GBDoncaster Races

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Doncaster
16:10
Virgin Bet Fives Handicap Hurdle (Go North Cab On Target Series Qualifier)
Doncaster Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 Distance: 2m3½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £12 Place: £3.20 £1.40 £5.10 Exacta: £47.50 Tricast: £465.56 Trifecta: £593.60
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m1f 2m 2m½f 2m½f 2m3½f
1st
Took keen hold - disputed lead - led narrowly from 3rd - pushed along when briefly headed before 2 out (usual 3 out) - faced strong challenge before last (usual 2 out) - ridden 2f out - kept on well - all out (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding may have benefited from his reappearance run after a long break)(op 12/1)
5 G Poor
Tjade Collier 145 lbs 11/1 Won
3m½f 3m½f 2m4½f 3m
2m½f 2m5f 2m½f
2nd
Took keen hold - disputed lead - prominent with one circuit to go - not fluent 5th - shaken up when challenging before last (usual 2 out) - ridden and outpaced 2f out - rallied and kept on well inside final 110yds - just held(op 11/4)
9 G Good
Henry Oliver 158 lbs 5/2F 0.2
3m½f 2m4f 2m4f 3m 3m1f
2m½f 2m3f 2m4½f 2m2½f 2m4½f
3rd
Prominent - not fluent 3rd - outpaced after last (usual 2 out) - pushed along when rallying 1f out - soon hung left - kept on well and went third towards finish (jockey said gelding hung both ways)(op 18/1)
6 G Poor
Alan King 168 lbs 16/1 3
2m3½f
2m4f 2m6f 1m7½f 2m4½f 3m
4th
Disputed lead - not fluent 1st - pressed leader from 3rd - not fluent 5th - briefly led before 2 out (usual 3 out) - pushed along before last (usual 2 out) - ridden from under 2f out - kept on(tchd 10/3)
8 G Poor
Nigel Twiston-Davies 161 lbs 3/1 1.5
2m7f 3m1f 2m4f 2m6f 2m4f
2m 2m 2m1f 2m4½f 2m½f
5th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 3rd - headway before 3 out (usual 4 out) - shaken up and challenging when not fluent last (usual 2 out) - soon ridden and lost ground - weakened and lost two places inside final 110yds(op 9/1 tchd 10/1)
7 G Poor
Sam Allwood 155 lbs 15/2 1.25
2m2½f 2m 2m3f 2m3f 2m3f
2m 2m 2m½f 2m½f
6th
Held up in rear - slightly hampered 2nd - headway before 2 out (usual 3 out) - pushed along before last (usual 2 out) - ridden and kept on inside final furlong(op 20/1 tchd 33/1)
N/A Poor
Jennie Candlish 163 lbs 28/1 2.75
3m½f
2m 2m4½f 2m1f 1m7f 2m4f
7th
In touch with leaders - pushed along and lost ground from 2 out (usual 3 out) - well held from last (usual 2 out)(op 17/2)
8 G AVG
Warren Greatrex 164 lbs 11/1 11
3m 2m4f 2m4f 3m½f 2m3½f
2m 2m1f 1m 2m2½f 2m2½f
8th
Jumped left on occasions - disputed lead - prominent after 2nd - ridden and lost ground before 2 out (usual 3 out) - weakened before last (usual 2 out)(op 12/1 tchd 16/1)
6 G Poor
Ben Pauling 168 lbs 18/1 1.5
2m 2m½f 2m3f
2m 2m 2m 1m7f 2m
9th
Travelled strongly - held up in rear - jumped slightly left throughout - pushed along when hung left after 2 out (usual 3 out) - beaten before last (usual 2 out)(op 12/1)
N/A Poor
Fergal O'Brien 167 lbs 16/1 9.5
2m 2m1½f
2m
10th
Took keen hold - towards rear - some headway after 3 out (usual 4 out) - pushed along and no response before 2 out (usual 3 out) - jockey looked down to see if something was amiss before last (usual 2 out) - eased(op 10/1)
6 M Poor
Tom Lacey 151 lbs 12/1 75
2m 2m4f 2m4f 2m7½f 2m2½f
2m 2m7f 2m 2m½f 2m7½f
99th
In touch with leaders - shaken up and lost ground after 3 out (usual 4 out) - jockey looked down to see if something was amiss then pulled up before 2 out (usual 3 out) (jockey said gelding lost his action rounding the home bend; vet said post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)
N/A Poor
Richard Armson 139 lbs 50/1 -
2m4f 2m
2m1f 2m 2m4f 2m 2m
99th
Prominent - mistake 2nd - pecked on landing 5th - mistake and lost ground 3 out (usual 4 out) - soon dropped to last and pulled up(op 20/1 tchd 33/1)
N/A Poor
Jake Thomas Coulson 144 lbs 28/1 -
2m
2m 2m 2m4f 2m
99th
Held up in rear - jumped left throughout - slightly hampered 2nd - shaken up after 4th - behind and eased when pulled up before 2 out (usual 3 out) (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 14/1)
6 G Poor
Ben Case 167 lbs 12/1 -
2m3½f 2m7½f 3m1f 2m7½f 2m4f