Horse Alert

09 Feb 2017 14:20 Huntingdon

Winner: £30,000 (Penalty: £17,085); Distance: 2m 3f 137y; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good to Soft.

188Bet Sidney Banks Memorial Novices' Hurdle (Listed)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	5	-	Keeper Hill (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	13-211 / 14	Jump (36)	G Sheehan	W Greatrex McNeill Family	9/2
		tracked leaders, tracked leader after 2nd, led briefly approaching 6th, went left and hit next, led and went left 2 out, ridden and headed approaching last, rallied to lead again towards finish
2^nd	1	NK	Messire Des Obeaux (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	637-111 / 11	Jump (40)	D A Jacob	A King Mr Simon Munir…	10/11
		held up in last pair, steady headway 7th, 3rd 3 out, challenging when not much room switched left and carried left 2 out, led approaching the last, joined run-in, headed towards finish
3^rd	6	1½ L	Tommy Rapper (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	22-U2 / 10	Jump (63)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton Judy Craymer &…	7/1
		hit 1st, held up in 4th place, dropped to last 5th, rallied chasing leaders approaching 2 out, every chance last, stayed on same pace run-in
4^th	3	10 L	Benatar (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	11 / 9	Jump (32)	J E Moore	G & J Moore Mr Ashley Head	16/1
		raced keenly, made most until mistake and headed 2 out, weakened between last two
5^th	2	4½ L	Bags Groove (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	212-221 / 9	Jump (29)	N D Fehily	H Fry Mr Michael Pescod	4/1
		raced wide, held up in last pair, headway into 4th place 5th, pushed along before 2 out, ridden and weakening when unsighted and blundered 2 out
6^th	4	24 L	Finula (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	2-691 / 8	Jump (82)	Brendan Powell	B G Powell Mrs Phillippa Taylor	150/1
		chased leader until after 2nd, chased leaders, weakened 3 out