Hexham
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Hexham Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £7.40 Place: £2.60 £1.20 Exacta: £15.10 Trifecta: £56.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Playful Saint (FR) N/A Good Dan Skelton 159 lbs 6/1 Won Led - headed 8th - mistake and nearly lost jockey 2 out - soon lost position - rallied and led again home turn - ridden and kept on run-in - always doing enough(op 13/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 15/2)
2nd 4 Choosethenews (IRE) 7 G AVG Mark Walford 148 lbs 5/4F 2 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - went second before 3rd - lost second 5th - bad mistake and dropped to rear 8th - soon struggling - rallying but still plenty to do 2 out - went second home turn - kept on run-in - did well in the circumstances(op 13/8 tchd 6/5)
3rd 1 Whatdeawant (IRE) 8 G AVG Lucinda Russell 164 lbs 15/2 12 In touch with leaders early - held up in rear 4th - struggling 12th - rallying but still plenty to do 2 out - went third home turn - no impression before last - weakened run-in(op 7/2)
4th 3 Landrake (GB) 5 G AVG Jamie Snowden 157 lbs 18/1 1.25 Raced in second early - lost second but in touch with leaders before 3rd - pressed leaders 3 out - went second 2 out - lost two places home turn - weakened quickly before last(op 10/1)
99th 5 Park Annonciade (FR) 7 G AVG S R B Crawford 140 lbs 11/4 - Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - pressed leaders before 3rd - went second 5th - led 8th - mistake 12th - going best 2 out - headed and lost ground quickly home turn - tailed off when pulled up before last (vet reported that a post-race endoscopic examination revealed that gelding had blood in his trachea)(op 10/3 tchd 5/2)
99th 6 Here Comes Georgie (GB) 7 G Good Patrick Neville 145 lbs 12/1 - Raced in last - struggling from 8th - tailed off when mistake 12th - pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding hung right-handed)(op 18/1 tchd 11/1 and tchd 20/1)