Taunton Races
Taunton
14:53
Stables Business Park Handicap Hurdle
Taunton
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022
Distance: 2m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £11
Place: £3.10 £1.50
Exacta: £29.90
Tricast: £78.90
Trifecta: £102.10
Non-Runners: Bashful Boy (vet's certificate), Privatory (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7 | Amelia's Dance (IRE) | 7 M | Poor | Robert Walford | 157 lbs | 10/1 | Won | Prominent - made strong challenge 3 out - pushed along home turn - led narrowly 2 out - clear last - kept on well - ridden out(op 12/1 tchd 9/1) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Parramount (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Charlie Longsdon | 163 lbs | 11/8F | 7 | Led - raced in second when headed 2nd - blundered 4th - led 3 out - headed 2 out - soon ridden - kept on but no match for winner(tchd 6/4) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | Norley (IRE) | 9 G | AVG |
Beau Morgan
(7)lbs
|
Ben Pauling | 148 lbs | 5/1 | 6 | Prominent - stumbled before 6th - went third home turn - ridden before 2 out - kept on but not pace to challenge (jockey said gelding stumbled in the back straight)(tchd 13/2) | |
| 4th | 1 | American Gerry (IRE) | 8 G | Poor |
Mr Nathan Brennan
(7)lbs
|
Hughie Morrison | 161 lbs | 14/1 | .5 | Held up in last but in touch with leaders - ridden after 3 out - hung right when outpaced before 2 out - kept on run-in(op 18/1 tchd 12/1) | |
| 5th | 3 | Beau Balko (FR) | 7 G | AVG | Paul Nicholls | 164 lbs | 2/1 | 9 | Prominent - ridden after 3 out - soon beaten (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 15/8 tchd 9/4) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Petrastar (GB) | 9 G | Poor | D J Jeffreys | 162 lbs | 18/1 | .75 | Pressed leader - led 2nd - headed 3 out - soon ridden - lost third home turn - weakened 2 out(op 14/1 tchd 11/1) |