Fakenham
13:05
Sky Bet Acca Freeze Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle
Fakenham Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £12 Place: £3.20 £1.10 Exacta: £23.20 Trifecta: £113.70
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Mavis Pike (GB) 5 M AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 165 lbs 11/1 Won In touch with leaders - towards rear 3rd - pushed along briefly after 5th - headway on outer 6th - cajoled along before 3 out - pressed leader when not fluent 2 out - led when mistake last - ran on well run-in - just did enough (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(tchd 10/1)
2nd 3 Kalif d'Airy (FR) 5 G Poor Gary & Josh Moore 164 lbs 1/2F .75 Pressed leaders - led narrowly 4th - led clearly going best after 3 out - faced challenge when hung right on turn after 2 out - headed last - kept on(op 8/13)
3rd 6 Character Testing (GB) 4 G Poor T Ellis 152 lbs 10/1 13 In touch with leaders - went third but outpaced 2 out - no impression when mistake last - no match for first two(op 8/1 tchd 11/1)
4th 5 Order Of Progress (GB) 5 M Poor Louise Allan 152 lbs 40/1 7 Raced wide early - led - headed and steadied after 1st - outpaced after 3 out - kept on but no impression approaching last(op 50/1)
5th 1 Realistic Optimism (IRE) 8 G AVG Jamie Snowden 160 lbs 6/1 .5 Pressed leaders - raced wide on turn before 3rd - pressed leader 4th - bad mistake 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 5/1)
99th 7 Eklil (GB) 5 G Poor Andy Irvine 150 lbs 80/1 - Held up in rear - not fluent 5th - outpaced and lost touch 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (vet reported gelding had bled from the nose)(op 66/1)
99th 4 Runaway Train (IRE) 4 G Poor James Owen 159 lbs 6/1 - Prominent - led narrowly after 1st - headed and prominent 4th - not fluent 6th - dropped to rear 3 out - soon lost touch - pulled up after 2 out(op 13/2)