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Huntingdon
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Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (Div I)
Huntingdon Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £7 Place: £2.20 £1.60 £2.10 Exacta: £28.60 Tricast: £160.36 Trifecta: £160.20
Non-Runners: Stay If U Want To (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Oslo (GB) 8 G Poor
Fergal O'Brien 165 lbs 6/1 Won Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 7th - went third home turn - switched left and challenging 2 out - soon led and drifted right - clear last - kept on well(op 13/2 tchd 11/2)
2nd 1 Parc d'Amour (IRE) 7 G AVG
Kim Bailey 169 lbs 4/1 1.5 Held up in last - headway and in touch with leaders 7th - headway on inner when short of room and hampered home turn - good headway approaching last - jumped right and went second last - ridden and ran on run-in - never near to challenge (inquiry held into running and riding; vet said gelding was 1/5 lame on his left-hind; jockey said his instructions were to drop gelding out and ride him cold - as he is a buzzy type which needs to be ridden cold and kept on bridle for as long as possible with a view to mounting his challenge late - which were similar tactics to those employed when he had won over course and distance on 25th November 2023; jockey said that early pace was very strong - and he was content with his position throughout and was making nice headway into race down inner approaching home bend until he was checked in his run and lost several lengths; he added that this resulted in him being further off leaders than was ideal rounding home bend and he was mindful that it would be detrimental to their chances if he placed gelding under maximum pressure too soon and for this reason had nudged and squeezed gelding forward between second last and last hurdles before asking for his finishing effort from back of the last; trainer's rep confirmed instructions and that he had spoken with trainer after the race - stating that he was satisfied with ride given and was of the opinion that considering the interference suffered - jockey had achieved best possible placing under a ride that had accorded with their instructions; their explanations were noted)(tchd 7/2)
3rd 10 Lucky Lover Boy (IRE) 9 G AVG
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 147 lbs 13/2 6.5 Midfield - mistake 2nd - headway and in touch with leaders 7th - went fourth before 2 out - ridden and no extra approaching last - kept on and went third towards finish(op 15/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 17/2)
4th 5 Call The Dance (GB) 6 M Good
Nicky Henderson 162 lbs 2/1F .5 Took keen hold - midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 7th - hit 3 out - disputed lead home turn - outpaced approaching last - lost third towards finish(op 7/4)
5th 6 Maxcel (GB) 8 G AVG
Mel Rowley 160 lbs 12/1 4 Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 7th - disputed lead home turn - not fluent 2 out - soon outpaced - not fluent and weakened last(tchd 10/1)
6th 8 L'Allier (FR) 5 G Poor
Michael Wigham 152 lbs 14/1 19 Always behind - headway and in touch with leaders but ridden 7th - weakened before 2 out(tchd 18/1)
7th 7 Bannister (FR) 8 G AVG
Nick Kent 159 lbs 25/1 6 Taken down early - took keen hold - led and went clear - much reduced lead after 6th - hampered home turn - soon weakened (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 28/1)
8th 2 Quaresome (IRE) 7 G AVG
Donald McCain 160 lbs 15/2 4.75 Prominent behind clear leaders - headway and in touch with leaders 7th - soon ridden and lost position - weakened before 2 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown other than he thinks gelding is too high in ratings)(op 13/2)
9th 4 Les Loyautes (FR) 4 F Poor
Nigel Twiston-Davies 159 lbs 33/1 0.3 Took keen hold - raced in second behind clear leader - headway and 4 lengths down after 6th - lost position home turn - soon weakened(op 18/1)