Horse Alert

25 Nov 2017 12:10 Haydock

Winner: £25,000 (Penalty: £14,238); Distance: 1m 7f 144y; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Heavy.

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Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Delire D'estruval (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	P3232-4 / 12	Jump (14)	D A Jacob	B Pauling Mrs G Morgan	12/1
		led, hard pressed 2 out, ridden and headed narrowly flat, rallied gamely to regain lead towards finish
2^nd	4	NK	Midnight Shadow (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	127-1 / 9	Jump (37)	Danny Cook	J Parkinson & S Smith Mrs Aafke Clarke	4/1
		tracked leading pair, mistake 4 out, effort on inside when hit 2 out, soon ridden, upsides last, led narrowly flat, kept on, headed towards finish
3^rd	2	¾ L	Dynamite Dollars (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	336-11 / 7	Jump (18)	H Cobden	P F Nicholls Mr Michael Geoghegan	13/8
		tracked winner, challenged 2 out, every chance when not fluent last, soon ridden, kept on same pace in 3rd flat
4^th	6	NK	Whatmore (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	742R-11 / 10	Jump (25)	R Johnson	H D Daly Strachan, Lewis,…	11/4
		held up in 4th, tracked leaders after 4 out, ridden and one pace after 2 out, kept on under pressure flat, not quite reach leaders
5^th	3	1¾ L	Gortroe Joe (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	3F3-3 / 10	Jump (29)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton Mr Terry Warner	7/1
		held up in 5th, tracked leaders after 4 out, driven and one pace after 2 out, ridden and kept on under pressure after last, held when no extra closing stages
6^th	5	2½ L	Waterlord (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	11142/ / 7	Jump (720)	W T Kennedy	D McCain Jnr Mr Matthew Taylor	25/1
		held up behind, outpaced 3 out, ridden after last, never reached leaders
PU	7	-	Windshear (GB) (colt, bay, 11 0)	0-83 / 7	Flat (423), Jump (16)	P J Brennan	Mrs S Leech Mr G Thompson	125/1
		in rear, struggling after 5th, tailed off 3 out, soon pulled up