Sandown
15:35
Betfair Daily Rewards December Handicap Hurdle () (GBB Race)
Sandown Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £9 Place: £2.60 £4.40 £3.60 Exacta: £122 Tricast: £1500.64 Trifecta: £1246.50
Non-Runners: Natural History (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 7 Samarrive (FR) 7 G AVG Paul Nicholls 147 lbs 8/1 Won Took keen hold - held up in midfield - headway and tracked leaders after 3 out - pushed along to lead when good jump 2 out - ridden last - edged right against far rail run-in - kept on strongly - won going away(tchd 15/2 and 17/2)
2nd 8 Zambezi Fix (FR) 9 G AVG Bernard Llewellyn 143 lbs 12/1 8.5 Towards rear - mistake 3 out - good headway and chased leader 2 out - shaken up to challenge when mistake last - soon ridden - kept on but no match for winner(tchd 10/1)
3rd 10 Thibault (GB) 9 G AVG Adam West 137 lbs 16/1 4.25 Held up in rear - good headway and tracked leaders before 2 out - soon ridden - no impression from last(op 22/1)
4th 4 Benson (GB) 9 G AVG Dr Richard Newland 152 lbs 5/1 .75 Midfield - not fluent and pushed along briefly 2nd - ridden after 3 out - switched left and some headway when edged left last - went fourth final strides (vet said gelding had lost his right fore shoe)(op 9/2 tchd 4/1 and 11/2)
5th 6 Miss Heritage (IRE) 8 M AVG Lucy Wadham 149 lbs 12/1 0.2 Held up in rear - pushed along and headway on inner 2 out - soon close up and ridden - disputing fourth last - kept on
6th 5 Hudson De Grugy (FR) 8 G AVG Gary Moore 151 lbs 7/2 2 Held up in behind leaders - not fluent 4 out - close up when ridden 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 4/1)
7th 2 Elegant Escape (IRE) N/A Poor Colin Tizzard 163 lbs 66/1 5.5 Disputed lead - tracked leaders after 2nd - outpaced and dropped to midfield 5 out - soon pushed along - ridden and outpaced in rear 4 out - well behind but stayed on approaching last - not pace to challenge(op 125/1)
8th 9 Elham Valley (FR) 6 G Poor Fergal O'Brien 141 lbs 8/1 .5 Took keen hold - towards rear - not fluent 3 out - ridden before 2 out - hung right and weakened approaching last(op 13/2 tchd 9/1)
9th 12 Heure De Gloire (FR) 7 M AVG David Pipe 133 lbs 40/1 6.5 Disputed lead - tracked leader after 2nd - led before 3rd - ridden and headed before 2 out - not fluent 2 out - soon weakened(op 25/1)
10th 1 Navajo Pass (GB) N/A Poor Donald McCain 166 lbs 12/1 13 Took keen hold - disputed lead - mistake 1st - led clearly after 2nd - headed and tracked leader before 3rd - mistake 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 16/1)
99th 3 Metier (IRE) 9 G AVG Harry Fry 161 lbs 100/30F - Raced freely - held up in behind leaders - tracked leader 4 out - weakened quickly just before 2 out - pulled up just after 2 out (jockey said that the gelding hung badly left-handed throughout and as a result was unsteerable. He added that he felt something was amiss with the gelding so felt it prudent to pull up; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 3/1 tchd 4/1)