Horse Alert

16 Nov 2013 12:40 Cheltenham

Winner: £30,000 (Penalty: £17,085); Distance: 2m 110y; Class: 1; Eligibility: 3YO only; Going: Good (Good to Soft in places).

JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial (Registered As The Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle) (Grade 2)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	3	-	Royal Irish Hussar (IRE) (colt, bay, 11 6)	11 / 9	Flat (113), Jump (15)	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson Mrs T Hill	10/11
		led, headed narrowly 2nd, led again 3 out, 1 length clear when not fluent last, ridden and stayed on well flat
2^nd	2	3¾ L	Guitar Pete (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 6)	121 / 11	Flat (81), Jump (14)	B J Cooper	D T Hughes Mrs Pat Sloan	15/2
		tracked leaders, went 2nd 2 out, 1 length down last, soon ridden, kept on same pace, well held flat
3^rd	6	15 L	Azza (FR) (filly, bay, 10 13)	3-11 / 4	Jump (17)	T Scudamore	D Pipe Prof Caroline Tisdall	7/1
		with leader, led narrowly 2nd, headed 3 out, ridden and outpaced in 3rd after next, no chance with front pair before last
4^th	4	4½ L	Akdam (IRE) (colt, brown, 11 2)	223231 / 4	Flat (128), Jump (9)	Mr J Hamer	A W Carroll Mr Stephen Louch	66/1
		in touch on outside, pushed along after 3rd, lost place and behind next, struggling 4 out, soon ridden, plugged on to take moderate 4th towards finish, no chance with leaders
5^th	7	½ L	Abracadabra Sivola (FR) (gelding, bay, 10 12)	2 / 8	Jump (36)	R Johnson	Nick Williams The Arthur White…	33/1
		tracked leaders on inside, outpaced before 3 out, soon lost place, no chance with leaders from next
6^th	5	1¼ L	Herod The Great (GB) (colt, chestnut, 11 2)	211 / 6	Flat (82), Jump (10)	R Thornton	A King Mr S M Smith	14/1
		tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, outpaced in 4th after next, soon no chance with leaders, weakened into 6th towards finish
7^th	1	82 L	Art Mauresque (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 6)	1112 / 10	Jump (74)	D A Jacob	P F Nicholls Mrs Johnny de la…	7/2
		tracked leaders, outpaced before 3 out, weakened next, tailed off