Wetherby
16:20
100% Racing TV Profits Back To Racing Handicap Hurdle
Wetherby Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 Distance: 3m Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £6.30 Place: £2.30 £3.60 £4.40 Exacta: £70.50 Tricast: £848.82 Trifecta: £1077.30
Non-Runners: Braganza Bay (unsuitable ground), Doors Breaker (unsuitable ground), Songbird's Tale (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Dillarchie (GB) 7 M AVG Joanne Foster 155 lbs 5/1 Won Prominent - disputed lead 1st - in touch with leaders 4th - raced wide home turn - pushed along and went second 3 out - led narrowly 2 out - soon faced challenge and headed - ridden and rallied run-in - led again final strides(op 13/2 tchd 9/2)
2nd 2 Grand Du Nord (FR) 8 G Poor Micky Hammond 164 lbs 10/1 0.3 Towards rear on outer - headway into midfield 8th - pushed along but in touch with leaders 3 out - pressed leader 2 out - led narrowly before last - ridden run-in - headed final strides(op 11/1 tchd 17/2)
3rd 14 September Daisy (GB) 8 M AVG N W Alexander 139 lbs 18/1 5 Prominent - disputed lead 1st - in touch with leaders 4th - outpaced and pushed along 4 out - raced wide home turn - ridden and rallied from 3 out - kept on run-in - no match for first two(op 11/1 tchd 9/1)
4th 13 Storm Force One (GB) N/A Poor Peter Niven 143 lbs 7/1 0.3 Didn't jump with fluency - held up in last - not fluent 6th - soon niggled along - pushed along after 8th - some headway but still plenty to do before 3 out - ridden 2 out - keeping on last - went fourth run-in - nearest finish(op 15/2 tchd 13/2)
5th 11 Rumble B (IRE) 11 G Poor Justin Landy 147 lbs 11/2 5 In rear - some headway but pushed along and still plenty to do before 3 out - hung left before 2 out - ridden and keeping on before last - nearest finish(op 6/1 tchd 5/1)
6th 4 Fiadh (IRE) 8 M Poor Chris Grant 159 lbs 4/1F 1 In touch with leaders on inner - prominent 4th - not fluent 7th - pushed along before 3 out - every chance when ridden 2 out - weakened gradually and lost position from last
7th 1 Velasco (IRE) 9 G AVG Susan Corbett 168 lbs 20/1 13 Taken down early - led - headed when slow jump 1st - led again 4th - ridden when mistake 3 out - headed before 2 out - soon weakened - beaten when mistake last(op 22/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 25/1)
8th 7 Just Jess (IRE) 8 M Poor Sue Smith 158 lbs 12/1 .75 In rear on inner - pushed along and headway into midfield after 4 out - ridden after 3 out - weakened gradually from 2 out(op 18/1 tchd 10/1)
99th 8 Choungaya (FR) 8 G Poor Mike Sowersby 150 lbs 150/1 - In touch with leaders - not fluent 7th - mistake 8th - lost position when reminders before 4 out - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out (performance was considered in light of this being sixth consecutive occasion that gelding had failed to finish a race; trainer was interviewed and his comments were forwarded to the Head Office of the British Horseracing Authority for further consideration)(op 125/1 tchd 100/1)
99th 9 Baby Jane (IRE) 8 M Elite Gillian Boanas 148 lbs 25/1 - Midfield on inner - headway and in touch with leaders after 4 out - pushed along before 3 out - soon beaten - tailed off when pulled up before last(op 12/1)
99th 16 Classic Lady (IRE) 9 M AVG Mark Walford 142 lbs 9/1 - Midfield on inner - headway and in touch with leaders 4 out - pushed along before 3 out - soon weakened - tailed off when pulled up before last(op 12/1 tchd 20/1)
99th 5 Voyburg (IRE) 6 G Poor Kim Bailey 159 lbs 22/1 - Prominent on outer - led narrowly or disputed lead 1st - headed 4th - not fluent 6th - soon pushed along and lost position - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out(op 14/1 tchd 28/1)
99th 12 Joanna I'm Fine (IRE) 8 M Poor Jackie Stephen 142 lbs 8/1 - In touch with leaders - midfield 5th - short of room and lost position after 6th - ridden and struggling 4 out - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out (jockey said mare was never travelling; trainer said mare was unsuited by the good to soft - soft in places going on this occasion - and would prefer a sounder surface)(op 11/2 tchd 17/2)
99th 17 Halfway House Lad (GB) 6 G AVG Maurice Barnes 142 lbs 150/1 - In rear on outer - pushed along and struggling after 4 out - soon pulled up(op 80/1 tchd 200/1)