Newton Abbot Races
Newton Abbot
16:07
Jack Challis Turns 12 Handicap Hurdle
Newton Abbot
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025
Distance: 2m2½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £7.50
Place: £2.10 £1.90 £1.10
Exacta: £43.40
Tricast: £84.72
Trifecta: £121.30
Non-Runners: Charlie My Boy (travel problems), Karannelle (self certificate, cast in box), Sonic Gold (self certificate, unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Stinginhisstep (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Sue Gardner | 160 lbs | 13/2 | Won | Led - faced challenge on turn after 3 out - briefly headed just before 2 out - went clear approaching last - comfortably (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding appreciated the drop back in trip on this occasion from 2m5f to 2m2f)(op 15/2) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Square Du Roule (FR) | 5 G | Poor | Nigel Hawke | 150 lbs | 6/1 | 6 | In touch with leaders - smooth headway then challenging going easily on turn after 3 out - briefly led just before 2 out - not fluent 2 out - ridden but found little before last - weakened run-in(op 13/2 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Sassified (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | 160 lbs | 11/8F | 7 | In touch with leaders - outpaced but some headway after 3 out - went third 2 out - weakened last(tchd 6/5) | ||
| 4th | 1 | Never Seen Again (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Hayley Burton | 168 lbs | 9/2 | 1.5 | In touch with leaders - went third then steady headway from 4 out - outpaced before 2 out - lost third and weakened 2 out(op 11/2) | ||
| 5th | 11 | Outback Frontiers (IRE) | 8 G | Poor |
James Turner
(5)lbs
|
John O'Shea | 142 lbs | 25/1 | .5 | Raced in second - outpaced and lost position before 2 out - kept on run-in(op 16/1) | |
| 6th | 7 | Colonel Lesley (IRE) | 9 G | AVG |
Miss Heidi Palin
(7)lbs
|
Richard Hawker | 147 lbs | 6/1 | 6.5 | Towards rear - some headway when short of room after 3 out - soon outpaced - weakened 2 out(op 5/1 tchd 13/2) | |
| 7th | 12 | Masonbrook Meadow (IRE) | 4 F | Poor |
Ellis Collier
(5)lbs
|
Seamus Mullins | 141 lbs | 14/1 | 9.5 | Slowly away - in rear - outpaced 3 out - some headway before 2 out - weakened quickly after 2 out(op 16/1 tchd 20/1) | |
| 8th | 8 | Polly Pi (IRE) | 5 M | Poor | Evan Williams | 153 lbs | 33/1 | 2.5 | In rear - awkward jump 1st - never on terms(op 28/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 9th | 10 | Zufal (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Jimmy Frost | 148 lbs | 40/1 | 24 | In touch with leaders - weakened after 3 out - tailed off(op 33/1) |