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Stratford
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Foxtrot Racing Syndicates Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
Stratford Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £4 Place: £1.20 £2.20 £1.10 Exacta: £29.30 Trifecta: £57.60
Non-Runners: Gasmani (unsuitable ground), Just Gino (unsuitable ground), Lud'or (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 13 Wales (GER) 4 G AVG
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole 155 lbs 3/1 Won Pulled hard - prominent - led after 3rd - headed when jumped left and bumped 4th - going best and led again before 2 out - faced challenge after last - kept on well and went clear again final 110yds - readily(op 10/3 tchd 7/2)
2nd 7 Impecunious (IRE) 5 G AVG
Chris Down 161 lbs 10/1 1.75 Held up in rear - headway from 3 out - went second approaching last - pressed winner run-in - outpaced final 110yds(op 8/1 tchd 7/1)
3rd 9 Minella Miracle (IRE) 6 G Poor
Fergal O'Brien 161 lbs EvensF 5.5 Led - headed when ran green and hampered 1st - prominent from 2nd - disputing second when not fluent 2 out - hung left approaching last - no extra run-in(op 5/4 tchd 10/11)
4th 3 Danny's Friend (IRE) 6 G Poor
Michael Scudamore 161 lbs 80/1 2 Prominent - led 2nd - headed after 3rd - led again but hampered after 4th - headed before 2 out - no extra from last(op 50/1)
5th 14 Shibuya Song (GB) 6 M Poor
Richard Phillips 151 lbs 28/1 4.25 Midfield - outpaced 2 out - headway approaching last - stayed on run-in (jockey said mare hung right-handed throughout and made a respiratory noise)(op 33/1 tchd 40/1)
6th 6 Get The Value (IRE) 7 G AVG
John O'Shea 161 lbs 18/1 2 Held up in rear - some headway into midfield but not clear run after 2 out - shaken up after last - no chance but kept on final 110yds (inquiry was held into running and riding; jockey said that his instructions were to drop in with focus of giving gelding time and getting into a rhythm in order to build his confidence throughout race; he continued that gelding has a habit of racing keenly and that he was running through his hands for the majority of the first circuit before Cairo King jumped across him at fourth hurdle - which had the effect of lighting gelding up - a fact he had reported at scales; thereafter his jumping worsened and rider added that on approach to second last - having begun to ask gelding for some effort - gelding made a slight noise - a fact he again reported at scales - resulting in him focusing on keeping the bit up in gelding's mouth to enable him to finish the race; rider added that once he had extricated himself from the aforementioned pocket - he was able to ride gelding through to the line - giving him a couple of flicks after the last - with gelding finishing race at the one pace - neither gaining nor losing any ground on Shibuya Song which he had followed up the straight; trainer confirmed instructions and was satisfied that ride accorded with those instructions; their explanations were noted)(op 16/1 tchd 22/1)
7th 12 Scintillante (GB) 5 G AVG
Alastair Ralph 155 lbs 5/1 0.05 Midfield - headway after 5th - disputing second after 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 7/2)
8th 10 Newton (FR) 6 G Poor
Jake Thomas Coulson 156 lbs 200/1 3.75 Held up in rear - midfield 2 out - soon outpaced - stayed on run-in(op 80/1)
9th 1 Break Heart Hill (GB) 7 G Poor
Fiona Shaw 158 lbs 150/1 5.5 Always behind(op 100/1)
10th 5 Gerrots (FR) 6 G Poor
Deborah Faulkner 161 lbs 100/1 8.5 Jumped left throughout - pressed leader - hampered 1st - prominent when not fluent 2nd - weakened 2 out (jockey said gelding jumped poorly throughout)(tchd 80/1 and tchd 125/1)
11th 2 Cairo King (FR) 5 G Poor
Jamie Snowden 161 lbs 16/1 20 Midfield - mistake 1st - jumped left 4th - hampered 2 out - soon weakened - tailed off (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)(op 12/1)