Newbury Races
Newbury
15:00
Coral Challow Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Newbury
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023
Distance: 2m4½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £3
Place: £1.30 £1.70 £3.90
Exacta: £10.30
Tricast: £166.72
Trifecta: £99.40
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Captain Teague (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | Paul Nicholls | 161 lbs | 2/1F | Won | Prominent - challenging when not fluent 2 out - pushed along and led approaching last - ridden and wandered around run-in - always doing enough | ||
| 2nd | 5 | Lookaway (IRE) | 7 G | Good | Neil King | 161 lbs | 11/2 | 1.5 | Led - faced challenge before 3 out - ridden after 2 out - headed approaching last - stayed on run-in | ||
| 3rd | 7 | The Jukebox Man (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | Ben Pauling | 161 lbs | 20/1 | 0.3 | Prominent - pressed leader before 3 out - soon pushed along - ridden after 2 out - hung left run-in - stayed on(tchd 22/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Johnnywho (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Jonjo O'Neill | 161 lbs | 13/2 | 0.2 | In touch with leaders - pushed along and went fourth before 3 out - ridden after 2 out - 6 lengths down last - kept on well final 110yds(op 9/2) | ||
| 5th | 6 | Masaccio (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Alan King | 161 lbs | 8/1 | 7.5 | Held up in rear - not fluent 2nd - pushed along and outpaced before 3 out - stayed on after 2 out - never on terms(op 11/1) | ||
| 99th | 8 | Willmount (GB) | 6 G | Good | Nicky Henderson | 161 lbs | 9/4 | - | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - weakened quickly on turn before 3 out - pulled up before 3 out - lost right-front shoe (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown other than jockey said gelding stopped quickly; vet said gelding lost his right front shoe)(op 5/2 tchd 11/4) | ||
| 99th | 3 | Farnoge (GB) | 6 G | Good | Paul Nicholls | 161 lbs | 20/1 | - | In touch with leaders on outer - pushed along after 3rd - pushed along after 4 out - weakened on turn before 3 out - pulled up before 3 out (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the going - officially described as soft on this occasion - and would prefer a quicker surface)(tchd 18/1) | ||
| 99th | 1 | Bullets Hill (IRE) | 6 G | Good | Ella Pickard | 161 lbs | 250/1 | - | Prominent on outer - lost position 4th - dropped to rear after 5th - pulled up before 3 out | ||
| 99th | 9 | Brave Jen (GB) | 6 M | AVG | Nicky Henderson | 154 lbs | 150/1 | - | Towards rear - hit 5th - pushed along and struggling after 4 out - pulled up before 3 out(op 100/1) |