Newbury
14:00
Newbury Welcomes Sky Sports Racing Junior 'National Hunt' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Newbury Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.13 Place: £1.40 £1.40 £1.60 Exacta: £9.50 Trifecta: £41.70
Non-Runners: Maria's Flame (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Valadon (IRE) 5 G Good Harry Fry 161 lbs 85/40F Won Took keen hold - pressed leader - not fluent 3rd - led just after 2 out - soon faced challenge - ridden and kept on well run-in - just did enough(op 6/4)
2nd 7 Wreckless Eric (GB) 5 G Good Ben Pauling 154 lbs 3/1 .75 Took keen hold - prominent - pressed leaders 3 out - wandered around just before 2 out - ran green approaching last - kept on run-in - just held(op 7/2)
3rd 4 Kalif d'Airy (FR) 5 G Poor Gary Moore 154 lbs 4/1 12 Took keen hold - held up in rear - some headway after 3 out - went third run-in - not pace to challenge(op 6/1)
4th 8 Dameofthecotswolds (GB) 5 M AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 147 lbs 9/1 .5 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - not fluent 3rd - outpaced 3 out - rallied from last - went fourth final 110yds - not pace to challenge(op 8/1)
5th 2 Kabuki (FR) 5 G Poor Donald McCain 154 lbs 9/2 4 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway before 2 out - weakened and lost two places run-in(op 11/2)
6th 6 Marrakushi (GB) N/A Poor Michael Blake 154 lbs 11/1 2 Took keen hold - led - headed just after 2 out - soon weakened(op 9/1)
7th 5 Macari (GB) 5 G AVG Sheena West 154 lbs 33/1 46 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - not fluent 5 out - lost position when mistake 2 out - soon weakened quickly(op 40/1)
99th 3 Kadiwo (FR) N/A Poor Gary Moore 151 lbs 100/1 - Towards rear - ran green on turn after 1st - dropped to last and struggling after 4 out - soon pulled up(tchd 125/1)