GBDoncaster Races

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Doncaster
14:50
Virgin Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Doncaster Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £1.90 Place: £1.10 £1.10 £3.90 Exacta: £2.50 Trifecta: £14
Non-Runners: Dobryn (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Timberman (IRE) 7 G Elite Fergal O'Brien 156 lbs EvsJ Won Prominent in chasing group - headway and chased leaders home turn - went second before 3 out - blundered 3 out - 2 lengths down and ridden when not fluent 2 out - jumped left last - hung left but led final 110yds - ran on(op 11/10 tchd 10/11)
2nd 3 Gylo (IRE) N/A AVG Dan Skelton 156 lbs EvsJ 2.75 Led - headed and chased clear leader after 1st - mistake 2nd - headway and led again home turn - mistake 3 out - 2 lengths ahead and ridden 2 out - headed and no extra final 110yds(op 11/10 tchd 6/5)
3rd 8 Phil Healy (IRE) 8 M Poor Graeme McPherson 149 lbs 40/1 7.5 Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders home turn - went third before 3 out - 8 lengths third when mistake 2 out - kept on but no impression run-in
4th 7 Lime Drop (FR) 8 M AVG Henry Daly 149 lbs 150/1 16 Novicey jumping - held up in rear - headway and in touch with leaders home turn - soon outpaced - went modest fourth approaching last - no impression and well beaten run-in(op 125/1 tchd 200/1)
5th 2 Galurin (FR) N/A Poor Alastair Ralph 156 lbs 80/1 3.75 Unruly at the post - held up in rear - mistake 3rd - headway and in touch with leaders home turn - soon outpaced - went modest fourth 2 out - no impression and lost fourth approaching last(op 50/1)
6th 9 African Sun (IRE) 6 G Poor Joanne Thomason-Murphy 141 lbs 300/1 11 Towards rear - headway into midfield after 4th - in touch with leaders home turn - soon outpaced - weakened and no chance from 2 out
7th 10 Danger Money (GB) 3 G AVG Donald McCain 148 lbs 12/1 10 Prominent in chasing group - headway and briefly went second when ridden home turn - lost two places and weakening 3 out - got behind from 2 out - tailed off(op 10/1)
8th 4 Mad Barry (GB) N/A Poor Richard Price 156 lbs 50/1 49 Raced wide - midfield - jumped left 3rd - dropped to last and struggling 5th - lost touch and tailed off when slow jump 2 out - lost shoe (vet said gelding was found to have blood in its trachea following a post-race endoscopic examination and also reported that the gelding had lost its right fore shoe)(op 33/1 tchd 66/1)
99th 5 Sexyfish (FR) N/A Poor John Davies 156 lbs 33/1 - Pulled hard - midfield - headway to lead and went well clear after 1st - much reduced lead and headed home turn - soon lost position and dropped to last - behind when pulled up 3 out (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)(op 25/1)