Doncaster Races
Doncaster
14:05
Pertemps Network River Don Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Doncaster
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025
Distance: 3m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £11
Place: £3.40 £1.60
Exacta: £35.60
Tricast: £85.63
Trifecta: £107.30
Non-Runners: Frisby (not qualified), Gamesters Guy (running in first preference)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7 | Yellow Car (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | David Killahena & Graeme McPherson | 154 lbs | 10/1 | Won | Towards rear but in touch with leaders - prominent 2nd - ridden and led narrowly when bumped rival before 2 out - sustained duel with runner-up after 2 out - hung badly left but kept on well run-in - just did enough | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Moon Rocket (IRE) | 5 G | Elite | Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls | 154 lbs | 11/4 | 0.3 | Prominent - hit 7th - challenging going easily after 3 out - bumped before 2 out - sustained duel with winner after 2 out - not fluent last - carried left but kept on well run-in - just failed | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Ma Shantou (IRE) | 5 G | Good | Emma Lavelle | 154 lbs | 5/2F | 3.25 | Towards rear but in touch with leaders - headway 3 out - switched right 2 out - kept on but no match for first two(op 11/4) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Jig's Forge (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Ben Pauling | 154 lbs | 4/1 | 17 | Took keen hold - led at steady pace - increased tempo with one circuit to go - headed and weakened 2 out - not fluent last(op 7/2) | ||
| 5th | 8 | Sunset Hill (IRE) | 5 M | Poor | Susan Corbett | 147 lbs | 33/1 | 16 | Took keen hold - towards rear early - prominent 1st - dropped to rear before 3rd - weakened gradually before 3 out - tailed off(op 40/1) | ||
| 99th | 1 | Western Knight (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Joe Tizzard | 157 lbs | 100/30 | - | Took keen hold - towards rear but in touch with leaders - not fluent 7th - weakening when not fluent 2 out - jinked right and unseated just after 2 out |