Horse Alert

20 Mar 2015 14:10 Newbury

Winner: £9,000 (Penalty: £5,848); Distance: 2m 5f; Class: 3; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good to Soft (Good in places).

Emma Lavelle Racing Novices' Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	6	-	Rock The Kasbah (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 1)	2-1132 / 11	Jump (26)	R Johnson	P Hobbs & J White Mme Dl Whateley	8/1
		tracked leading pair 1st, hit 5th, went left next, 2nd 4 out, led before 2 out, blundered last, strongly pressed and edged right under pressure run-in, held on gamely, all out
2^nd	3	NS	Inner Drive (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 8)	1/22-1 / 9	Jump (19)	Wayne Hutchinson	A King McNeill Family	2/1
		took keen hold, held up in last pair, smooth headway into 4th before 3 out, chased winner before 2 out, ridden before last, upsides and every chance run-in, just failed
3^rd	1	6 L	Champagne Express (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 8)	P3-1 / 8	Jump (37)	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson Owners Group 008	7/4
		took keen hold and never fluent, tracked leading pair until jumped slowly 1st, not fluent next, awkward 5th, 3rd before 3 out, pushed along and challenged 2 out, soon driven and not pace of leading duo
4^th	2	10 L	Coologue (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 8)	2-221 / 9	Jump (88)	N D Fehily	C E Longsdon The New Club Partnership	3/1
		led until narrowly headed 3 out, chased winner until before 2 out, ridden and weakened after 2 out
5^th	4	NK	Going For Broke (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 1)	1 / 7	Jump (99)	A P McCoy	Miss R Curtis Mr John P McManus	16/1
		took keen hold, held up in rear, pushed along before 3 out, weakened before next
6^th	5	53 L	Iora Glas (IRE) (gelding, grey, 11 1)	2564 / 8	Jump (64)	Sean Quinlan	F O'Brien Imperial Racing…	100/1
		chased leader until 4 out, chased leading pair until weakened before next, soon behind, tailed off