Taunton Races
Taunton
14:05
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Taunton
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025
Distance: 3m
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £23
Place: £3.30 £1.40 £5.60
Exacta: £60.50
Tricast: £783.05
Trifecta: £2280.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Jesuila Des Mottes (FR) | 5 M | AVG | Emma Lavelle | 168 lbs | 22/1 | Won | Midfield on inner - headway 8th - in touch with leaders when short of room home turn - pushed along and led narrowly before 2 out - ridden and kept on well run-in - always doing enough(op 14/1) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Badbury Rings (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Neil Mulholland | 159 lbs | 7/4F | 1.75 | Held up in rear - headway 8th - in touch with leaders going easily home turn - went second before 2 out - ridden and kept on run-in(op 5/2) | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Babatunde (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
Miss Thomasina Eyston
(7)lbs
|
Richard Mitford-Slade | 151 lbs | 18/1 | 12 | Ran without hind shoe - took keen hold - soon prominent - not fluent 7th - led going easily 10th - lost two places before 2 out - soon ridden - no match for first two(op 14/1 tchd 20/1) | |
| 4th | 8 | Talkingtothemoon (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Anthony Honeyball | 152 lbs | 9/1 | .5 | Raced wide - midfield - headway and prominent 9th - outpaced from 2 out(op 11/1) | ||
| 5th | 6 | Honey Jack (GB) | 6 G | AVG |
Freddie Gingell
(3)lbs
|
Joe Tizzard | 154 lbs | 5/2 | 4.75 | Midfield - steady headway halfway - prominent 10th - weakening when not fluent 2 out - soon no impression - mistake last (trainer said gelding made a respiratory noise and was never travelling)(op 2/1 tchd 15/8) | |
| 6th | 12 | Kintaro (GB) | 5 G | Poor |
Gearoid Harney
(5)lbs
|
David Pipe | 142 lbs | 33/1 | 1.25 | Towards rear - some headway 10th - never near to challenge(tchd 28/1) | |
| 7th | 3 | Ellerton (FR) | 5 G | Poor |
Callum Pritchard
(7)lbs
|
Anthony Charlton | 152 lbs | 11/1 | 14 | Prominent - in touch with leaders 3rd - mistake and dropped to rear 8th - weakened and jumped badly left 2 out(tchd 12/1) | |
| 8th | 14 | Kick For Touch (FR) | 4 G | Poor | Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | 145 lbs | 50/1 | 1.25 | In touch with leaders - reminder when dropped to rear with one circuit to go - lost touch 9th(op 40/1) | ||
| 9th | 10 | Nordic Storm (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Joe Tizzard | 149 lbs | 28/1 | 21 | Prominent early - soon in touch with leaders on outer - weakened quickly home turn - tailed off(op 18/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Pontresina (IRE) | 11 G | Poor | Ben Lund | 155 lbs | 150/1 | - | In touch with leaders on outer - dropped to rear after 2nd - looked to go wrong and pulled up with one circuit to go - fatally injured(op 125/1) | ||
| 99th | 13 | Alkhattaaf (GB) | 6 G | AVG |
Ben Ffrench Davis
(5)lbs
|
Chris Down | 141 lbs | 50/1 | - | In rear - lost touch and pulled up before 2 out(tchd 40/1) | |
| 99th | 4 | Calli Black (IRE) | 7 M | Poor | David Weston | 158 lbs | 20/1 | - | Taken down early - led - headed and ridden 10th - soon weakened quickly - pulled up before 2 out(tchd 22/1) | ||
| 99th | 11 | Glengolly (GB) | 5 G | Poor | Billy Aprahamian | 149 lbs | 10/1 | - | Prominent - hit 1st - mistake and reminder 3rd - mistake and lost position 8th - pulled up after 9th(tchd 9/1 and tchd 11/1) | ||
| 99th | 9 | Bennettsbridge (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Olly Murphy | 152 lbs | 11/1 | - | Towards rear - lost touch before 8th - pulled up(op 10/1) |