Newcastle Races
Newcastle
16:00
Driving Range At High Gosforth Park Handicap Hurdle
Newcastle
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Distance: 2m4½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.75
Place: £1.70 £3
Exacta: £18.10
Trifecta: £81.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Fingal's Hill (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Peter Atkinson | 154 lbs | 11/4 | Won | Made all - increased tempo before 3 out - pushed along when good jump 2 out - ridden and ran on well run-in - unchallenged (trainer had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form) | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Lihyan (IRE) | 7 G | AVG |
Charlie Maggs
(5)lbs
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Rebecca Menzies | 155 lbs | 13/2 | - | Held up in rear - good headway 3 out - soon hung badly left and raced awkwardly - chased clear leader 2 out - jumped left last - kept on run-in(op 11/2) | |
| 3rd | 2 | Pay The Piper (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Ann Hamilton | 167 lbs | 6/1 | - | In touch with leaders - headway 3 out - outpaced approaching last - no impression run-in(op 8/1 and tchd 17/2) | ||
| 4th | 6 | Stylish Recruit (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Sandy Thomson | 145 lbs | 22/1 | - | Took keen hold - prominent - lost position gradually before 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 40/1) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Coniston George (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Nicky Richards | 159 lbs | 15/8F | - | In touch with leaders - outpaced and dropped to rear when bad mistake 3 out - kept on approaching last - no telling impression (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than gelding made a mistake 3 out)(op 13/8) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Horn Cape (FR) | 8 G | AVG | Ben Haslam | 168 lbs | 9/2 | - | Raced wide - in touch with leaders - brief headway 7th - hung left and raced awkwardly from 3 out - weakened quickly 2 out - tailed off (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 4/1 tchd 7/2) |