Full Results
14:00 Hexham
Metrocentre Always A Winner Beginners' Chase (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £4,500 added
- Winner: £2,927
- 2nd: £860
- 3rd: £430
- 4th: £215
- Form 4222-16
- Age 6
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer G A Swinbank
- Jockey B S Hughes
led, joined after 5th, headed briefly 7th, headed 3 out, led again before last, ridden and hard pressed flat, stayed on well towards finish
- Form 242-211
- Age 6
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey B P Harding
raced keenly, held up in last pair, left 3rd 6th, joined leaders going well 9th, led 3 out, headed before last, soon ridden, rallied and every chance flat, no extra towards finish
- Form 914522-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer Ferdy Murphy
- Jockey G Lee
tracked leading pair, joined leader after 5th, led briefly 7th, outpaced 3 out, kept on same pace from next, no chance with leading pair
- Form P3/30-P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer P Salmon
- Jockey T Messenger
keen early, held up in last pair, left 4th and last 6th, jumped slowly next, outpaced before 3 out, soon beaten, tailed off when pulled up before last
- Form 25/062B-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
tracked leader, jumped right and lost place 5th, close up in 3rd when jumped awkwardly and unseated rider next