GBFontwell Races

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Fontwell
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Off The Fence On youtube.com/attheraces Handicap Hurdle
Fontwell Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 Distance: 2m1½f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £1.80 Place: £1.20 £3 £1.80 Exacta: £18.10 Tricast: £56.37 Trifecta: £77.50
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Gustavian (IRE) 9 G AVG
Anthony Honeyball 164 lbs 6/4F Won Raced wide - held up in rear - headway after 6th - pushed along when bad mistake 2 out - rallied approaching last - switched right run-in - led towards finish(op 2/1)
2nd 5 Hasankey (IRE) 7 G Poor
L J Morgan 161 lbs 10/1 2 Pressed leader - led 3 out - shaken up and went clear before 2 out - ridden when awkward jump last - no extra final 110yds - headed towards finish
3rd 2 Neff (GER) N/A Good
Gary Moore 159 lbs 9/2 2.5 Raced wide - tracked leaders - pushed along 3 out - ridden before 2 out - kept on from last(op 5/1 tchd 4/1)
4th 3 Zafar (GER) 8 G Poor
Philip Hobbs 166 lbs 18/1 4.75 Took keen hold - held up in rear on inner - headway into midfield 4th - ridden and outpaced before 2 out - kept on(op 16/1 tchd 20/1)
5th 6 Jaisalmer (IRE) 9 G Poor
Mark Bradstock 161 lbs 20/1 1 Disputed lead - close up 3rd - ridden and outpaced after 3 out - weakened gradually from 2 out(op 18/1)
6th 9 Bard Of Brittany (GB) N/A Poor
Sheena West 157 lbs 9/1 2.75 Midfield - ridden and outpaced before 3 out - no impression from 2 out (trainer said gelding was never travelling and appeared to be unsuited by not wearing cheekpieces which it had worn on its previous five runs)(op 10/1)
7th 11 Amelia's Dance (IRE) 7 M Poor
Robert Walford 147 lbs 10/1 2.5 Raced wide - took keen hold - close up - mistake 6th - ridden before 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 15/2)
8th 7 Olympic Honour (FR) 6 G AVG
Evan Williams 161 lbs 50/1 11 Held up in rear - headway when hit 3 out - ridden and weakened quickly before 2 out (following an enquiry into running and riding - jockey said his instructions had been to settle gelding towards the back of the field and get it to finish the contest as well as possible; he added - being mindful of the testing conditions - he purposefully took the gelding wide early on to race on what he believed would be better ground and was happy with his early position with the gelding travelling well; he continued that shortly after passing the winning post for the second time - the eventual winner had moved off his inside and when asked to make progress his gelding was unable to hold its position and had started to struggle; he added that the gelding had started to come back onto the bridle going down the hill in the back straight - before making a bad mistake at the third-lasthurdle which knocked the wind out of the gelding and resulted in it getting very tired; he further added that he gave the gelding a hands and heels ride and a few slaps down the shoulder in the home straight in order to keep the gelding going forward and continued to push it all the way to the line - but the gelding was tiring and - in his opinion - could nothave finished any closer; trainer rep's confirmed the instructions and stated that he was satisfied the ride accorded with those instructions; their explanation was noted)(op 25/1)
9th 8 Perfect Predator (GB) N/A AVG
D J Jeffreys 163 lbs 50/1 11 Held up in rear - slow jump and niggled along briefly 2nd - ridden and outpaced 4 out - soon beaten(op 40/1)
10th 10 Hollywood Ken (IRE) N/A Poor
Fiona Shaw 154 lbs 17/2 82 Took keen hold - tracked leaders - headway and led 5th - headed 3 out - ridden and weakened before 2 out - tailed off (jockey said gelding ran too freely)(op 7/1)
99th 4 Furkash (FR) 9 G Poor
Colin Tizzard 166 lbs 16/1 - Led narrowly - headed 5th - pushed along and lost position before 6th - weakened from 3 out - pulled up before last(op 9/1)