Warwick
19:10
Rainier Developments & Strategic Land Novices' Handicap Hurdle
Warwick Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2025 Distance: 2m3f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.30 Place: £1.70 £1.60 £2.40 Exacta: £28.70 Tricast: £161.70 Trifecta: £156.10
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Byzantium (FR) 4 G AVG Paul Nicholls 160 lbs 4/1 Won Took keen hold - midfield - headway before 4 out - led just before 2 out - shaken up when not fluent last - pushed along and went clear run-in - comfortably(op 7/2 tchd 9/2)
2nd 4 Realistic Optimism (IRE) 8 G AVG Jamie Snowden 154 lbs 5/1 7.5 Towards rear - hit 5th - headway after 3 out - went second approaching last - weakened run-in(op 9/2 tchd 11/2)
3rd 5 Red Panda (GB) 6 M AVG Charlie Longsdon 156 lbs 17/2 5.5 Led - headed before 2 out - hampered 2 out - lost ground when not fluent last - rallied and went third run-in(op 13/2 tchd 6/1)
4th 3 Definite Dream (IRE) 7 M Poor Denis Coakley 163 lbs 4/1 1 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - prominent before 4 out - briefly led before 2 out - mistake 2 out - weakened run-in(op 3/1)
5th 7 Hardy Buck (IRE) 7 G Poor Alexander Gibbons 149 lbs 25/1 2.5 Held up in rear - not fluent 1st - headway before 3 out - outpaced before 2 out - weakened approaching last(tchd 22/1)
6th 1 Fourtowns (IRE) 5 G Poor Sarah Humphrey 158 lbs 8/1 12 Took keen hold - midfield - headway before 4 out - soon prominent on outer - weakened on turn before 2 out(op 6/1 tchd 17/2)
7th 6 Stiletto (GB) 7 G Poor Sophie Leech 150 lbs 11/4F 35 Held up in rear - slow jump 1st - dropped to last after 2nd - slow jump 6th - soon struggling (jockey said gelding jumped poorly)(op 15/2)
99th 9 Rockbeare (IRE) 6 G Poor Gordon Treacy 149 lbs 40/1 - Midfield - headway before 4 out - weakened quickly after 3 out - carried right by stricken horse and soon pulled up before 2 out(op 33/1 tchd 50/1)
99th 8 Ballymena Boy (IRE) 5 G Poor Robbie Llewellyn 146 lbs 18/1 - Took keen hold - didn't always jump with fluency - raced in second - lost position 3 out - weakening and looked to go wrong when unseated before 2 out - fatally injured(op 14/1 tchd 12/1 and tchd 20/1)