Wincanton
17:00
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Wincanton Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 Distance: 2m5½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £6.70 Place: £2.30 £2.40 £5.50 Exacta: £54.90 Tricast: £900.74 Trifecta: £843.50
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Ithaka (IRE) 8 G AVG Ryan Potter 163 lbs 11/2 Won Held up in rear - not fluent 4th - headway after 3 out - led just before 2 out - soon ridden - jumped left last - kept on well run-in (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from the drop in grade and - in his opinion - an uncompetitive race along with the poor performance of the favourite)(op 18/5 tchd 7/2)
2nd 9 Robber's Bridge (IRE) 6 G AVG Simon Earle 142 lbs 8/1 3.75 Held up in rear - not fluent 3rd - headway before 2 out - soon went second and ridden - held but kept on run-in(op 17/2 tchd 15/2)
3rd 4 Start Point (GB) N/A Poor Richard Mitford-Slade 157 lbs 22/1 7.5 Midfield - prominent 6th - ridden before 2 out - soon outpaced - went third approaching last - no match for first two(op 25/1 tchd 28/1)
4th 7 Mr Snow Way (IRE) 5 G Poor Jeremy Scott 146 lbs 6/1 8.5 Led - briefly disputed lead 4th - ridden and headed before 2 out - weakened and lost third approaching last(op 7/1 tchd 15/2)
5th 6 West Orchard (IRE) 7 G AVG Joe Tizzard 152 lbs 6/1 3.25 Midfield - ridden when mistake 2 out - soon weakened(op 7/1 tchd 11/2 and tchd 15/2)
6th 8 Demothi (IRE) 8 G Poor Jimmy Frost 142 lbs 20/1 11 Midfield - prominent 6th - pushed along and dropped to rear after 3 out - weakened 2 out (jockey said gelding hung badly left-handed)(tchd 18/1 and tchd 22/1)
7th 2 Noble Savage (IRE) 9 G Poor Nigel Twiston-Davies 164 lbs 6/1 .5 Prominent - pressed leader going easily home turn - not fluent 2 out - soon ridden and weakened quickly(op 11/2)
99th 3 Ballymilan (GB) N/A AVG Neil Mulholland 163 lbs 25/1 - Prominent - slow jump 1st - briefly disputed lead 4th - dropped to rear 4 out - soon ridden - pulled up home turn(op 28/1)
99th 5 Mount South (IRE) 6 G Poor Ian Williams 154 lbs 15/8F - Towards rear - ridden and hung right then jockey looked down to see if something was amiss before 2 out - pulled up just after 2 out(tchd 7/4)