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Market Rasen
15:25
Victor Lucas Memorial Handicap Hurdle
Market Rasen Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 Distance: 2m7f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £6 Place: £2 £1.50 £2.10 Exacta: £44.40 Tricast: £169.65 Trifecta: £269.20
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m 2m½f 3m 2m4½f 2m5½f
1st
Disputed lead - led clearly after 2nd - soon went clear - 10 lengths ahead 5th - much reduced lead when mistake 7th - pushed along before 2 out - ridden approaching last - headed towards finish - rallied and led again final strides - gamely(op 15/2)
9 G AVG
Mark Walford 162 lbs 5/1 Won
2m1f 2m7½f 2m1f 3m½f 2m7f
1m4f 1m6f 1m7½f 2m 2m4½f
2nd
Held up in rear - headway after 3 out - went second going best before 2 out - shaken up when not fluent last - ridden run-in - led towards finish - no extra when headed final strides(op 11/2 tchd 9/1)
5 M AVG
Martin Keighley 159 lbs 7/1 0.3
2m 2m4½f 2m4½f 3m½f 1m4f
2m 2m3f 2m3f 2m4f 3m
3rd
Disputed lead - prominent after 2nd - chased clear leader from 3rd - edged right and bumped rival just after 3 out - soon pushed along - lost position before 2 out - rallied run-in - went modest third towards finish(tchd 7/2)
8 G Good
Kim Bailey 169 lbs 9/2 19
2m3½f
1m7½f 2m 2m 2m3½f 2m3½f
4th
Disputed lead - prominent after 2nd - chased clear leader from 3rd - pushed along after 3 out - outpaced from 2 out - ridden and no extra run-in(op 17/2 tchd 15/2 and 11/1)
7 G AVG
Venetia Williams 157 lbs 10/1 2.25
2m4f 2m7f 2m7½f 2m7f 2m7½f
2m3f 2m7f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f
5th
Midfield - in touch with leaders 3 out - ridden before 2 out - weakened run-in(tchd 14/1)
10 G AVG
Chris Gordon 149 lbs 12/1 0.3
2m4½f 3m½f 2m3½f 2m6½f 2m3½f
2m3½f 2m 2m1f 2m4f 2m6½f
6th
Towards rear of midfield - bumped when short of room just after 3 out - pushed along and some headway before 2 out - went third approaching last - ridden and weakened and run-in (vet said mare had lost her right-hind shoe)(op 5/1)
8 M AVG
Ruth Jefferson 153 lbs 4/1F 1.5
2m4f 2m6½f 3m½f 3m½f 2m5f
2m7f 2m6f 2m5f 2m4½f 2m7f
99th
In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield 5th - reminder in rear before 5 out - not fluent 5 out - pulled up before 2 out (trainer's rep said gelding was unsuited by the good to soft (soft in places) going and would prefer a quicker surface)(op 12/1)
7 G Good
Nigel Twiston-Davies 159 lbs 14/1 -
2m7f 3m1f 3m½f 3m1f 2m6½f
2m4f 2m5½f 2m3½f 2m5½f 3m1f
99th
Always behind - pushed along after 7th - detached 5 out - pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding ran flat; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 10/1 tchd 8/1 and 11/1)
8 G Poor
Nigel Hawke 161 lbs 17/2 -
2m7f 2m7f 2m7½f 2m5½f 2m3½f
2m3½f 2m 2m1f 3m½f
99th
Prominent - prominent in chasing group 3rd - awkward jump 6th - ridden and weakened after 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (jockey said he felt something amiss after turning into the home straight and therefore pulled gelding up; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 4/1 tchd 6/1)
6 G AVG
Richard Hobson 155 lbs 11/2 -
3m 3m1f 3m 3m2f 3m2f