Fakenham
14:25
Wolferton "National Hunt" Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
Fakenham Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £4 Place: £1.40 £1.10 £8 Exacta: £9.30 Trifecta: £219.80
Non-Runners: Donaire (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 9 Kaleb (IRE) 6 G AVG Amy Murphy 157 lbs 3/1 Won Prominent in chasing group - went second 3rd - led after 4th - mistake 3 out - mistake 2 out - kept on well - ridden out(op 7/2 tchd 4/1)
2nd 10 Milldam (FR) 6 G AVG Jamie Snowden 157 lbs 13/8F 3.5 In rear - headway after 4th - went third 6th - went second after 3 out - ridden approaching last - made no impression(op 15/8)
3rd 2 Forget The Way (GB) 7 G AVG Alan King 158 lbs 50/1 14 Took keen hold - towards rear of midfield - headway 5th - ridden and went third approaching last - weakened last(tchd 66/1)
4th 5 Boleyn Boy (IRE) 6 G Poor Ben Case 154 lbs 100/1 1.25 Towards rear of midfield - awkward jump 3rd - headway after 4th - in touch with leaders 3 out - ridden and outpaced approaching last - went modest fourth last - lost shoe (vet reported gelding lost his right-fore shoe)(op 66/1 tchd 125/1)
5th 4 Haribo Collonges (FR) 5 G AVG Dr Richard Newland 158 lbs 16/1 6.5 Prominent - dropped to midfield after 1st - headway and went second before 5th - mistake 3 out - soon lost second and prominent - hit 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
6th 3 Gallopade (GB) 9 G AVG Warren Greatrex 158 lbs 11/4 3.5 Hung right throughout - took keen hold - led - went clear after 1st - headed and lost ground quickly after 4th - behind from 3 out - dismounted (jockey said - regarding running and riding - that his instructions were to allow gelding to make his own running - as gelding is a keen sort - the plan being that it would settle of his own accord; he explained that gelding galloped through the first flight and as soon as it landed he was struggling to hold it and - thereafter - he hung so badly right handed he was on one rein which he reported at scales; he therefore brought it back through the field down back straight in the hope that - given a lead -gelding would settle better and straighten up; however - this did not work either so he did his best to keep a hold of his head and although he finished with plenty of running - he felt there was never a time in the race when he could let it go for fear that gelding would either run off the track or interfere with another runner.; vet reported gelding was displaying a swelling to his left fore)(op 5/2 tchd 9/4)
7th 8 Issar d'Airy (FR) 7 G AVG Gary Moore 154 lbs 14/1 12 Always towards rear - tailed off(op 18/1 tchd 20/1)
8th 6 Coolamaine Lad (IRE) N/A Poor Stuart Edmunds 157 lbs 20/1 14 Took keen hold - pressed leader - blundered and pecked on landing when raced in second 1st - lost second and prominent in chasing group 3rd - lost position 6th - well behind 2 out - tailed off(op 18/1 tchd 22/1)
9th 7 Iskar d'Airy (FR) 6 G AVG Gary Moore 157 lbs 10/1 32 Always towards rear - well behind 2 out - tailed off(op 14/1)