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Navigating Brexit With Vertem Handicap Hurdle
Newcastle Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.90 Place: £1.80 £5.40 Exacta: £67.80 Tricast: £665.38 Trifecta: £330.40
Non-Runners: Will O'The West (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Cornerstone Lad (GB) 11 G AVG
Micky Hammond 159 lbs 3/1 Won Prominent - smooth headway to chase leader before 3 out - led going well next - ridden and pricked ears run-in - kept on well(tchd 11/4)
2nd 3 Altruism (IRE) N/A Poor
James Moffatt 157 lbs 25/1 2 Prominent - ridden and outpaced after 3 out - rallied before last - kept on to take second towards finish - not pace of winner - lost front shoe (vet reported the gelding lost its left fore shoe)(op 20/1)
3rd 8 Beyondtemptation (GB) N/A Poor
Jonathan Haynes 140 lbs 10/1 0.3 Led and clear to halfway - ridden and headed 2 out - rallied - one pace and lost second towards finish(op 14/1)
4th 2 Keyboard Gangster (IRE) N/A Poor
Donald Whillans 156 lbs 6/1 3 Took keen hold - held up - steady headway before 3 out - ridden before next - one pace from last(op 11/2)
5th 4 Aristo Du Plessis (FR) N/A Good
James Ewart 152 lbs 6/1 14 Chased clear leader - closed halfway - driven and outpaced before 3 out - weakened before next(op 9/2)
99th 5 Manamite (FR) N/A Good
Ben Haslam 151 lbs 7/4F - Held up - not fluent 5th - pushed along when not fluent 4 out - short-lived effort before 3 out - soon weakened - pulled up before next (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 2/1 tchd 13/8 and tchd 9/4)
99th 6 Ninepointsixthree (GB) N/A Poor
Sam England 149 lbs 8/1 - Refused to race(op 10/1)