Worcester Races
Worcester
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Happy Birthday Fergal O'Brien Mares' Maiden Hurdle (Summer Novices' Brush Hurdle Qualifier) (GBB)
Worcester
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025
Distance: 2m
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.75
Place: £1.80 £13.10 £8.80
Exacta: £374.40
Trifecta: £4062.70
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Celestron Star (GB) | 5 M | Good |
Luke Scott
(5)lbs
|
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole | 153 lbs | 11/4 | Won | Prominent - pressed leader 5th - led before 3 out - ridden before 2 out - soon clear - eased towards finish(op 4/1) | |
| 2nd | 7 | Jammy Jay (GB) | 5 M | Poor |
Tabitha Worsley
(3)lbs
|
James Evans | 155 lbs | 80/1 | 6.5 | Held up in rear - headway after 6th - went fourth approaching last - went second run-in - kept on well | |
| 3rd | 15 | La Lolita (FR) | 4 F | AVG | Gary Hanmer | 155 lbs | 40/1 | 1 | Held up in rear - headway from 3 out - went fourth last - kept on run-in - went third final strides(tchd 33/1) | ||
| 4th | 9 | Lipstick Traces (IRE) | 5 M | Poor | Justin Landy | 158 lbs | 8/1 | 0.1 | Midfield - headway after 6th - went third approaching last - kept on run-in - lost third final strides(op 18/1) | ||
| 5th | 11 | Never Told Me (GB) | 6 M | Poor | Fergal O'Brien | 158 lbs | 7/2 | 6.5 | Midfield - headway after 4th - prominent 6th - went second after 3 out - awkward jump last - soon weakened(op 10/3 tchd 16/5 and tchd 4/1) | ||
| 6th | 6 | Feeling Frisky (FR) | 4 F | Poor |
Miss Roisin Leech
(7)lbs
|
Sophie Leech | 151 lbs | 125/1 | 13 | Held up in rear - mistake 2nd - no chance but kept on run-in | |
| 7th | 5 | Darcy's Glance (GB) | 6 M | Poor |
Shane Quinlan
(3)lbs
|
Andrew J Martin | 155 lbs | 28/1 | 1 | Midfield - weakened after 2 out(op 50/1) | |
| 8th | 10 | Lusso Milan (IRE) | 6 M | Poor | Mark Gillard | 158 lbs | 17/2 | 3.75 | Took keen hold - led - pressed leader when headed 2nd - led again 5th - headed before 3 out - weakened last (jockey said mare ran too free)(op 14/1) | ||
| 9th | 8 | Just A Heartbeat (GB) | 6 M | Poor | Harry Fry | 158 lbs | 5/2F | .75 | Took keen hold - prominent - weakened after 2 out - mistake last (jockey said mare boiled over in the preliminaries due to race being slightly delayed)(op 13/8) | ||
| 10th | 12 | Princesse Milania (IRE) | 5 M | AVG |
Lewis Stones
(3)lbs
|
Olly Murphy | 155 lbs | 40/1 | 10 | Always behind(tchd 50/1) | |
| 11th | 1 | Brionywells (GB) | 5 M | Poor | David Killahena & Graeme McPherson | 158 lbs | 33/1 | 4.75 | Always behind(op 28/1) | ||
| 12th | 4 | Chips And Rice (GB) | 6 M | AVG | Robert Stephens | 158 lbs | 11/1 | .5 | In touch with leaders - disputing third home turn - mistake 3 out - soon weakened (jockey said mare made a mistake jumping 3rd last hurdle; vet reported mare lost her left-fore shoe)(op 8/1 tchd 15/2) | ||
| 13th | 13 | Richieandsams Lady (IRE) | 6 M | Good | Sheila Lewis | 158 lbs | 18/1 | 35 | Midfield - not fluent 1st - prominent 3rd - lost position gradually from 4th - weakened after 6th - tailed off(op 14/1) | ||
| 99th | 14 | Hannahs Story (IRE) | 4 F | Poor | Joanne Thomason-Murphy | 155 lbs | 200/1 | - | Pressed leader - led 2nd - headed 5th - soon weakened - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out (vet reported filly lost her left-fore shoe)(op 150/1 tchd 250/1) | ||
| 99th | 2 | Brooklyn Lullaby (GB) | 5 M | Poor | Michael & David Easterby | 158 lbs | 100/1 | - | Held up in rear - headway into midfield 3 out - no impression when bad mistake and unseated last(tchd 80/1) |