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Taunton
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Royal Bath & West Show Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle
Taunton Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 Distance: 2m3f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £1.50 Place: £1.10 £1.60 £1.80 Exacta: £4.50 Tricast: £13.20 Trifecta: £21.90
Non-Runners: Chester Tonik (unsuitable ground), Rip Wheeler (self certificate)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m1½f 2m1½f 2m½f 1m7f 2m3f
1st
Travelled strongly - prominent - led 2 out - shaken up and ran on run-in - won going away(op 8/13)
5 G Good
Robert Walford 161 lbs 1/2F Won
2m3f 2m4½f
2m6f 2m3½f 2m3½f 3m 2m3½f
2nd
Led narrowly or disputed lead - led clearly 6th - headed 2 out - kept on well but no match for winner
6 G Poor
Richard Mitford-Slade 165 lbs 5/1 3
-
2m½f 2m2½f 2m½f 1m7½f 1m7f
3rd
Held up in rear - steady headway and in touch with leaders 3 out - went third 2 out - kept on but no match for first two(op 7/1 tchd 13/2)
7 G AVG
Michael Blake 146 lbs 15/2 3.5
2m½f 2m3½f 2m2½f 1m2f 1m7f
2m1f 2m4f 2m 3m 2m3½f
4th
In rear - some headway from 2 out - never on terms(op 15/2 tchd 9/1)
7 G Poor
Olly Murphy 165 lbs 17/2 23
2m5½f 3m
1m7f 2m 2m 2m5½f 2m
5th
Towards rear throughout(tchd 28/1)
6 M Poor
David Pipe 147 lbs 33/1 7
2m7½f
2m½f 2m½f 2m½f 2m½f
6th
Mounted in chute - taken down early - led narrowly or disputed lead - lost position and prominent 6th - weakened after 3 out(tchd 80/1)
7 G Poor
Fiona Shaw 147 lbs 66/1 8
2m5½f 2m5½f
2m3f 2m4½f 2m 2m 2m
7th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 4th - lost position 6th - weakened after 3 out(op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
5 G AVG
Louise G Lyons 156 lbs 22/1 7
2m4f 2m2½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f
2m 2m4f 2m2f 2m7f 2m3f
99th
Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - lost touch and pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding moved poorly)(tchd 16/1)
11 G Poor
Chris Down 151 lbs 20/1 -
2m3½f 2m5f 2m4f 2m4f
2m 2m3f 2m½f 2m3f 2m3f
99th
In touch with leaders - lost position 6th - lost touch 3 out - soon pulled up(op 66/1)
6 G Poor
Claire Hitch 146 lbs 50/1 -
3m
2m 2m3f 2m3f 2m3f
99th
Disputed lead on outer - lost position gradually from 6th - detached and pulled up before 2 out(op 66/1 tchd 80/1)
5 G Poor
Polly Gundry 146 lbs 50/1 -
2m7f 2m3f
2m½f 2m½f 2m 2m2½f 2m3½f
99th
In touch with leaders - prominent home turn - stumbled and unseated just after 2 out(tchd 33/1 and tchd 50/1)
5 G Poor
Thomas Faulkner 156 lbs 40/1 -
2m 1m6f 2m½f 2m 2m½f
2m 2m 2m 2m½f 2m½f
99th
Towards rear - stumbled on turn before 6th - in touch with leaders 3 out - weakened before 2 out - unseated 2 out(tchd 22/1 and tchd 28/1)
6 G Poor
Jeremy Scott 161 lbs 25/1 -
2m5½f 2m4f 2m½f