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Betway Heed Your Hunch Novices' Hurdle (Novices' Championship Hurdle Series Qualifier)
Aintree Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 Distance: 2m1f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £45.70 Place: £8.10 £1.50 Exacta: £169.40 Trifecta: £2084.20
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 West To The Bridge (IRE) 11 G AVG Dan Skelton 152 lbs 40/1 Won Sweating - raced keenly - held up - improved to move upsides before 2 out - led narrowly approaching last - hung left early on run-in - soon asserted - driven out(tchd 33/1)
2nd 1 Cause Toujours (FR) N/A Poor Ian Williams 155 lbs 11/4 3.5 Pulled hard - held up - left in 2nd place on bend after 3rd - blundered 4th - led 3 out - joined before 2 out - soon ridden - headed narrowly approaching last where mistake - switched right just inside final furlong on run-in - kept on same pace final 150yds(op 4/1)
3rd 6 Bonbonniere (GB) N/A Poor Dan Skelton 145 lbs 200/1 62 Hampered 1st - soon left chasing clear leader - left in lead on bend after 3rd - headed 3 out - ridden before next - soon weakened - eased when well beaten before last(op 250/1)
99th 3 Champagne Mystery (IRE) 10 G Poor Nicky Henderson 152 lbs 9/1 - Raced keenly - jumped left and left in clear lead 1st - forced to run out on bend after 3rd when crashed into rail dislodged by loose horse (horse was carried off the course by a loose horse and subsequently had to be pulled up)(op 7/1)
99th 4 The Grand Visir (GB) 10 G Poor Ian Williams 152 lbs 9/1 - Led - wandered approaching 1st where jumped left and unseated rider(op 10/1 tchd 14/1)
99th 2 Eldorado Allen (FR) 10 G AVG Colin Tizzard 158 lbs 8/13F - Prominent when badly hampered and unseated rider 1st(tchd 4/7 and tchd 4/6)