Uttoxeter
16:33
Nigel Kirby Photography Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div I)
Uttoxeter Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.40 Place: £1.30 £1.50 £23.90 Exacta: £28.70 Trifecta: £2443.80
Non-Runners: Fortune d'Honfleur (unsuitable ground), Line Out (unsuitable ground), Mandega (unsuitable ground), Steel Soldier (unsuitable ground), Thunder Gap (cast in box)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Guard Duty (GB) 7 G Good Emma Lavelle 154 lbs 100/30 Won Held up in rear - not fluent 4th - headway into midfield after 6th - pressed leaders when left in second 2 out - soon led - went clear when pushed out run-in(op 3/1)
2nd 10 Virtual Rock (IRE) N/A AVG Robert Eddery 154 lbs 6/1 5 Prominent - nudged along and 1 length down when left in lead 2 out - soon ridden and headed - not fluent last - kept on but no match for winner(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
3rd 11 Dartman (IRE) 4 G Poor Sarah-Jayne Davies 143 lbs 150/1 8.5 Took keen hold - didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - pecked on landing 6th - lost position after 3 out - left in third but weakened 2 out(op 80/1)
4th 8 Pyrrhic Dancer (IRE) 5 G AVG Gary Brown 144 lbs 125/1 36 Midfield early - steadied when bumped 3rd - towards rear when not fluent 5th - some headway when not fluent 3 out - weakening when left in remote fourth and hampered by faller 2 out - tailed off(op 100/1)
5th 7 Prince Abu (IRE) 8 G Poor Derek Shaw 154 lbs 200/1 21 Took keen hold - in rear early - jumped right 1st - midfield halfway - weakening when not fluent 3 out - tailed off (vet said gelding lost his left-hind shoe)(op 125/1)
6th 3 Dance Rules (IRE) N/A Poor Tim Vaughan 154 lbs 33/1 13 Midfield early - not fluent 2nd - towards rear when reminder and weakened after 4 out - tailed off(op 22/1)
99th 4 Deploy To Spy (GB) 7 G Elite Olly Murphy 154 lbs 14/1 - In touch with leaders - not fluent 3 out - soon headway - keeping on and prominent when brought down 2 out
99th 1 Valsad (IRE) 5 G AVG Harry Derham 161 lbs 2/5F - Led - 1 length ahead going okay when fell 2 out - fatally injured(op 4/11)
99th 2 Barbarosa (IRE) 8 G Poor Joanne Thomason-Murphy 154 lbs 200/1 - Midfield early - jumped right and bumped rival 3rd - raced in last when reminders and weakened after 6th - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding hung right-handed)(op 125/1)