GBDoncaster Races

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Doncaster
15:40
SBK Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Doncaster Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £2 Place: £1.10 £2.10 £1.10 Exacta: £13.90 Trifecta: £28.60
Non-Runners: Williethebuilder (vet's certificate)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 2m 2m3½f
1st
Took keen hold - raced in second - pressed leader going best 2 out - led before last - soon clear - eased run-in(op 13/8)
7 G AVG
Toby Lawes 156 lbs EvensF Won
2m4f 2m7½f 3m 3m1½f
2m½f 2m 2m1f 2m½f
2nd
Led - faced challenge 2 out - headed before last - no match for winner(tchd 10/1)
7 G Poor
Rebecca Menzies 163 lbs 11/1 10
2m1f 2m 2m 2m½f 2m4f
1m2f 1m4f 1m1f 2m 2m½f
3rd
Took keen hold - towards rear - headway before 3 out - weakened after 2 out - no match for first two (vet reported gelding bled from the nose and was showing signs of post-race heat stress)(op 5/4)
5 G AVG
Alan King 163 lbs 13/8 25
1m2f 1m2½f 1m1f 1m2½f 1m2f
2m
4th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 4th - lost position 4 out - rallied and went modest fourth after 3 out (jockey said - regarding running and riding - that he had no specific instructions from trainer so he elected to ride gelding mid-division but handy in order to give him his best chance; he explained that gelding ran a little keen in early stages - having had a long lay-off - but he was happy with his position and with way gelding was travelling - although he was jumping big and green - adding that he had kept wide to find better ground going down back straight; he added that gelding had come off the bit having jumped 4 out and was struggling to hold his position so he switched to rail in home straight in order to give gelding some help; once there - gelding was clumsy over first 2 hurdles so he held him together in order to get him home safely and maintained that he was finishing one-paced and had only made ground on Paradias - which finished 3rd - in closing stages because that horse was stopping so quickly; he confirmed that he had spoken with trainer after race and had advised that - although gelding seemed to handle the ground described as soft - heavy in places - he might benefit from a step up in trip)(op 14/1 tchd 17/2)
6 G Poor
Christian Williams 156 lbs 9/1 1.5
2m 2m4½f 2m4f 3m 3m
2m½f
5th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 4 out - lost position before 3 out - soon struggling(op 13/2)
6 G Poor
Dan Skelton 156 lbs 10/1 1.75
2m 2m4½f 3m 3m
2m
6th
In touch with leaders - weakened before 3 out
6 G Poor
Claire Dyson 156 lbs 200/1 11
2m 2m4½f 2m6f
1m2f 1m6f 1m2f 2m 2m
7th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 3rd - weakened quickly 2 out(op 18/1)
5 G Poor
Alan King 156 lbs 25/1 6
1m 1m2½f 1m4f 1m4½f 1m2f
2m½f 2m3½f 2m½f
8th
Always behind - not fluent 2nd - slightly hampered 4 out(op 125/1)
7 G AVG
Ian Williams 156 lbs 100/1 16
2m2½f 2m2½f 2m2½f 2m4½f 2m
1m6½f 2m
9th
Always behind - not fluent 2nd - not fluent 3rd - tailed off(op 80/1)
4 G Poor
Jennie Candlish 144 lbs 100/1 28
2m 2m2½f