Stratford
13:30
Racing To School Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle
Stratford Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 Distance: 2m2½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.50 Place: £1.50 £1.40 £1.70 Exacta: £14.90 Tricast: £43.17 Trifecta: £68.70
Non-Runners: Pak Army (vet's certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Cawthorne Cracker (IRE) 6 G AVG Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 139 lbs 7/2 Won In touch with leaders - headway 3 out - led after 2 out - kept on run-in - ridden out (trainer was asked to explain the reason why he was running gelding on going described as good - having declared him a non-runner at Worcester on June 13 on ground with same official description; trainer said that in his opinion the going at Worcester was riding softer than described due to rainfall on that day; a rep had walked the course at Stratford and they were happy for gelding to take his chance)(op 4/1)
2nd 2 Evenwood Sonofagun (IRE) 6 G Poor Fergal O'Brien 162 lbs 11/4F 2.25 Pressed leader - hit 2 out - soon lost second - kept on run-in - went second again towards finish
3rd 1 Magistrato (FR) 6 G AVG Deborah Cole 168 lbs 9/2 1.5 Took keen hold - led - headed after 2 out - soon hung left - no extra when lost second towards finish(op 4/1)
4th 4 Lost In The Mist (IRE) 8 G Poor Martin Keighley 159 lbs 100/30 .75 Prominent - outpaced after 2 out - kept on run-in(op 7/2 tchd 4/1)
5th 5 Bridge Road (IRE) 8 G Poor Jennie Candlish 159 lbs 15/2 1 In touch with leaders - dropped to last when mistake 5th - outpaced after 3 out - headway when not fluent last - kept on(tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1)
99th 6 Glance At Me (GB) 6 M AVG Andrew J Martin 153 lbs 20/1 - Held up in rear - headway 4th - soon prominent - short of room when on turn after 6th - soon struggling - weakened after 2 out - pulled up before last(op 18/1)
99th 7 Lone Soldier (GB) 6 G Poor Charles & Adam Pogson 148 lbs 12/1 - Took keen hold - prominent - weakened quickly after 2 out - soon pulled up (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 9/1)
99th 9 Fort Nelson (GB) 7 G Poor Sarah-Jayne Davies 139 lbs 100/1 - Virtually refused to race - pulled himself up before 1st(op 66/1)