North West National Hunt Racing Club "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div I)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Captain Marvellous (FR) | 4 G | Elite | Jane Williams | 163 lbs | 8/13F | Won | Took keen hold - made all - not fluent last - soon pushed along - always doing enough - dismounted - fatally injured | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Pure Carbon (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Harry Derham | 157 lbs | 15/2 | 1 | Midfield - headway 4th - soon prominent - kept on well final 110yds - went second towards finish(tchd 9/1) | ||
| 3rd | 10 | Marlacoo (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Tom Lacey | 156 lbs | 5/2 | 1.5 | Raced in second - hit 3 out - pressed winner but hung left 2 out - no extra when lost second towards finish(op 3/1) | ||
| 4th | 9 | Kabuki (FR) | 5 G | Poor | Donald McCain | 156 lbs | 11/1 | 9 | Travelled strongly - prominent - disputing third and going okay when mistake 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 10/1) | ||
| 5th | 8 | Goodwin Face (FR) | 5 G | Poor | Chris Gordon | 156 lbs | 80/1 | 9.5 | Held up in rear - ran green but some headway 2 out - no chance but kept on run-in (inquiry held into running and riding; jockey said his instructions were to get gelding settled and jumping in early stages as on his previous run over hurdles at Kempton - he ran keenly before falling when weakening at 2nd last - losing confidence as a result; he further added gelding made a mistake at 4th last and made a respiratory noise - raced greenly and hung both ways before the last where he ran on strongly albeit past tiring horses; trainer said his last race had taken a long time to build back his confidence - hence the absence of 311 days; he further added the instructions were as jockey stated and that he was very satisfied with the run; he may now consider riding gelding more prominently and consider addressing the respiratory issue through either a tongue tie or wind surgery)(tchd 100/1) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Castadrift (IRE) | 4 G | Poor | Rosemary Gasson | 156 lbs | 66/1 | 1.75 | Midfield - headway 4th - soon prominent - weakened before 2 out | ||
| 7th | 2 | Latenightrumble (GB) | 7 G | AVG |
Jack Andrews
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T Ellis | 154 lbs | 50/1 | 10 | Always behind - outpaced from 4th - tailed off(tchd 66/1) | |
| 8th | 4 | Skiffle Man (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Dan Skelton | 157 lbs | 18/1 | 0.2 | Always behind - tailed off(op 12/1 tchd 16/1) | ||
| 9th | 5 | Skin Full (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | David Pipe | 157 lbs | 200/1 | 7 | Always behind - tailed off | ||
| 10th | 11 | Three Zambezi's (IRE) | 4 G | Poor | Christian Williams | 156 lbs | 100/1 | 1.25 | Midfield - not fluent 2nd - disputing third 3rd - weakened 3 out - tailed off(op 50/1 tchd 100/1) |
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