Horse Alert

18 Feb 2012 16:10 Ascot

Winner: £16,000 (Penalty: £10,010); Distance: 2m; Class: 2; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good to Soft (Good in places).

Trisoft 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	6	-	Balder Succes (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 1)	111 / 7	Jump (28)	R Thornton	A King Masterson Holdings…	7/4
		took keen hold, tracking leader, went 2nd 3 out, led on long run to 2 out, soon came readily clear, kept on strongly from last, eased close home, impressive
2^nd	2	7 L	Captain Sunshine (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 2)	3-2F / 7	Jump (35)	N D Fehily	Miss E C Lavelle Mrs Julien Turner	2/1
		not fluent 1st, off the pace in 5th, slow 3rd, headway before 2 out, stayed on to 2nd between last 2, never any chance with impressive winner
3^rd	3	14 L	Fairy Rath (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 2)	933 / 11	Jump (18)	L Treadwell	N J Gifford Mrs C L Kyle	33/1
		took keen hold, chased leader, led approaching 4th, headed 4 out, chased leader, led again briefly after 3 out, chased winner but no chance, weakened to 3rd between last 2
4^th	1	7 L	Hazy Tom (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 10)	11-1113 / 12	Jump (64)	R Johnson	C E Longsdon Mrs J Phillips-Hill	13/8
		took keen hold, chased leaders, went 2nd approaching 5th, led 4 out, headed after next, weakened after 2 out
5^th	5	3 L	Inspector Qics (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 2)	370/89 / 8	Jump (31)	Hadden Frost	M Hill Hackett & Mascall	100/1
		sweating, took keen hold in rear, ridden and outpaced before 4 out, never on terms after, tailed off
6^th	4	19 L	Ice 'n' Easy (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 2)	4P56-04 / 9	Jump (30)	A Thornton	P Hedger Koo's Racing Club	50/1
		led at steady pace, headed approaching 4th, lost 2nd before next, soon lost place, tailed off
	7	-	Une Artiste (FR) (filly, bay, 10 8)	93111 / 6	Jump (44)	2nd Preference	N J Henderson Mr S Munir