Full Results
15:40 Cheltenham
Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Classic Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) (Class 1)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 56y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £50,000 added
- Winner: £28,475
- 2nd: £10,685
- 3rd: £5,350
- 4th: £2,665
- Form 1
- Age 5
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Adrian Heskin
held up in 5th, left in 3rd place at 3rd, went 2nd entering final furlong, driven to lead inside final furlong, edged right stayed on (2 hurdles omitted on both circuits omitted due to low sun, 7 hurdles jumped instead of normal 11)
- Form 217-11
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 130
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey N de Boinville
raced keenly, tracked leaders, left in in 2nd place 3rd, challenged bypassing omitted last, ridden to lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
- Form 2-11111
- Age 5
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 132
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey B S Hughes
raced keenly, tracking leaders when left in lead 3rd, ridden and joined bypassing omitted last, headed 1f out, no extra in 3rd
Picanha
51- Form 11/31
- Age 8
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 129
- Trainer R T Phillips
- Jockey Daniel Hiskett
tracked leaders, hampered by faller lost place at 3rd and dropped to rear, mistake 6th, never on terms after
- Form 21-111
- Age 7
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 139
tracking leader when hampered jinked right and unseated rider 3rd
- Form 13-14
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 123
- Trainer B Pauling
- Jockey Kielan Woods
led until fell 3rd