Newbury
16:30
Finli Live Your Best Financial Life Handicap Hurdle
Newbury Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.34 Place: £1.70 £3.60 £3.40 Exacta: £41 Tricast: £319.01 Trifecta: £359.30
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Made virtually all - clear before 3 out - ridden run-in - went further clear final 110yds(op 7/2)
5 G AVG Ben Pauling 168 lbs 100/30F Won
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2nd
Prominent - went second before 3 out - weakened final 110yds(op 9/1)
7 G AVG Stuart Edmunds 169 lbs 10/1 7.5
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3rd
Took keen hold - prominent - in touch with leaders after 4th - outpaced after 3 out - rallied and went modest third towards finish(op 9/1)
5 G Poor Seamus Mullins 162 lbs 10/1 18
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4th
In touch with leaders - raced in third before 3 out - weakened after 2 out
4 G Poor Rebecca Curtis 162 lbs 16/1 .75
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5th
Took keen hold - disputed lead - prominent after 6th - outpaced before 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 10/1)
6 G AVG Neil King 163 lbs 11/1 28
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6th
Held up in rear - bad mistake 2nd - soon detached - joined main group before 5th - never on terms (jockey said gelding jumped poorly)(op 14/1 tchd 18/1)
4 G AVG Daisy Hitchins 155 lbs 16/1 .5
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7th
In rear - headway before 3rd - weakened after 3 out(tchd 20/1 and tchd 25/1)
7 M AVG Ben Clarke 162 lbs 22/1 3.75
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99th
In touch with leaders - midfield when short of room and clipped heels then slipped up after 4th(op 4/1)
5 G Good Martin Keighley 160 lbs 7/2 -
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99th
In touch with leaders - lost ground and towards rear when badly hampered after 4th - struggling when pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding was badly hampered by the faller at the first hurdle in the backstraight and gelding hung left-handed)(op 28/1)
7 G Poor Ben Case 163 lbs 33/1 -
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99th
Prominent - in touch with leaders before 5th - weakened after 4 out - pulled up after 3 out(tchd 9/2)
6 G AVG Dan Horsford 164 lbs 5/1 -
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99th
Prominent - dropped to midfield after 4th - weakened after 4 out - soon pulled up(op 9/1)
4 G AVG Nigel Hawke 160 lbs 8/1 -
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99th
Midfield - towards rear when badly hampered after 4th - hit 6th - weakened after 4 out - pulled up after 3 out(tchd 14/1)
5 G Poor Dan Skelton 154 lbs 12/1 -
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