Ayr
13:15
Virgin Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
Ayr Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £16.50 Place: £3.50 £1.02 £27.80 Exacta: £37.80 Trifecta: £2493.30
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Step Above (IRE) 8 G Poor Lucinda Russell 158 lbs 12/1 Won Took keen hold - prominent - pushed along after 3 out - headway to challenge 2 out - ridden approaching last - led final 110yds - kept on(op 14/1)
2nd 6 Sam's Choice (IRE) 9 G AVG Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 8/13F 1.5 Prominent - not fluent 4th - led going best after 4 out - pushed along and faced challenge 2 out - ridden approaching last - no extra and headed final 110yds(op 8/15)
3rd 5 Master Of The Malt (GB) N/A Poor Daragh Bourke 158 lbs 150/1 23 Took keen hold - prominent - headway and pressed leader before 7th - pushed along 4 out - ridden before 3 out - kept on and went modest third run-in(tchd 125/1)
4th 3 Hattons Gardens (IRE) 7 G Poor Sandy Thomson 158 lbs 16/1 4.25 Midfield - ridden and outpaced after 4 out - some headway before 3 out - pushed along when mistake 2 out - ridden and no impression approaching last(op 14/1)
5th 2 Duke Of Deception (IRE) 7 G AVG Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 158 lbs 28/1 4.25 Led - not fluent 3rd - not fluent 7th - pushed along and headed after 4 out - ridden and weakened before 3 out(op 33/1)
6th 9 Bolt Man (GB) 4 G Poor Ian Duncan 157 lbs 150/1 15 Took keen hold - held up in rear - mistake 7th - ridden and struggling before 8th - tailed off(op 125/1)
99th 4 Home Sweet Highway (IRE) 7 G Poor Donald McCain 155 lbs 13/2 - Midfield - not fluent 4th - reminder before 7th - headway after 4 out - went second before 3 out - pushed along before 2 out - ridden and weakening when fell last(tchd 6/1)
99th 7 San Miguel (IRE) N/A Poor Stuart Coltherd 158 lbs 33/1 - Took keen hold - held up in last - niggled along briefly after 7th - pushed along before 8th - hit 9th - pulled up before 3 out - bled from both nostrils (vet said gelding bled from both nostrils)(op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
99th 1 Call Me Harry (IRE) 7 G AVG Iain Jardine 158 lbs 4/1 - Held up in rear - mistake 6th - ridden and dropped to rear before 7th - struggling when pulled up before 8th - bled from both nostrils (vet said gelding bled from both nostrils)(tchd 7/2)