Warwick
12:40
Michael Costello Memorial Handicap Hurdle
Warwick Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £3 Place: £1.10 £1.30 £3.40 Exacta: £7.10 Tricast: £63.41 Trifecta: £66.40
Non-Runners: Sextant (withdrawn; unruly at the post)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Donnacha (IRE) 7 G Good Nigel Hawke 165 lbs 2/1F Won Prominent - mistake 3rd - led 3 out - ridden when headed after 2 out - rallied run-in - led again final 110yds - ran on(op 9/4)
2nd 4 Klitschko (GB) 7 G AVG Alan King 166 lbs 3/1 1.75 Slowly away - raced in last - bad mistake 1st - soon detached - headway after 5th - hit 3 out - went third 2 out - kept on run-in - went second final stride (jockey said gelding was slowly into stride)(op 11/4)
3rd 7 Koenigsstern (IRE) 8 G Poor Nick Gifford 155 lbs 16/1 0.1 Prominent - led after 5th - pressed winner when headed 3 out - led again after 2 out - headed run-in - kept on but lost second final stride(op 12/1 tchd 10/1 and tchd 18/1)
4th 1 Word Has It (IRE) 10 G Poor Donald McCain 163 lbs 17/2 2.75 Held up in rear - headway after 4th - went third after 3 out - kept on but not pace to challenge(op 10/1)
5th 6 Risk d'Argent (FR) 8 G Poor Alastair Ralph 158 lbs 3/1 0.05 Held up in rear - headway when hit 4th - outpaced 5th - stayed on from 2 out(op 10/3)
6th 3 Totterdown (GB) 13 G AVG Richard Phillips 162 lbs 16/1 16 Led - headed after 5th - weakened after 3 out(op 18/1)
7th 8 Western Soldier (GER) 5 G AVG Anthony Charlton 151 lbs 33/1 1 In touch with leaders - weakening when mistake 2 out(op 25/1)
8th 9 Commodore Miller (GB) 7 G Poor Danni O'Neill 143 lbs 66/1 20 Raced in second - weakened after 3 out - tailed off(op 100/1 tchd 50/1)