Fakenham
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Volt Low Alcohol Ipa @ Fakenham Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (For The Walter Wales Cup)
Fakenham Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 Distance: 2m4f Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.50 Place: £1.90 £3.20 Exacta: £27 Trifecta: £78.40
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Busy Being Busy (IRE) 4 G Good Stuart Edmunds 168 lbs 7/2 Won In rear - headway into midfield after 4th - headway before 3 out - led before 2 out - went further clear approaching last - easily(tchd 18/5)
2nd 2 Lightning Flash (IRE) 4 G AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 163 lbs 13/2 13 Prominent - led after 3 out - headed before 2 out - mistake 2 out - soon ridden - no extra approaching last (vet said gelding was treated for post-race heat stress)(tchd 6/1 and tchd 7/1)
3rd 1 Jackpot Cash (FR) 5 G AVG James Owen 168 lbs 5/2F 2.5 Held up in rear - smooth headway on outer and pressed leaders before 3 out - ridden before 2 out - weakened after 2 out(op 7/4)
4th 6 Getoverthathill (IRE) 8 G AVG Chris Gordon 153 lbs 9/2 15 Prominent - not fluent 4th - ridden after 6th - lost position after 8th - ridden and weakened after 3 out(tchd 4/1 and tchd 5/1)
5th 4 Gloire d'Athon (FR) 8 G AVG Sarah Humphrey 162 lbs 14/1 5.5 Led - clear after 3rd - reduced lead after 6th - headed and ridden after 3 out - soon weakened(op 22/1)
99th 5 Bobby's Fortune (IRE) 5 G AVG Evan Williams 160 lbs 18/5 - Midfield - bad mistake and dropped to rear 3rd - mistake 5th - lost touch before 7th - pulled up after 8th (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at hurdle in home straight on 1st circuit and jumped poorly thereafter; vetexamined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 4/1 tchd 7/2)