Southwell Races
Southwell
15:23
Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle
Southwell
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2025
Distance: 2m4½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £6.60
Place: £2.10 £1.50 £1.10
Exacta: £34.30
Tricast: £54.42
Trifecta: £84.40
Non-Runners: Ami Bondhu (self certificate, off feed), Catboy (self certificate, abscess)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Always A Reason (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Rebecca Menzies | 164 lbs | 9/2 | Won | Took keen hold - held up in rear - headway 3 out - pushed along and led narrowly 2 out - ridden out run-in(op 11/4 tchd 5/2) | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Feet On The Ground (IRE) | 6 M | Poor | Fergal O'Brien | 167 lbs | 11/2 | 1 | Prominent - led with one circuit to go - headed 2 out - kept on run-in(op 5/1 tchd 9/2 and tchd 13/2) | ||
| 3rd | 1 | Ballyhiho (IRE) | 4 F | AVG | D J Jeffreys | 168 lbs | 6/4F | 1.25 | Led - headed with one circuit to go - lost second just before 2 out - kept on run-in(op 11/4) | ||
| 4th | 9 | Cher Monsieur (FR) | 4 G | Poor | Neil Mulholland | 154 lbs | 17/2 | 6.5 | Took keen hold - midfield - in rear 6th - stayed on(op 11/2) | ||
| 5th | 6 | Lennie Godber (GB) | 4 G | Poor | Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies | 159 lbs | 11/4 | 33 | Prominent - weakened before 2 out(op 4/1) | ||
| 99th | 8 | Classic Lady (IRE) | 9 M | AVG | Mark Walford | 156 lbs | 40/1 | - | In touch with leaders - weakened before 2 out - pulled up last(op 25/1) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Warner's Cross (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Clare Hobson | 163 lbs | 18/1 | - | In rear - lost touch and pulled up 2 out(tchd 16/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Walk The Plank (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Clare Hobson | 157 lbs | 125/1 | - | Never better than midfield - mistake 9th - weakened 3 out - pulled up 2 out(op 80/1) |