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Newcastle
12:30
bet365 Handicap Hurdle
Newcastle Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £6.30 Place: £2.20 £2.80 £1.70 Exacta: £60.90 Tricast: £179.99 Trifecta: £259.10
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 2m 2m4f
1st
Made all - 2 lengths ahead 3 out - good jump when going best 2 out - soon shaken up and went further clear - good jump last - pushed out run-in - readily(op 9/2 tchd 11/2)
8 G Poor
Neil Mulholland 161 lbs 5/1 Won
1m7f 2m 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f
2m 2m 2m 2m 1m7½f
2nd
Chased leader - not fluent 3rd - went second home turn - 2 lengths down 3 out - pushed along when not fluent 2 out - soon outpaced - kept on but no match for winner(op 7/1)
8 G AVG
Susan Corbett 158 lbs 9/1 6.5
1m7½f 2m½f 2m 2m½f 2m
2m 2m3½f 2m½f 2m
3rd
Travelled strongly - midfield - headway and chased leader 3 out - went third 2 out - soon pushed along and outpaced - kept on but no match for first two(op 4/1 tchd 9/2)
8 G Poor
Micky Hammond 145 lbs 7/2 10
2m3½f 2m2½f 2m4f 2m 2m4½f
2m 2m 2m4f
4th
Prominent - not fluent 2nd - lost position and niggled along when midfield before 3rd - towards rear 3rd - dropped to last 4th - soon pushed along - got behind before 3 out - ridden and rallied before 2 out - stayed on approaching last - went fourth run-in(op 9/2 tchd 3/1)
N/A Poor
Ruth Jefferson 154 lbs 16/5F 1.75
2m1f 2m1f 2m½f 1m7½f 2m5½f
2m
5th
Midfield - headway after 5th - chased leader 3 out - soon went third - no extra when lost third 2 out - soon ridden and weakened(op 8/1 tchd 13/2)
N/A Good
Barry Murtagh 144 lbs 15/2 .5
2m1f 2m 2m 2m1f
1m6f 2m½f 2m3½f 2m 2m½f
6th
In rear - some headway home turn - going okay when in touch with leaders 3 out - pushed along and no response before 2 out - weakened gradually approaching last(op 11/1 tchd 14/1)
10 G AVG
Justin Landy 157 lbs 12/1 2
2m½f 2m 2m 2m1f
2m 1m4½f 2m1f 2m1f 2m
7th
Chased leader - pushed along home turn - lost position when not fluent 3 out - soon weakened and no chance (vet said gelding lost his left fore shoe)(op 16/1)
8 G AVG
Tracy Waggott 154 lbs 11/1 0.3
2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 2m3½f
2m½f 2m½f 2m3½f 2m 2m
8th
In rear - some headway home turn - pushed along before 3 out - weakened run-in - never on terms(op 50/1)
N/A Poor
Victor Thompson 158 lbs 66/1 3.25
1m7½f 2m1f
2m1f 2m 2m3½f 2m 2m
9th
Chased leader - not fluent 1st - close up 3rd - not fluent 4th - jumped left 5th - lost position and in rear home turn - not fluent 2 out - soon weakened(op 33/1)
11 G Poor
Sandy Forster 157 lbs 28/1 2
2m7½f 3m 2m4f 2m4f 2m1f
-
10th
Towards rear - headway into midfield home turn - chased leader 3 out - soon pushed along and no response - ridden and lost position before 2 out - weakened when in rear approaching last (jockey said gelding weakened quickly from the second last; vet reported that a post-race examination - during routine testing - failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 9/2)
N/A Poor
Lucinda Russell 156 lbs 7/1 1.25
-
2m 2m4f 2m4f 2m7½f
11th
Taken down early - took keen hold - in rear - hit 3rd - pushed along after 5th - weakened and struggling home turn - tailed off after 3 out(op 66/1)
N/A Poor
Simon West 140 lbs 100/1 13
2m