Wetherby
15:25
Mabel And Ted Fountain Memorial Handicap Hurdle
Wetherby Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £2.50 Place: £1.10 £4.50 Exacta: £15.50 Trifecta: £55.10
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Go Dante (GB) 8 G Good Olly Murphy 170 lbs 6/4 Won Prominent - went second before 3 out - ridden to lead after 2 out - kept on well(op 13/8)
2nd 6 McGowan's Pass (GB) 14 G Poor Jennie Candlish 146 lbs 12/1 3.5 Disputed lead - not fluent 5th - led clearly and pushed along 4 out - ridden 3 out - headed after 2 out - kept on but always held(op 11/1 tchd 10/1)
3rd 4 Chti Balko (FR) N/A Poor Donald McCain 158 lbs 15/2 5.5 Disputed lead - headed and pushed along 4 out - lost second before 3 out - ridden and held from 2 out(op 10/1)
4th 5 Bonne Vitesse (IRE) 6 M Poor Micky Hammond 156 lbs 25/1 1 Towards rear - ridden before 3 out - well held 2 out - went fourth before last - stayed on(op 28/1)
5th 2 Hartur d'Oudairies (FR) 7 G Poor Dan Skelton 167 lbs 5/4F 17 Held up in rear - not fluent 4th - headway 4 out - ridden and mistake 3 out - disputing third when not fluent 2 out - soon weakened (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than gelding appeared to weaken quickly in home straight which was noted; vet said post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op Evens)
6th 3 Guiri (GER) 7 G Poor Ben Haslam 166 lbs 100/1 11 In touch with leaders - dropped to last and pushed along 4 out - weakened before 3 out