Stratford
15:27
George & Dragon Mares' Handicap Hurdle
Stratford Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 Distance: 2m6f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Firm Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £9.70 Place: £2.60 £1.20 £1.60 Exacta: £39.80 Tricast: £87.07 Trifecta: £151.60
Non-Runners: Cinderello (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 9 Varinia (FR) 5 M AVG Stuart Edmunds 148 lbs 8/1 Won Made virtually all - prominent - left in lead 1st - went clear 3rd - not fluent 2 out (usual 3 out) - much reduced lead last (usual 2 out) - pushed along home turn - ridden and kept on well run-in - won going away(op 9/1 and tchd 10/1)
2nd 3 Hurst Hill (IRE) 6 M Poor Seamus Mullins 157 lbs 11/4J 7 Held up in rear - hampered by faller 1st - smooth headway after 2 out (usual 3 out) - went second home turn - outpaced run-in - no match for winner(tchd 5/2)
3rd 2 Lyness Dancer 6 M Poor T Ellis 157 lbs 16/5 4.25 Prominent - chased clear leader 3rd - headway 2 out (usual 3 out) - lost second home turn - outpaced run-in(op 7/2 and tchd 4/1)
4th 5 Barely Famous (IRE) 9 M AVG Alastair Ralph 152 lbs 11/4J 13 In touch with leaders - outpaced after 2 out (usual 3 out) - lost touch home turn(op 9/4 tchd 85/40)
5th 6 Polly Pi (IRE) 5 M Poor Evan Williams 151 lbs 11/1 55 Held up in rear - mistake and outpaced 7th - lost touch 8th - tailed off(op 16/1)
6th 4 Another Pearl (GB) 4 F Poor Georgina Nicholls 155 lbs 11/1 86 Prominent - hampered by faller and lost position 1st - in rear 2nd - outpaced 7th - hit 8th - soon lost touch - tailed off (trainer said mare was unsuited by the ground - described as good to firm. and would prefer a slower surface)(op 7/1 tchd 12/1)
99th 1 Faerie Cutlass (GB) 7 M Poor Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls 168 lbs 8/1 - Led - tried to refuse and unseated 1st(op 12/1 tchd 7/1)
99th 8 Miz Klimt (IRE) 4 F Poor Jake Thomas Coulson 141 lbs 66/1 - In touch with leaders - badly hampered by faller and unseated 1st(op 40/1)