Royal Ascot Form Study On attheraces.com Maiden Hurdle (Arc Summer Novice Brush Hurdle Series) (GBB)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | Faded Fantasy (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Christian Williams | 152 lbs | 16/5 | Won | Took keen hold - held up in rear - headway before 3 out - went second home turn - led and going easily 2 out - went well clear approaching last - eased final 110yds - easily(op 5/2) | ||
| 2nd | 7 | Skeeter Park (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Michael Appleby | 158 lbs | 40/1 | 10 | Held up in rear - headway 3 out - disputing second when jumped right 2 out - went second approaching last - kept on - no match for winner(op 80/1 tchd 100/1) | ||
| 3rd | 12 | Presenting Nelly (GB) | 8 M | AVG | Dan Skelton | 151 lbs | 12/1 | 6 | Held up in midfield on outer - headway before 3 out - disputing second and pushed along 2 out - hung left and weakened approaching last(op 14/1 tchd 11/1) | ||
| 4th | 3 | Jessmae (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Henry Oliver | 158 lbs | 100/1 | 10 | Led narrowly - joined 6th - headed and raced in second 9th - lost position home turn - weakened 2 out(op 66/1 tchd 200/1) | ||
| 5th | 5 | Sforza Castle (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Ben Pauling | 158 lbs | 11/1 | 2 | Pressed leader - wandered around 1st - lost second and prominent 6th - briefly went second and pushed along after 3 out - soon lost position - weakened 2 out(op 17/2 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 6th | 11 | Love Bite (IRE) | 7 M | Poor | Nicky Henderson | 151 lbs | 16/1 | 1 | Towards rear of midfield - slow jump 4th - dropped to last and struggling 9th - no chance but some headway from 2 out(op 22/1) | ||
| 7th | 1 | D'Last Spez (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
Mr Phillip York
(5)lbs
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Phil York | 154 lbs | 22/1 | 5 | Prominent - lost position and pushed along 8th - weakening and no chance when jumped right 2 out(op 33/1 tchd 40/1) | |
| 8th | 10 | Diana Prince (GB) | 7 M | AVG |
Tom Midgley
(3)lbs
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Paul Midgley | 148 lbs | 200/1 | 0.2 | Prominent - lost position and midfield 2nd - ridden after 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 150/1) | |
| 9th | 6 | Shandancer (IRE) | 8 G | Poor | Amy Murphy | 158 lbs | 2/1F | 5.5 | Midfield - headway and prominent 2nd - joined leader 6th - led 8th - 4 lengths ahead and pushed along home turn - headed and lost position 2 out - weakened quickly approaching last (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than jockey said he stopped quickly; vet said a post-race examination revealed no abnormalities)(op 13/8) | ||
| 10th | 4 | Make No Plans (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Liam G O'Brien | 158 lbs | 16/1 | 2.5 | Always behind(tchd 18/1) | ||
| 11th | 9 | Jimmy Boum (FR) | 4 G | Poor | Christian Williams | 152 lbs | 40/1 | 18 | Took keen hold - always behind(op 33/1) | ||
| 99th | 2 | Genovese (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Martin Keighley | 158 lbs | 100/30 | - | Took keen hold - prominent - pulled up quickly 7th(op 9/2) |
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