Taunton
14:25
Royal Bath & West Show Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle
Taunton Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 Distance: 2m3f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £1.50 Place: £1.10 £1.60 £1.80 Exacta: £4.50 Tricast: £13.20 Trifecta: £21.90
Non-Runners: Chester Tonik (unsuitable ground), Rip Wheeler (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Grenadier Jed (GB) 5 G Good Robert Walford 161 lbs 1/2F Won Travelled strongly - prominent - led 2 out - shaken up and ran on run-in - won going away(op 8/13)
2nd 3 Babatunde (IRE) 6 G Poor Richard Mitford-Slade 165 lbs 5/1 3 Led narrowly or disputed lead - led clearly 6th - headed 2 out - kept on well but no match for winner
3rd 12 Mr Zee (IRE) 7 G AVG Michael Blake 146 lbs 15/2 3.5 Held up in rear - steady headway and in touch with leaders 3 out - went third 2 out - kept on but no match for first two(op 7/1 tchd 13/2)
4th 2 Colonel Whizz (IRE) 7 G Poor Olly Murphy 165 lbs 17/2 23 In rear - some headway from 2 out - never on terms(op 15/2 tchd 9/1)
5th 9 Missy Mole (IRE) 6 M Poor David Pipe 147 lbs 33/1 7 Towards rear throughout(tchd 28/1)
6th 11 Break Heart Hill (GB) 7 G Poor Fiona Shaw 147 lbs 66/1 8 Mounted in chute - taken down early - led narrowly or disputed lead - lost position and prominent 6th - weakened after 3 out(tchd 80/1)
7th 6 Raby Mere (FR) 5 G AVG Louise G Lyons 156 lbs 22/1 7 In touch with leaders - not fluent 4th - lost position 6th - weakened after 3 out(op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
99th 8 Tribesmans Glory (IRE) 11 G Poor Chris Down 151 lbs 20/1 - Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - lost touch and pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding moved poorly)(tchd 16/1)
99th 13 Joker Jack (IRE) 6 G Poor Claire Hitch 146 lbs 50/1 - In touch with leaders - lost position 6th - lost touch 3 out - soon pulled up(op 66/1)
99th 14 Alderley Charlie (GB) 5 G Poor Polly Gundry 146 lbs 50/1 - Disputed lead on outer - lost position gradually from 6th - detached and pulled up before 2 out(op 66/1 tchd 80/1)
99th 7 Nobody Told Me (GB) 5 G Poor Thomas Faulkner 156 lbs 40/1 - In touch with leaders - prominent home turn - stumbled and unseated just after 2 out(tchd 33/1 and tchd 50/1)
99th 5 D'Gesteevo (GB) 6 G Poor Jeremy Scott 161 lbs 25/1 - Towards rear - stumbled on turn before 6th - in touch with leaders 3 out - weakened before 2 out - unseated 2 out(tchd 22/1 and tchd 28/1)