23 Mar 2016 14:40 Warwick
Winner: £5,000 (Penalty: £3,249); Distance: 2m; Class: 4; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good (Good to Soft in places).
JCB Novices' Hurdle
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 |   | - | Drumlee Sunset (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 0) | 11-2F34 / 11 | Jump (82) | R Johnson | P Hobbs & J White Mr R S Brookhouse | 8/0 | |
| tracked leader, led 2nd, clear before 2 out, easily | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 1 |   | 17 L | Crickel Wood (FR) (colt, bay, 11 6) | P-341F / 7 | Flat (520), Jump (124) | Aidan Coleman | C E Longsdon Mr Robert Aplin | 9/0 | |
| mid-division, headway when mistake 5th, went 2nd approaching 2 out, no chance with winner, stayed on same pace | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 3 |   | 4 L | Bendomingo (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0) | 853-290 / 7 | Jump (54) | Jamie Bargary | N & W Twiston-Davies DG Partners | 50/0 | |
| prominent, ridden after 3 out, no chance with winner before 2 out, jumped right last, one pace | ||||||||||
| 4th | 10 |   | 2½ L | Micks Lad (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0) | 1/6-5 / 6 | Jump (27) | Harry Skelton | D Skelton Mr T P Radford | 8/0 | |
| held up in touch, closed 3 out, 4th and edged left before 2 out, no chance with winner, one pace | ||||||||||
| 5th | 7 |   | 12 L | Celtic Tune (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 0) | 454 / 6 | Flat (689), Jump (41) | R P McLernon | J & A O'Neill Mr Paul Evans Racing | 33/0 | |
| led until 2nd, prominent, ridden after 5th, weakened before 2 out | ||||||||||
| 6th | 6 |   | 1 L | Breath Of Blighty (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 0) | R1-7472 / 7 | Jump (54) | L Treadwell | P R Webber John Nicholls (Trading)… | 6/0 | |
| chased leaders, outpaced after 3 out, weakened before next | ||||||||||
| 7th | 4 |   | 1¼ L | Bertie Barnes (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0) | / 7 | Ian Popham | R T Phillips The Aspirationals | 100/0 | ||
| held up towards rear, jumped slowly 3rd, behind from next | ||||||||||
| 8th | 12 |   | 7 L | Pao De Acuca (IRE) (colt, bay, 10 7) | / 4 | Flat (19) | M D Grant | J Santos Mr Jose Santos | 40/0 | |
| mid-division, blundered 4th, soon struggling, well behind when blundered last | ||||||||||
| 9th | 5 |   | 5 L | Bol D'air (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 0) | 4-157 / 9 | Jump (58) | Sam Twiston-Davies | P F Nicholls Mr Phil Hernon | 16/0 | |
| held up towards rear, pulled hard, closed 3rd, pushed along and struggling 5th, weakened next | ||||||||||
| 10th | 9 |   | 20 L | Good Man Hughie (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 0) | 2-15600 / 10 | Jump (4) | Benjamin Poste | Sally Randell Power Geneva Ltd | 100/0 | |
| in rear, ridden and struggling 4th | ||||||||||
| 11th | 13 |   | 15 L | Royal Roo (GB) (mare, bay, 10 7) | 75/96-6 / 7 | Jump (315) | D A Jacob | M G Rimell Mrs Anne Rimell | 100/0 | |
| held up in rear, ridden and behind from 4th | ||||||||||
| 2 |   | - | Al Fatih (IRE) (colt, bay, 11 0) | 00 / 5 | Flat (124), Jump (20) | James Nixon | S Flook Mr Glyn Byard | 0/0 | ||
| Withdrawn | ||||||||||
| PU | 11 |   | - | No Bad News (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0) | 0-P / 6 | Jump (68) | James Davies | Henry Oliver Mr Mark Hitchcroft | 200/0 | |
| towards rear, not fluent 3rd, well behind before 5th, pulled up after | ||||||||||
