Remembering Percy Bishop Novices' Handicap Hurdle
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Touchwoodexpress (IRE) | 5 G | AVG |
Toby McCain-Mitchell
(7)lbs
|
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies | 151 lbs | 15/8F | Won | Led - headed and raced in second before 8th - ridden and led again before 2 out - kept on (jockey said gelding bled from nose)(op 5/2 tchd 7/4) | |
| 2nd | 1 | Tropical Speed (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Andy Irvine | 168 lbs | 9/2 | 3 | Raced in last - not fluent 4th - not fluent 3 out - headway and went second before 2 out - no extra after last(op 18/5 tchd 7/2) | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Testflight (GB) | 8 G | Poor | Sue Gardner | 142 lbs | 5/1 | 6.5 | Raced wide - prominent - dropped to last before 3 out - rallied and went third before 2 out - no extra before last(op 11/4 tchd 5/2) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Enjoy d'Allen (FR) | 10 G | Poor | Neil King | 167 lbs | 8/1 | 2.5 | Prominent - weakened before 2 out(op 17/2 tchd 15/2 and tchd 9/1) | ||
| 5th | 3 | Great d'Ange (FR) | 9 G | AVG |
Tom Broughton
(5)lbs
|
Alexander Gibbons | 153 lbs | 5/2 | 55 | Prominent - led before 8th - headed before 2 out - soon weakened(op 10/3 tchd 7/2) |
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