Bangor-on-Dee
16:35
Hope House Children's Hospice Cross Lanes Handicap Hurdle
Bangor-on-Dee Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 Distance: 2m3½f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.75 Place: £1.70 £2.70 Exacta: £12.30 Tricast: £79.72 Trifecta: £84.30
Non-Runners: C'Est Different (self certificate), Leading The Way (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Richardson (GB) 10 G AVG Belinda Clarke 144 lbs 11/4F Won Held up in last - steady headway from 3 out (usual 4 out) - led before last - soon went clear - comfortably(op 9/4 tchd 2/1)
2nd 3 Rock Hurley (FR) 7 G Poor Donald McCain 165 lbs 9/2 8 Led - hit 2 out (usual 3 out) - headed before last - kept on but no match for winner(tchd 11/2)
3rd 7 Tan Law (IRE) 7 G Poor Stuart Coltherd 156 lbs 15/2 2.75 In touch with leaders - headway after 6th - went second after 3 out (usual 4 out) - lost second before last - soon no extra(op 12/1)
99th 6 Force De Frap (FR) 10 G AVG Emma-Jane Bishop 160 lbs 8/1 - Prominent - weakened after 2 out (usual 3 out) - pulled up before last(op 14/1 tchd 7/1)
99th 5 Twyford's Diamond (GB) 6 M Poor Ben Pauling 162 lbs 5/1 - In touch with leaders - weakened after 2 out (usual 3 out) - pulled up before last (jockey said mare was never travelling)(tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2)
99th 2 The Secret Pearl (IRE) 6 M Poor Alex Hales 162 lbs 7/2 - Raced in second - not fluent 3 out (usual 4 out) - soon lost second - weakened after 2 out (usual 3 out) - pulled up before last (trainer said mare made a respiratory noise; vet reported mare lost her right-fore shoe)(op 3/1 tchd 4/1)
99th 1 Jeu d'Opale (FR) 7 G Poor Venetia Williams 168 lbs 18/1 - Raced wide - prominent - awkward jump 3rd - not fluent 4th - lost position after 5th - weakened after 6th - tailed off when pulled up before last(op 11/1)