Newton Abbot
15:41
Remembering Percy Bishop Novices' Handicap Hurdle
Newton Abbot Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 Distance: 3m2½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £2.88 Place: £1.50 £2 Exacta: £7.70 Trifecta: £24.40
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Touchwoodexpress (IRE) 5 G AVG Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 151 lbs 15/8F Won Led - headed and raced in second before 8th - ridden and led again before 2 out - kept on (jockey said gelding bled from nose)(op 5/2 tchd 7/4)
2nd 1 Tropical Speed (IRE) 6 G AVG Andy Irvine 168 lbs 9/2 3 Raced in last - not fluent 4th - not fluent 3 out - headway and went second before 2 out - no extra after last(op 18/5 tchd 7/2)
3rd 5 Testflight (GB) 8 G Poor Sue Gardner 142 lbs 5/1 6.5 Raced wide - prominent - dropped to last before 3 out - rallied and went third before 2 out - no extra before last(op 11/4 tchd 5/2)
4th 2 Enjoy d'Allen (FR) 10 G Poor Neil King 167 lbs 8/1 2.5 Prominent - weakened before 2 out(op 17/2 tchd 15/2 and tchd 9/1)
5th 3 Great d'Ange (FR) 9 G AVG Alexander Gibbons 153 lbs 5/2 55 Prominent - led before 8th - headed before 2 out - soon weakened(op 10/3 tchd 7/2)