Tileform Handicap Hurdle
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Fingal's Hill (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Peter Atkinson | 168 lbs | 13/2 | Won | In touch with leaders - headway approaching last - ridden when challenging final 110yds - kept on and led final strides - all out(op 7/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Johnson's Blue (IRE) | 8 G | Good |
Tom Midgley
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Mark Walford | 163 lbs | 33/1 | 0.1 | Took keen hold - prominent - outpaced before last - ridden and rallied run-in - led inside final 110yds - headed final strides(op 20/1) | |
| 3rd | 7 | Miss Maverick (GB) | 8 M | AVG | Gary Hanmer | 155 lbs | 7/2J | 2.25 | Took keen hold - led - not fluent 1st - clear after 3rd - not fluent 4 out - reduced lead on turn before last - headed then no extra inside final 110yds | ||
| 4th | 4 | Ballystone (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | John C McConnell | 162 lbs | 7/2J | 8 | Midfield - headway when not fluent 3 out - outpaced after 2 out - rallied approaching last - kept on(tchd 4/1) | ||
| 5th | 10 | Well Educated (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | George Bewley | 146 lbs | 7/1 | 1 | Towards rear - good headway after 3 out - not fluent 2 out - soon outpaced - rallied on turn before last - weakened run-in(tchd 15/2) | ||
| 6th | 6 | Willaston (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Mark Walford | 158 lbs | 9/1 | 1 | Never better than midfield(op 15/2) | ||
| 7th | 8 | Buy Some Time (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | R Mike Smith | 153 lbs | 5/1 | 2.5 | Towards rear - not fluent 5th - headway before 6th - weakened on turn before last(op 11/2 tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1) | ||
| 8th | 3 | Dinons | 12 G | AVG | Brian Ellison | 163 lbs | 10/1 | 16 | In touch with leaders - not fluent 6th - soon lost ground - not fluent 4 out - weakening when mistake 2 out(tchd 9/1) | ||
| 99th | 9 | Benson (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Sandy Thomson | 152 lbs | 25/1 | - | Slowly into stride - in rear - not fluent 2nd - mistake 4 out - soon struggling - pulled up before last(op 22/1) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Sea The Clouds (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | James Moffatt | 161 lbs | 18/1 | - | In touch with leaders - weakened on turn before last - soon pulled up (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown; vet had nothing to report)(op 16/1) |
Hexham Races