Stratford
13:15
Nigel Reeve 60th Birthday Celebration Female Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Female Jockeys & Amateurs')
Stratford Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £16.10 Place: £3.70 £2.10 £4.10 Exacta: £111.10 Tricast: £1276.29 Trifecta: £1078.30
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Zenato (IRE) 4 G AVG Fergal O'Brien 161 lbs 14/1 Won Prominent - not fluent 1st - pressed leader home turn - led narrowly before last - ridden run-in - kept on well (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from a change of tactics to being ridden more positively on this occasion)(op 12/1 tchd 11/1 and 16/1)
2nd 7 Gerard Mentor (FR) 8 G AVG Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls 142 lbs 11/2 0.3 Midfield - headway after 3 out - pressed winner approaching last - kept on well(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
3rd 9 Lusso Milan (IRE) 6 M Poor David Bridgwater 140 lbs 16/1 8 Midfield - headway 2nd - soon pressed leader - dropped to midfield after 4th - some headway home turn - left in fourth last - kept on run-in - went third final strides(op 12/1)
4th 4 Character Testing (GB) 4 G Poor T Ellis 163 lbs 11/1 0.1 Held up in rear - headway after 4th - hit 5th - soon went fourth - hit 2 out - left in third last - kept on but lost third final strides(op 16/1 tchd 20/1)
5th 3 Virtual Hug (IRE) 6 G Poor Nikki Evans 157 lbs 16/1 7.5 Never better than midfield(op 66/1)
6th 10 Granny B (IRE) 5 M Poor Michael Mullineaux 145 lbs 12/1 1.25 Took keen hold - prominent early - midfield after 3rd - outpaced from 2 out - finished lame (vet reported mare finished lame on her left-fore)(tchd 14/1)
7th 6 Coup De Gold (IRE) 9 G Poor Evan Williams 142 lbs 9/1 .5 Always behind (jockey said gelding was never travelling and hung left-handed)(op 8/1)
99th 1 Electric Eddy (GB) 6 G Poor Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 161 lbs 11/8F - Led - set good pace - headed home turn - soon weakened quickly - pulled up last (trainer said gelding ran too free; vet reported gelding was treated for mild post-race ataxia)(op 7/4)
99th 8 Barbie Girlz (IRE) 5 M Poor Katy Price 141 lbs 100/1 - Midfield - mistake 3rd - dropped to rear after 4th - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out(op 66/1 tchd 125/1)
99th 5 Sain Et Sauf (GB) 5 M Poor Fergal O'Brien 147 lbs 7/1 - Always behind - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out (jockey said mare was never travelling; vet examined mare during routine testing and had nothing to report)(op 4/1)
99th 11 Freddie Fleetfoot (GB) 6 G Poor Carroll Gray 135 lbs 14/1 - Pressed leader early - prominent after 2nd - went second again 4th - led home turn - soon headed and lost second - unseated last(op 40/1)