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Winner: £30,000 (Penalty: £17,085); Distance: 2m 5f; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places).

Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Hyde Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 2)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	4	-	Parlour Games (GB) (colt, chestnut, 11 4)	12102 / 7	Flat (447), Jump (26)	B J Geraghty	J P Ferguson Bloomfields	10/1
		held up in 4th, headway on outside 3 out, effort last, driven to lead flat, soon ridden clear, ran on
2^nd	1	4½ L	Blaklion (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	3111-11 / 14	Jump (20)	J E Moore	N & W Twiston-Davies Darren & Annaley…	13/8
		took keen hold, led, set steady pace, driven before last, soon ridden, headed and not pace of winner flat
3^rd	7	2¼ L	Port Melon (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 0)	11/30- / 11	Jump (224)	Sam Twiston-Davies	P F Nicholls Mr G C Myddelton	11/4
		tracked leader, driven after 2 out, one pace when mistake last, no impression in 3rd flat
4^th	6	4½ L	Champagne Present (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 0)	41-2 / 5	Jump (19)	Ruby Walsh	J & A O'Neill Mrs Gay Smith	9/2
		took keen hold, held up in last pair, close up when not fluent 2 out, ridden and one pace before last, no impression
5^th	3	1 L	Minella Present (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	3313-11 / 9	Jump (14)	R Johnson	N P Mulholland Mrs Jane Gerard-Pearse	9/2
		took keen hold, held up in last pair, headway 3 out, effort on inside last, ridden and weakened flat
6^th	2	14 L	Fruits Of Molly (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	9-2591P / 7	Jump (26)	A E Lynch	P J Gilligan Clare Galway Syndicate	66/1
		held up in 3rd, driven and lost place after 2 out, weakened flat
	5	-	Upsanddowns (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	0/13-211 / 9	Jump (37)	Paul Moloney	Evan Williams Arc