Doncaster Races
Doncaster
16:40
Doncaster Groundworks Reinforcements Handicap Hurdle
Doncaster
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023
Distance: 2m3½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £8.50
Place: £2.30 £1.90 £1.60
Exacta: £65
Tricast: £209.16
Trifecta: £288
Non-Runners: Hasty Brook (unsuitable ground), No Tackle (vet's certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Fingal's Hill (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Peter Atkinson | 163 lbs | 15/2 | Won | Prominent - shaken up 3f out - switched left under 2f out - carried left over 1f out - quickened to lead inside final furlong - kept on - comfortably(op 7/1) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Heros (FR) | 8 G | AVG |
Shane Quinlan
(3)lbs
|
Venetia Williams | 155 lbs | 7/1 | 1 | Led - shaken up under 3f out - drifted left under 2f out - hung left 1f out - headed final furlong - kept on - no match for winner(op 15/2 tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1) | |
| 3rd | 5 | Couldbeaweapon (IRE) | 8 G | AVG |
Beau Morgan
(7)lbs
|
Ben Pauling | 155 lbs | 100/30 | 2.25 | Took keen hold - prominent - ridden and edged left under 3f out - slightly hampered over 1f out - soon lost second - drifted left final 110yds - kept on - no match for first two (jockey said gelding hung left-handed)(op 5/2 tchd 7/2) | |
| 4th | 10 | Saturday Song (GB) | 7 G | Poor |
Alexander Thorne
(5)lbs
|
Alan King | 152 lbs | 3/1F | 11 | Held up in rear - ridden under 4f out - soon outpaced - switched right under 2f out - kept on and went fourth towards finish(tchd 11/4 and tchd 16/5) | |
| 5th | 2 | Dr Sanderson (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Ben Haslam | 166 lbs | 7/1 | .75 | In touch with leaders - shaken up under 3f out - weakened inside final furlong - edged left and hampered rival under 2f out(op 12/1) | ||
| 6th | 8 | Supreme Yeats (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | L J Morgan | 158 lbs | 17/2 | 8.5 | Prominent - mistake 1st - pushed along 2f out - gradually lost position(op 8/1 tchd 15/2) | ||
| 7th | 7 | Perryville (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
Alex Edwards
(3)lbs
|
Mel Rowley | 156 lbs | 25/1 | 1.75 | In touch with leaders - slightly hampered 1st - pushed along and edged left 4f out - soon outpaced - well held 2f out(op 22/1) | |
| 8th | 11 | Royle Steel (FR) | 7 G | AVG |
Emma Smith-Chaston
(3)lbs
|
Micky Hammond | 153 lbs | 11/1 | 19 | Raced freely - in touch with leaders - ridden and lost position last (usual 3 out) - struggling 3f out - tailed off(op 9/1) | |
| 99th | 6 | Great Ocean (FR) | 8 G | AVG | Neil Mulholland | 160 lbs | 11/1 | - | Held up in rear - shaken up under 3f out - soon switched left - in touch with leaders when hampered and unseated rider over 1f out(op 12/1) |