Chris & Louise Fairburn Handicap Hurdle
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6 | Hardy Boy (FR) | 7 G | Poor | Ben Pauling | 162 lbs | 100/30F | Won | Prominent early - midfield after 2nd - headway 8th - led before 2 out - ran on well and went clear run-in - ridden out(tchd 7/2) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Baron De Midleton (IRE) | 12 G | AVG | Brian Ellison | 166 lbs | 17/2 | 5.5 | Held up in rear - midfield 7th - prominent 3 out - went second approaching last - kept on but no match for winner(op 10/1) | ||
| 3rd | 7 | Charles St (GB) | 5 G | Poor |
Fern O'Brien
(7)lbs
|
Fergal O'Brien | 153 lbs | 9/2 | .75 | Prominent - kept on from 2 out - not pace to challenge(op 6/1) | |
| 4th | 9 | Belle Of Annandale (IRE) | 6 M | Poor | Adrian Paul Keatley | 153 lbs | 7/2 | 0.3 | Held up in rear - headway after 3 out - went fourth run-in - kept on(op 3/1) | ||
| 5th | 1 | Barbados Buck's (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | Daragh Bourke | 168 lbs | 22/1 | 4 | Prominent - went second 7th - led before 2 out - soon headed - lost second approaching last - weakened final 110yds(op 25/1) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Belvedere Blast (IRE) | 7 G | AVG |
Dylan Johnston
(5)lbs
|
Adrian Paul Keatley | 158 lbs | 12/1 | 6 | Midfield - struggling 9th - weakened after 2 out - finished lame (jockey said gelding never travelled; vet said gelding finished lame on his right-fore)(op 11/1) | |
| 7th | 3 | Royal Pretender (FR) | 8 G | Poor | Alan King | 168 lbs | 11/2 | 13 | Midfield - weakened 2 out (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding never travelled)(op 9/2 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 8th | 2 | Giovanni Change (FR) | 9 G | AVG |
Tom Midgley
(3)lbs
|
Mark Walford | 165 lbs | 14/1 | 39 | Led - raced in second when headed after 2nd - prominent when not fluent 7th - weakened after 9th - tailed off(op 16/1) | |
| 9th | 8 | Petrastar (GB) | 9 G | Poor | D J Jeffreys | 155 lbs | 12/1 | 86 | Pressed leader - led after 2nd - headed before 2 out - soon weakened - tailed off(tchd 14/1) |
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