Cheltenham Races
Cheltenham
14:55
Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Cheltenham
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022
Distance: 2m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £9.50
Place: £2.80 £1.90 £3.30
Exacta: £46.80
Tricast: £352.98
Trifecta: £537.80
Non-Runners: Castel Gandolfo (self certificate), Current Mood (unsuitable ground), Playful Saint (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | I Like To Move It (GB) | 6 G | Good | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 168 lbs | 17/2 | Won | Took keen hold - led - headed and prominent 1st - led again just after 4 out - not fluent 2 out (usual 3 out) - pushed along and hard pressed last (usual 2 out) - ridden and kept on strongly inside final furlong - won going away(op 8/1 tchd 9/1) | ||
| 2nd | 8 | Gin Coco (FR) | 9 G | AVG | Harry Fry | 157 lbs | 4/1F | 5.5 | Held up in rear - headway from 3 out (usual 4 out) - prominent going easily last (usual 2 out) - soon pressed leader - ridden omitted last - soon no extra | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Harbour Lake (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Alan King | 161 lbs | 10/1 | 13 | Midfield - in touch with leaders 3 out (usual 4 out) - ridden and outpaced before last (usual 2 out) - rallied inside final furlong - went third final 110yds - no match for first two | ||
| 4th | 14 | First Impression (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | John Quinn | 150 lbs | 22/1 | 0.3 | Bumped start - towards rear of midfield - pushed along 2 out (usual 3 out) - ridden and outpaced last (usual 2 out) - kept on inside final furlong - went fourth final strides(tchd 28/1) | ||
| 5th | 7 | Nina The Terrier (IRE) | 6 M | AVG | Alan King | 157 lbs | 20/1 | 0.1 | Raced wide - midfield - good headway and prominent 2 out (usual 3 out) - ridden last (usual 2 out) - weakened and lost two places inside final furlong(op 16/1) | ||
| 6th | 2 | Cormier (IRE) | 9 G | AVG |
Ben Bromley
(7)lbs
|
Brian Ellison | 157 lbs | 14/1 | 1.5 | Towards rear - pushed along and some headway before last (usual 2 out) - ridden and briefly went fourth omitted last - weakened final 110yds | |
| 7th | 15 | Mark Of Gold (GB) | 7 G | Good |
Niall Houlihan
(3)lbs
|
Gary Moore | 147 lbs | 18/1 | 8.5 | Held up in rear - slightly hampered 1st - pushed along and outpaced 2 out (usual 3 out) - ridden before last (usual 2 out) - made no impression(op 14/1) | |
| 8th | 6 | Sonigino (FR) | 5 G | AVG | Paul Nicholls | 159 lbs | 7/1 | .75 | Pressed leader - good jump and led 1st - headed and prominent just after 4 out - lost position and pushed along 2 out (usual 3 out) - weakened after last (usual 2 out)(op 11/2 tchd 15/2) | ||
| 9th | 11 | Dads Lad (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 154 lbs | 6/1 | 4.5 | Always towards rear (jockey said gelding hung left-handed throughout)(op 7/1) | ||
| 10th | 10 | Severance (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Ben Pauling | 155 lbs | 10/1 | 19 | Always towards rear - bad mistake and almost fell 1st - not recover (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at first hurdle) | ||
| 11th | 4 | A Different Kind (IRE) | 5 G | Good | Donald McCain | 162 lbs | 6/1 | 1 | Took keen hold - midfield - in touch with leaders before 1st - lost position then bad mistake 2 out (usual 3 out) - soon ridden and beaten (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)(op 7/1 tchd 17/2) | ||
| 12th | 3 | N'Golo (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Patrick Neville | 163 lbs | 40/1 | 35 | In touch with leaders - ridden and lost position 3 out (usual 4 out) (jockey said gelding hung left-handed)(op 33/1) | ||
| 99th | 9 | Thousand Tears (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Emmet Mullins | 155 lbs | 18/1 | - | Midfield - dropped to rear and pushed along after 1st - not fluent and pulled up quickly 4 out (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding had been reluctant to race and effectively pulled himself up on this occasion)(tchd 12/1 and 20/1) |