Racecards
11:45 Haydock Park
Betfred 'Classic Bookmaker' Beginners' Chase (GBB Race) (Class 3)
- 2 Runners
- Distance: 2m 67y
- Going: Heavy (Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £12,000 added
- Winner: £6,337
- 2nd: £2,916
- 3rd: £1,458
- 4th: £730
- Form 12214/
- Age 9
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 119
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey B S Hughes
never fluent, tracked winner, went left 1st, reached for and hit 2nd, no chance from 6th, well beaten when hit 4 out, tailed off
- Form 121-511
- Age 6
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 129
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey Sean Quinlan
jumped well, made all, clear from 6th, canter
Formwatch
Barrowdale (IRE) 6-4fav (11-8) Led, not fluent 4th or 4 out, jumped left and not fluent 2 out, headed flat, no extra, weakened into 3rd last stride, 4th of 6, 2 1/2l behind Your Own Story (11-1) at Carlisle 3m 1f (4) gs in Mar.
Classic Maestro (IRE) 4-11fav (12-7) Made all, ridden and pressed for lead before 2 out, soon went clear, pushed out run-in, won at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 1f hcp (4) sft in Dec beating Bigz Belief (10-9) by 6l, 5 ran.