Horse Alert

01 Apr 2016 16:10 Newbury

Winner: £15,000 (Penalty: £9,747); Distance: 2m 69y; Class: 2; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places).

Events Bar Management Handicap Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	5	-	Thunder Sheik (IRE) (colt, bay, 10 9)	1/0-1671 / 9	Jump (6)	Ryan Hatch	N & W Twiston-Davies Mr R J Rexton	7/0
		in touch, driven to challenge approaching 3 out, every chance when not fluent 2 out, led before last, ran on well
2^nd	1	3 L	Gala Ball (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	F62111 / 11	Jump (27)	M G Nolan	P Hobbs & J White Mrs Janet Gibbs	15/0
		tracked leaders, led approaching and not fluent 3 out, headed after next, kept on same pace
3^rd	3	10 L	Montbazon (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	37/44-0U / 10	Flat (639), Jump (14)	Wayne Hutchinson	A King Mr David Sewell	7/0
		chased leaders, slow 2nd, soon in rear, slow next, outpaced 4 out, stayed on sfter next, no extra closing stages
4^th	2	10 L	Close Touch (GB) (gelding, chestnut, 11 9)	21/143P- / 8	Jump (357)	N de Boinville	N J Henderson The Queen	6/0
		held up in touch, headway 3 out, soon ridden, weakened before last
5^th	7	NS	Leviathan (GB) (colt, bay, 10 1)	9P-3376 / 10	Flat (1252), Jump (71)	L Treadwell	Miss V Williams Let's Live Racing	16/0
		chased leaders, took closer order before 3 out, weakened approaching 2nd last
6^th	6	3¾ L	Mr Fitzroy (IRE) (colt, chestnut, 10 3)	33-2510 / 11	Flat (598), Jump (69)	J McGrath	Miss J S Davis Mrs Patricia Brown	14/0
		led after 1st, headed 3rd, remained prominent, weakened before 3 out
PU	4	-	Mollasses (GB) (filly, bay, 11 1)	413- / 5	Flat (202), Jump (394)	R Johnson	H Whittington Atkin, Bullen-smith,…	16/0
		led, pulled hard, mistake 1st, soon headed, led again 3rd, hung right and headed after 4 out, quickly pulled up before next