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Aintree
14:25
Village Hotels Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Aintree Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 Distance: 3m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50 Place: £1.70 £10.90 £3.60 Exacta: £349 Tricast: £3025.39 Trifecta: £4852.80
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m4½f 2m5f
1st
Towards rear of midfield - headway after 10th - pushed along after 3 out - led after 2 out - kept on strongly and went clear run-in - ridden out(op 5/1)
8 M AVG
Dan Skelton 156 lbs 9/2F Won
2m4f 3m½f 2m7½f 2m5f 3m½f
3m½f 2m7f 2m7½f 2m7½f 3m½f
2nd
Towards rear of midfield - headway after 10th - pushed along after 3 out - not clear run and switched right after 2 out - soon ridden - 4 lengths down last - kept on well run-in - went second final 110yds
9 G AVG
Tom Lacey 154 lbs 50/1 5
3m½f 2m7½f 2m7½f 3m½f 3m½f
3m½f 3m 3m½f 3m½f 3m
3rd
Midfield - headway 8th - prominent 3 out - ridden after 2 out - went third final 110yds - kept on
N/A AVG
Nicky Henderson 160 lbs 14/1 0.3
3m½f 3m 2m7f 3m
7f 2m1f 3m 2m 3m
4th
Midfield - not clear run repeatedly from 3 out - switched right and ridden after 2 out - headway last - kept on strongly final 110yds - went fourth final strides(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
9 G AVG
A J Martin 163 lbs 11/2 .75
2m5½f 2m 2m5½f 3m1½f 3m5f
1m2f 2m4f 2m3½f 3m 2m2½f
5th
Held up in rear - headway after 10th - bit short of room 2 out - soon ridden - briefly went second final 110yds - no extra when lost two places towards finish - lost fourth final strides
8 G AVG
Oliver McKiernan 162 lbs 14/1 .5
2m7½f 1m7f 2m 1m4f 2m6f
2m5f 3m½f 3m½f 3m1f 3m
6th
Led narrowly or disputed lead - ridden after 3 out - headed after 2 out - no extra final 110yds
9 M AVG
Charlie Longsdon 150 lbs 40/1 1
2m4f 3m½f 2m7½f 2m7½f 3m1f
2m 2m1f 2m 2m4f 3m
7th
Towards rear of midfield - headway 3 out - soon ridden - kept on until no extra final 110yds(tchd 33/1)
7 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 28/1 1.25
2m7f 2m3½f 3m 2m6½f 3m
2m5f 2m3f 3m1½f 3m 3m
8th
Midfield - not fluent 6th - ridden after 3 out - soon outpaced - kept on but well held run-in - lost shoe (vet said gelding lost his left hind shoe)(tchd 9/1)
8 G AVG
Jonjo O'Neill 160 lbs 10/1 0.3
2m6½f 2m7f 3m 3m 3m
2m5½f 2m5f 3m 2m5½f 2m5f
9th
Jumped slightly right on occasions - led narrowly or disputed lead - ridden when headed after 2 out - stumbled last - weakened final 110yds(op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
8 G Good
Paul Nicholls 156 lbs 17/2 .75
2m5f 3m 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4½f
2m6f 2m4f 2m7f 2m 2m4½f
10th
Towards rear - ridden when mistake 2 out - well held but stayed on run-in(op 66/1)
8 G Poor
P J Rothwell 146 lbs 50/1 1.5
2m3f 3m½f 3m½f 3m 2m4f
2m4½f 3m½f 3m½f 2m7½f 3m½f
11th
Held up in rear - headway after 9th - midfield when ridden 3 out - no impression from 2 out(op 14/1)
9 G Poor
Ian Williams 158 lbs 16/1 .5
3m½f 3m 3m 3m½f 2m4½f
2m4½f 2m5f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m7½f
12th
In touch with leaders - hit 3 out - soon ridden and outpaced(op 13/2)
6 G AVG
Stuart Edmunds 150 lbs 7/1 2
3m½f
2m4f 2m6½f 2m5½f 3m½f 3m½f
13th
In touch with leaders - prominent 5th - ridden after 3 out - hung left from 2 out - weakened run-in (trainer said gelding did not stay the trip of 3m on this occasion)
10 G AVG
Nick Kent 163 lbs 33/1 .5
2m4f 2m4f 2m3½f 3m 3m
2m3½f 2m3½f 2m5f 2m3½f
14th
Midfield - dropped to rear and struggling 10th - well held from 3 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 18/1)
7 G AVG
Henry Daly 150 lbs 22/1 1.25
2m4f 3m 3m 2m7½f 2m7½f
2m4½f 2m3f 2m 2m3½f 2m4½f
15th
Prominent - pressed leaders 10th - ridden after 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 14/1)
8 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 152 lbs 12/1 9.5
2m7½f 3m1f 2m6½f 2m7f 3m2½f
2m5½f 3m2½f 3m1f 3m½f 3m
16th
Prominent - ridden before 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 28/1)
11 G AVG
Olly Murphy 163 lbs 25/1 1.25
3m2½f 2m7f 3m1f 3m 3m1f
2m7½f 2m7½f 3m 2m7½f 2m7½f
17th
Towards rear of midfield - dropped to rear 6th - struggling after 9th - weakened 3 out(op 66/1)
N/A AVG
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 161 lbs 50/1 7.5
3m 2m7½f 2m7½f 3m
2m7f 3m 2m7f 3m
18th
Midfield - ridden after 3 out - weakened after 2 out - lost shoe (vet said mare had lost her right fore shoe)
N/A AVG
Lucy Wadham 148 lbs 100/1 1.75
3m1f 2m7½f
3m 3m 2m6f 3m½f 3m1f
19th
Towards rear of midfield - struggling 10th - weakened before 3 out(op 28/1)
10 G AVG
John C McConnell 155 lbs 33/1 3.25
3m 3m½f 3m1f 3m1½f 2m4f
2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m3½f
20th
Prominent - weakened after 10th (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding became upset in the preliminaries and was unsuited by the large field on this occasion - which was noted; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 10/1)
7 G Good
Ben Pauling 149 lbs 8/1 7
2m3f 2m6½f 2m5f 3m 3m6f
2m½f 2m4½f 2m 2m3½f 2m4f
21st
Always towards rear
10 G AVG
Donald McCain 152 lbs 150/1 13
2m3½f 2m3f 2m3f 2m 2m
3m 3m 2m4f 3m 2m5f
99th
Midfield - reminders after 3rd - dropped to rear after 7th - lost touch after 8th - pulled up before 9th(op 100/1)
11 G AVG
Dianne Sayer 150 lbs 125/1 -
2m4f 2m5f 3m½f 2m6½f 2m4½f