Horse Alert

17 Mar 2021 13:20 Cheltenham

Winner: £93,750 (Penalty: £52,753); Distance: 2m 5f; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good to Soft.

Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Baring Bingham) (Grade 1) (GBB Race)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	2	-	Bob Olinger (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	11-211 / 9	Jump (63)	Rachael Blackmore	H De Bromhead Robcour	6/4
		raced keenly, held up in close 5th, headway into 2nd before 4th until 4 out, chased leaders, switched out and 2nd again before 2 out, challenged going well 2 out, led before last, 5 lengths ahead last, quickened further clear run-in, impressive
2^nd	5	7½ L	Gaillard Du Mesnil (FR) (gelding, grey, 11 7)	222-211 / 7	Jump (39)	P Townend	W P Mullins Mrs J Donnelly	9/4
		bit keen tracking leaders on inside, slightly outpaced between last 2, stumbled last, stayed on into 2nd run-in, no chance with winner
3^rd	3	4½ L	Bravemansgame (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	36-2111 / 9	Jump (78)	H Cobden	P F Nicholls Bryan Drew	4/1
		tracked leader, led after 2nd until ridden and headed before last, outpaced and no chance with winner when weakened into 3rd run-in
4^th	1	½ L	Bear Ghylls (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 7)	1-111 / 8	Jump (66)	Matt Griffiths	Nicky Martin Bradley Partnership	15/2
		chased leaders, went 2nd and mistake 4 out, hit next, not fluent and lost 2nd 2 out, outpaced between last 2, plugged on
5^th	4	7½ L	Does He Know (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	2-111R8 / 9	Jump (31)	David Bass	K C Bailey Yes He Does Syndicate	50/1
		held up last, pushed along after 5th, no chance when mistake 4 out
6^th	6	1½ L	Keskonrisk (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	1-13 / 6	Jump (80)	D Meyler	J P O'Brien C M Grech	20/1
		held up in last trio, steady headway approaching 3 out, mistake and weakened 2 out
7^th	7	44 L	Optimise Prime (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	8113 / 7	Jump (24)	D A Jacob	B Pauling Mrs Rachel Brodie…	80/1
		led until after 2nd until before 6th, towards rear and struggling 4 out, behind soon after, tailed off