Close Brothers Asset Finance Handicap Hurdle
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Hometown Boy (IRE) | 9 G | Elite | Stuart Edmunds | 157 lbs | 11/1 | Won | Led - tracked leader when headed before 5th - led before 2 out - kept on strongly - ridden out(op 12/1) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Ecco (GB) | N/A | Poor | Paul Nicholls | 160 lbs | 9/2 | 3.25 | Tracked leaders - went second before 2 out - soon ridden - kept on but always held(op 5/1) | ||
| 3rd | 10 | Gunsight Ridge (GB) | 10 G | AVG | Olly Murphy | 149 lbs | 11/4F | 3.25 | Held up in rear - headway after 7th - ridden when went third after 2 out - stayed on but not pace to challenge(op 5/2) | ||
| 4th | 1 | Golan Fortune (IRE) | N/A | AVG |
Luca Morgan
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Phil Middleton | 159 lbs | 16/1 | 4.5 | Midfield - pushed along and chased leaders after 3 out - went fourth and ridden after 2 out - stayed on(tchd 14/1) | |
| 5th | 3 | Encore Champs (IRE) | N/A | AVG | Dan Skelton | 157 lbs | 11/2 | 1.25 | Held up in rear - headway and in touch with leaders after 3 out - soon pushed along - weakened gradually after 2 out(op 13/2) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Diocletian (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Andrew Balding | 153 lbs | 12/1 | 4.25 | Took keen hold - midfield - headway after 2nd - led before 5th - soon clear - ridden and headed before 2 out - weakened before last (jockey said gelding ran too freely)(op 7/1 tchd 14/1) | ||
| 7th | 6 | White Moon (GER) | N/A | Poor | Colin Tizzard | 154 lbs | 50/1 | 5 | Midfield - lost position when hampered 4th - towards rear and pushed along after 7th - made no impression(op 28/1) | ||
| 8th | 8 | Major Dundee (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | Alan King | 151 lbs | 18/1 | 33 | Took keen hold - midfield - hampered 4th - ridden after 3 out - weakened 2 out (vet said gelding lost right-fore shoe)(op 14/1 tchd 22/1) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Tedham (GB) | N/A | Poor | Jonjo O'Neill | 155 lbs | 13/2 | - | Chased leaders - dropped to rear and struggling after 6th - detached when stumbled after 3 out - soon pulled up(op 7/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1) | ||
| 99th | 11 | Top Man (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Chris Gordon | 145 lbs | 8/1 | - | Tracked leaders - mistake and unseated rider 4th(op 14/1) |
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