04 Mar 2014 15:50 Newcastle
Winner: £4,800 (Penalty: £3,119); Distance: 2m; Class: 4; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places home straight).
Close Brothers Business Finance Handicap Hurdle
| Place | No (Draw) |
Silks | Beaten Distance |
Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
3 |
| - |
Rhymers Stone (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 7) |
9-53P12 / 11 |
Jump (36) | Craig Nichol | Miss Lucinda V Russell Mr G Adam |
15/8 | |
| with leader, short of room 3rd, mistake next, led 4 out, soon headed, every chance after 2 out, led flat, stayed on well | ||||||||||
2nd |
2 |
| ¾ L |
Persian Herald (GB) (colt, grey, 11 10) |
4P4143 / 7 |
Flat (404), Jump (12) |
Daragh Bourke | J Parkinson & S Smith The Cartmel Syndicate |
4/1 | |
| led until 4th, remained prominent, led again before 3 out, strongly challenged approaching last, headed flat, kept on | ||||||||||
3rd |
1 |
| 1¾ L |
Light The City (IRE) (colt, bay, 11 12) |
765121 / 8 |
Flat (18), Jump (68) |
Jake Greenall | Mrs R Carr Mrs Ruth A Carr |
11/4 | |
| chased leaders, led approaching 4th, headed 4 out, rallied after next, every chance last, no extra closing stages | ||||||||||
4th |
4 |
| 46 L |
Broctune Papa Gio (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 5) |
8791-82 / 10 |
Flat (137), Jump (112) |
J Reveley | K G Reveley Thwaites Young… |
11/4 | |
| tracked leaders, outpaced 5th, soon under pressure, tailed off from 4 out, moderate 4th | ||||||||||