Newbury Races
Newbury
15:30
Ultimate Travel Company Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Stayers Hurdle Series Qualifier)
Newbury
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025
Distance: 3m
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £5
Place: £2.30 £2.10
Exacta: £16.80
Trifecta: £88
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Zain Nights (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Lucy Wadham | 159 lbs | 4/1 | Won | Made all - pushed along after 3 out - 2 lengths ahead last - ridden and kept on well run-in (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from the application of the first-time visor and a return to Newbury where he has run well in the past) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Welcom To Cartries (FR) | 7 G | AVG | Paul Nicholls | 161 lbs | 4/1 | 4.25 | Pressed winner - 2 lengths down last - no extra run-in(op 5/1) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Jubilant (FR) | 6 G | AVG | James Owen | 149 lbs | 15/2 | 8 | Towards rear but in touch with leaders - headway on inner 3 out - weakened gradually from 2 out(tchd 13/2 and 8/1) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Gold In The Rivers (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | David Pipe | 153 lbs | 14/1 | 5 | Held up in rear - headway 7th - weakened after 2 out(op 12/1 tchd 16/1) | ||
| 5th | 1 | Hititi (FR) | 7 G | AVG | Robert Walford | 168 lbs | 13/2 | 33 | Prominent - lost position 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 5/1) | ||
| 99th | 4 | Go To War (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Nicky Henderson | 155 lbs | 6/4F | - | Prominent - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened - pulled up last (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown other than report from vet that gelding was lame on his right-fore)(op 13/8) |