Catterick
15:30
Best Odds Guaranteed At Vickers.Bet Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Two Mile Hurdle Series Qualifier)
Catterick Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 Distance: 1m7½f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.50 Place: £2.10 £2.30 Exacta: £18.40 Tricast: £45.84 Trifecta: £53.70
Non-Runners: Holly (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Milldam (FR) 6 G AVG Jamie Snowden 164 lbs 7/2 Won Didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders - headway and led 4th - soon pestered - not fluent 2 out - soon headed - pushed along to lead approaching last - ridden when sustained duel with runner-up run-in - kept on(op 4/1)
2nd 4 The Churchill Lad (IRE) 5 G AVG Rebecca Menzies 164 lbs 4/1 .75 Took keen hold - led - raced in second after 2nd - pressed leader from 4 out - led again just after 2 out - headed approaching last - mistake last - ridden when sustained duel with winner run-in - no extra towards finish(tchd 7/2)
3rd 7 El Jefe (IRE) 7 G AVG Andrew Hamilton 144 lbs 3/1 13 Held up in rear - headway on turn before 2 out - soon went third - kept on but no match for first two(op 11/4)
4th 5 Moonlight Glory (IRE) 9 M AVG Mark Walford 158 lbs 15/2 8 Held up in rear - some headway before 4 out - outpaced after 3 out - no impression(tchd 17/2)
5th 2 For Pleasure (IRE) 10 G AVG Olly Murphy 167 lbs 5/2F 6 Raced in second - led narrowly after 2nd - lost position 4th - soon lost ground - weakened before 2 out (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by being taken on for the lead on this occasion)(op 11/4)
6th 8 Very Excellent (IRE) 8 G AVG Mike Sowersby 144 lbs 16/1 11 In touch with leaders - lost ground after 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 14/1 tchd 18/1)
7th 6 Carrarea (IRE) 7 G AVG Hannah McMahon 155 lbs 80/1 14 Towards rear - struggling from 3 out - never dangerous(op 33/1)