Newbury
13:50
William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Stayers' Hurdle Series Qualifier)
Newbury Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 Distance: 3m Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £17.30 Place: £3.30 £2 £2 Exacta: £102.90 Tricast: £344.55 Trifecta: £501.20
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Santos Blue (GB) 8 G Good Dan Skelton 163 lbs 14/1 Won Towards rear - good headway before 3 out - led going easily before 2 out - not fluent 2 out - jumped slightly left last - ridden out and kept on well(tchd 12/1)
2nd 9 Magical King (IRE) 6 G Poor Stuart Edmunds 154 lbs 5/1 2 In touch with leaders - not fluent 8th - went second after 9th - led before 3 out - soon faced challenges - headed before 2 out - keeping on and ridden before last - no extra run-in(op 6/1)
3rd 1 Haiti Couleurs (FR) 7 G Elite Rebecca Curtis 168 lbs 4/1 3.5 Towards rear - steady headway 9th - pushed along and good headway 3 out - prominent 2 out - outpaced when not fluent last - stayed on(op 9/2 and tchd 5/1)
4th 10 Kruger Park (FR) 6 G Poor Paul Nicholls 149 lbs 13/2 3.5 In touch with leaders - headway before 3 out - bit short of room 3 out - disputing third when hung left and ridden before last - weakened final 110yds (jockey said gelding hung and jumped left-handed)(op 5/1)
5th 7 Up For Parol (IRE) 8 G AVG Jamie Snowden 160 lbs 13/2 5 Towards rear - headway before 3 out - no impression(op 11/2 tchd 7/1)
6th 12 Shutupshirley (GB) 8 G Good Robert Walford 145 lbs 7/2F 1 In touch with leaders - prominent 3 out - pressed leader briefly before 2 out - weakened after 2 out(op 4/1)
7th 8 An Tailliur (FR) 8 G AVG Jonjo & A J O'Neill 160 lbs 40/1 2 Never better than midfield - no impression when jumped left 2 out(tchd 33/1)
8th 11 Tiny Tetley (GB) 6 G Good Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 148 lbs 9/1 .75 Led early - soon prominent behind clear leader - lost position 5th - dropped to midfield 9th - weakened 2 out(tchd 17/2)
9th 4 Ballygrifincottage (IRE) 10 G AVG Harry Derham 165 lbs 22/1 53 Prominent behind clear leader - weakened quickly before 3 out - tailed off(op 28/1)
99th 5 Press Your Luck (IRE) 10 G AVG Chris Gordon 162 lbs 66/1 - In rear - not fluent 6th - soon lost touch - pulled up before 3 out(op 50/1)
99th 3 The Four Sixes (IRE) 7 G AVG Olly Murphy 166 lbs 11/1 - Prominent - led 1st - soon clear - 15 lengths ahead 3rd - reduced lead before 6th - mistake 9th - soon much reduced lead - headed before 3 out - soon weakened quickly - pulled up before last
99th 6 Ivaldi (FR) 7 G AVG Paul Nicholls 162 lbs 22/1 - In rear - mistake 5th - lost touch 8th - pulled up before last (jockey said gelding jumped poorly)(tchd 25/1)