Horse Alert

25 Feb 2022 14:45 Exeter

Winner: £7,500 (Penalty: £4,084); Distance: 2m 161y; Class: 4; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Soft.

Virgin Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Kingofthewest (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	2-12 / 8	Jump (21)	Fergus Gillard	D Pipe Friends From The…	4/9
		jumped slickly, made all, clear between last two, kept on strongly, unchallenged
2^nd	6	2¾ L	Pachacuti (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	486 / 7	Jump (12)	T Scudamore	D Pipe The Arthur White…	12/1
		held up towards rear on inside, steady headway after 4 out, travelling well in 4th before next where went left, went 2nd next, switched right and no impression between last two, no chance with winner
3^rd	7	3¾ L	Sadler's Bay (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	3 / 7	Jump (38)	James Best	T R Gretton Mr Tom Wheeler	4/1
		raced keenly, tracked winner until before 2nd, chased leading pair, went 2nd again before 3 out until next, stayed on same pace in 3rd
4^th	8	8 L	Vanderbilt (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 0)	534248 / 8	Flat (624), Jump (78)	David Noonan	Mark Gillard Mrs Pippa Gillard	25/1
		tracked winner before 2nd until before 3 out, plugged on
5^th	2	15 L	Ben Bulben (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	4 / 6	Jump (55)	Bryan Carver	H Fry B Jones & Son	9/1
		off the pace in mid-division, not fluent 2nd, not fluent next and given reminder, mistake and outpaced 4 out
6^th	5	27 L	Labei Vitesse (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	6 / 8	Jump (8)	Nick Scholfield	Christian Williams GDM Partnership	80/1
		always in rear, never a factor, tailed off
7^th	4	¾ L	Jean Bart (FR) (gelding, chestnut, 11 0)	6 / 6	Jump (51)	Lee Edwards	T R Gretton Mr M Slingsby	150/1
		raced keenly in last pair, remote 6th when went badly right 3 out, never a factor, tailed off
8^th	3	5½ L	Call Me Tlalok (GB) (gelding, chestnut, 11 0)	/ 8		Thomas Bellamy	K Burke Mrs Verity Perrott	25/1
		mid-division, 6th and struggling after 4 out, weakened soon after