Taunton Races
Taunton
16:42
Taunton Racecourse Business Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Taunton
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024
Distance: 2m3f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.50
Place: £1.20 £1.70 £1.70
Exacta: £15.10
Trifecta: £54
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Meatloaf (FR) | 5 G | Good | Paul Nicholls | 166 lbs | 5/2 | Won | Made all - went clear after 2 out - pushed out(op 2/1) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Recoup (GB) | 3 G | AVG | Fergal O'Brien | 166 lbs | 5/1 | 6.5 | Prominent - went second 2 out - awkward jump last - kept on(op 9/2 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Walks Like The Man (IRE) | 7 G | AVG |
Bradley Harris
(3)lbs
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Harriet Dickin | 163 lbs | 9/2 | .5 | Raced in second - not fluent 7th - disputing second 2 out - kept on(op 5/1) | |
| 4th | 5 | Backinaction (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Evan Williams | 159 lbs | 80/1 | 3.75 | Midfield - headway 6th - went fourth after 3 out - pushed along from 2 out - hit last - kept on(op 50/1) | ||
| 5th | 7 | Dan's Chosen (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | 159 lbs | 20/1 | 8.5 | Midfield - headway 6th - outpaced before 2 out - weakened run-in(op 18/1) | ||
| 6th | 8 | Dasher (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 159 lbs | 28/1 | 0.2 | Never better than midfield(op 22/1) | ||
| 7th | 6 | Ballyfinn (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Anthony Honeyball | 159 lbs | 11/1 | 1.5 | Prominent - dropped to midfield 6th - outpaced after 3 out - kept on run-in(op 12/1 tchd 10/1) | ||
| 8th | 13 | Sindri (GB) | 4 F | Poor | Mitchell Hunt | 142 lbs | 200/1 | 8 | Held up in rear - midfield 3 out - weakened after 2 out - hampered by loose horse run-in(op 150/1) | ||
| 9th | 10 | Talap (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Gordon Edwards | 159 lbs | 200/1 | 27 | Prominent - weakened after 3 out - tailed off | ||
| 10th | 3 | Roger Pol (IRE) | 7 G | Good | Jamie Snowden | 166 lbs | 15/8F | 4 | Midfield - lost position before 6th - soon struggling and in rear - tailed off (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding may be feeling the effects of a long season)(tchd 2/1) | ||
| 99th | 12 | Silver Chord (GB) | 6 M | Poor | Chris Down | 152 lbs | 150/1 | - | Always behind - hampered by loose horse after 5th - weakened after 6th - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out(op 100/1) | ||
| 99th | 9 | Inspector Maigret (GB) | N/A | Poor | Harriet Brown | 159 lbs | 250/1 | - | Always behind - ran out when on turn before 6th (jockey said gelding ran out turning into back straight)(op 200/1) | ||
| 99th | 11 | Telenn d'Annain (FR) | 5 G | Poor | Christian Williams | 159 lbs | 200/1 | - | Held up in rear - unseated when not fluent 4th(op 150/1) |