Uttoxeter
13:30
Higgy's 70th Birthday Bash Handicap Hurdle
Uttoxeter Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 Distance: 2m7½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £24 Place: £5.70 £1.70 £5 Exacta: £158.10 Tricast: £2520.33 Trifecta: £1764.60
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Midfield - raced wide when dropped to rear after 7th - headway after 8th - went second after 9th - led after 3 out - clear when not fluent 2 out - soon ridden - stayed on(op 18/1)
8 G AVG Ryan Potter 165 lbs 22/1 Won
2nd
Led - headed after 3 out - stayed on(tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1)
5 G Good Ben Pauling 158 lbs 5/1 4.75
3rd
In touch with leaders - prominent from 6th - went third before 3 out - stayed on but not pace to challenge(op 18/1 tchd 25/1)
10 G Poor John & Rhys Flint 157 lbs 22/1 7
4th
Midfield - short of room with one circuit to go - lost ground and struggling after 8th - headway before 3 out - soon went fourth - stayed on(op 3/1)
6 G AVG Samuel Drinkwater 159 lbs 4/1 6
5th
Prominent - pushed along home turn - weakened after 3 out(op 14/1 tchd 11/4)
7 G Poor Neil Mulholland 158 lbs 3/1F 15
6th
Jumped right on occasions - held up in rear - headway into midfield 9th - no impression from 3 out(op 18/1)
8 G Poor Richard Armson 165 lbs 25/1 1.25
7th
Midfield - in touch with leaders after 9th - weakened after 3 out - tailed off(op 28/1)
7 M Poor Robert Bevis 154 lbs 33/1 13
8th
Prominent - weakened after 9th - tailed off(op 20/1 tchd 28/1)
8 G AVG Alastair Ralph 161 lbs 25/1 3.75
99th
Always behind - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 12/1 tchd 20/1)
6 G AVG Lucinda Russell 168 lbs 16/1 -
99th
Always behind - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out(op 16/1 tchd 14/1)
6 M Poor Peter & Michael Bowen 155 lbs 18/1 -
99th
Pressed leader early - prominent from 4th - weakened after 9th - tailed off when pulled up before last(tchd 14/1)
6 G Poor Nicky Martin 166 lbs 12/1 -
99th
Midfield - struggling after 8th - weakened before 3 out - pulled up before last (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that mare was never travelling on this occasion)(op 4/1)
5 M Poor Robert Walford 154 lbs 13/2 -
99th
Midfield - reminder after 6th - weakened after 8th - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out(op 14/1)
5 M Poor Dan Skelton 148 lbs 22/1 -
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99th
Towards rear - headway into midfield but hit 8th - weakened after 9th - pulled up before 3 out(tchd 12/1)
5 G Poor Emma-Jane Bishop 163 lbs 11/1 -