Newcastle
13:43
Break From The Herd With Vertem Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Newcastle Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £1.73 Place: £1.10 £1.10 £1.70 Exacta: £2.20 Trifecta: £8.20
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Endless Escape (IRE) 8 M AVG Ben Clarke 159 lbs 8/11F Won Prominent - smooth headway before 3 out - led going okay 2 out - ridden run-in - kept on well(op 8/13)
2nd 5 Leading Force (IRE) 8 G Poor Sandy Thomson 156 lbs 7/4 3.25 Raced in second - pushed along before 3 out - ridden after 3 out - every chance just after last - stayed on but held final 110yds(op 9/4)
3rd 4 City Roller (IRE) 5 G Poor Laura Horsfall 153 lbs 11/1 5.5 Raced freely - led - pushed along 3 out - headed and mistake 2 out - weakened run-in(op 9/1)
4th 6 N/A Poor Rebecca Menzies 149 lbs 40/1 34 In rear - some headway and mistake 4 out - nudged along and went remote fourth 3 out - never on terms
99th 2 Barley Breeze (GB) 6 G Poor Philip Kirby 156 lbs 66/1 - Midfield - shaken up before 3 out - soon beaten - hit 3 out - pulled up before 2 out
99th 3 Bryden (IRE) N/A Poor Lucinda Russell 156 lbs 20/1 - Midfield - not fluent 3rd - pushed along and lost position after 4th - behind after 6th - pulled up before 3 out - lost shoe (vet said gelding lost his right-fore shoe)(op 22/1 tchd 25/1)
99th 7 Ellistrin Star (GB) N/A Poor Donald Whillans 149 lbs 100/1 - Towards rear of midfield - hit 5th - weakened and behind after 4 out - pulled up before 3 out(op 66/1)
99th 8 N/A Poor Mark Walford 142 lbs 16/1 - Didn't jump with fluency - midfield - weakened after 4 out - pulled up before 3 out(tchd 18/1)