weatherbysshop.co.uk Handicap Hurdle
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Feel The Pinch (GB) | 10 G | AVG |
Toby Wynne
(5)lbs
|
Robbie Llewellyn | 156 lbs | 13/2 | Won | Midfield - good headway before 2 out - soon led - good jump last - kept on well run-in - readily(op 5/1) | |
| 2nd | 8 | Stonific (IRE) | 8 G | Poor | Gary Hanmer | 154 lbs | 10/1 | 2.25 | Took keen hold - towards rear - headway 3 out - prominent going easily when not fluent before 2 out - soon bit short of room but went second - kept on but no match for winner(op 8/1 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Polyphonic (IRE) | 4 G | Poor | James Owen | 159 lbs | 15/2 | 6 | Took keen hold - held up in rear - raced wide before 5 out - good headway when not fluent 2 out - soon disputing second - no extra approaching last(op 6/1) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Elham Valley (FR) | 6 G | Poor |
Patrick Cowley
(3)lbs
|
John Cornwall | 165 lbs | 33/1 | 6 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - pressed leader 4 out - led narrowly after 3 out - headed 2 out - soon weakened and lost two places(op 16/1) | |
| 5th | 4 | Sergeant Wilson (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 160 lbs | 10/11F | 4.5 | Took keen hold - led - wandered around after 1st - headed after 3 out - weakened from 2 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 11/8) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Socialist Agenda (GB) | 8 G | AVG | L J Morgan | 160 lbs | 33/1 | 8.5 | Midfield - not fluent 3rd - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened(op 16/1) | ||
| 7th | 1 | Byzantine Empire (GB) | 8 G | AVG |
Daire Davis
(7)lbs
|
Fergal O'Brien | 161 lbs | 7/2 | 8.5 | Took keen hold - held up in rear - jumped right and not fluent 3 out - soon weakened (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 9/2 tchd 5/1) | |
| 99th | 7 | Ithaka (IRE) | 8 G | Poor | Ryan Potter | 155 lbs | 66/1 | - | Took keen hold - prominent - lost position 4 out - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened and pulled up(op 33/1) |
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