Cheltenham Races
Cheltenham
15:05
888Sport What's Your Thinking Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Cheltenham
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021
Distance: 3m
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £2.80
Place: £1.40 £1.50 £2.10
Exacta: £10.50
Trifecta: £48.20
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Bardenstown Lad (GB) | 10 G | AVG | John C McConnell | 160 lbs | 85/40F | Won | Chased leaders - ridden briefly and lost position 8th - headway and close up 3 out - pushed along and led home turn - 2 1/2 lengths ahead last - hard pressed and ridden run-in - stayed on(op 5/2 tchd 2/1) | ||
| 2nd | 5 | Dragon Bones (GB) | N/A | Elite | Ian Williams | 153 lbs | 100/30 | 1 | Held up in rear - mistake 3rd - headway 8th - pressed leaders and bit short of room after 2 out - soon pushed along - went second and 2 lengths down last - ridden and kept on well run-in(op 3/1) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Onagatheringstorm (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Fergal O'Brien | 160 lbs | 8/1 | 10 | Held up in rear - headway 7th - led narrowly before 2 out - ridden and headed home turn - lost second last - weakened run-in(op 6/1 tchd 17/2) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Calagogo (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Gordon Elliott | 160 lbs | 5/1 | 6.5 | Tracked leaders - hit 5th - not fluent 4 out - ridden 2 out - outpaced approaching last - weakened run-in(op 11/2 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 5th | 7 | Grace A Vous Enki (FR) | N/A | AVG | Paul Nicholls | 152 lbs | 9/1 | 1.5 | Towards rear of midfield - pushed along and lost position 8th - outpaced 3 out - well held when mistake 2 out - stayed on run-in(op 10/1) | ||
| 6th | 6 | Almazhar Garde (FR) | 10 G | AVG | Charlie Longsdon | 152 lbs | 12/1 | 2.75 | Close up - hit 1st - led 2nd - pushed along and headed before 2 out - soon lost position - weakened home turn(op 14/1) | ||
| 7th | 8 | Siruh Du Lac (FR) | N/A | Poor | David Pipe | 152 lbs | 12/1 | 13 | Led - headed and tracked leader 2nd - lost position 2 out - soon ridden and weakened(op 9/1) | ||
| 99th | 3 | Drumlee Watar (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Warren Greatrex | 160 lbs | 18/1 | - | Towards rear of midfield - pushed along early - dropped to last 4th - ridden from 6th - struggling 8th - well behind when pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 16/1) |