.25 Prominent - every chance 3 out - ridden 2 out - 1 1/2 lengths down last - weakened run-in(op 4/1 tchd 7/2)
3rd 3 Our Bill's Aunt (IRE) 8 M AVG Alex Hales 165 lbs 9/1 .5 Led - joined 5th - lost position before 3 out - soon ridden - kept on run-in(op 11/1 tchd 12/1)
4th 4 Ailes D'Amour (IRE) 8 G Poor Ian Williams 154 lbs 11/8F 16 Raced in second - disputed lead and not fluent 5th - lost position and ridden before 3 out - dropped to last before 2 out - weakened approaching last (vet said gelding lost his left-fore shoe)(op 5/4 tchd 6/5)