Horse Alert

19 Oct 2022 14:17 Fontwell

Winner: £17,750 (Penalty: £9,189); Distance: 2m 3f 49y; Class: 3; Eligibility: 3YO plus; Going: Good.

Findon Valley Homeguard Old Comrades Club Handicap Hurdle

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Flash The Steel (IRE) (gelding, bay, 12 0)	F1/PPP-6 / 12	Jump (159)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton Mr John J Reilly	6/1
		mid-division, slow jump 5th, tracked leaders home turn, headway to lead narrowly 2 out, soon faced strong challenge, ridden and headed narrowly after last, rallied and regained lead closing stages, gamely
2^nd	7	½ L	Winterwatch (GER) (gelding, bay, 10 10)	U42-2 / 6	Flat (86), Jump (37)	J J Burke	H Fry Somerset Racing	7/4
		rear mid-division, headway into 4th home turn, pushed along and strongly pressed leader 2 out where not fluent, ridden and led narrowly after last, kept on, headed closing stages, no extra
3^rd	2	13 L	Abuffalosoldier (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 13)	3110- / 7	Jump (245)	Henry Brooke	W Greatrex Mahler & The Wailers	14/1
		tracked leaders, lost position before 2 out, kept on run-in and took remote 3rd
4^th	6	1 L	Small Bad Bob (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	521493- / 9	Jump (185)	H Cobden	P Henderson John H W Finch…	4/1
		led, pushed along and headed 2 out, ridden and well held run-in
5^th	8	1 L	Seaborough (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 2)	333163 / 8	Flat (109), Jump (13)	James Best	D Shaw Mr Jordan Souster	9/1
		held up in rear, ridden before 2 out, never involved
6^th	5	6½ L	Fugitives Drift (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 8)	PP2-2P8 / 9	Jump (95)	James Bowen	N J Henderson Miss Lucy Brown	8/1
		handy, reminders after 6th, pushed along after 3 out, weakened after 2 out
FE	3	-	In The Air (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 11)	3116- / 6	Flat (14), Jump (195)	J E Moore	G L Moore Mr O S Harris	13/2
		towards rear, fell 3rd
PU	4	-	Carolines Charm (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 10)	25243-1 / 8	Jump (160)	Adam Wedge	N P Mulholland The Affordable…	14/1
		mid-division, not jump fluently, dropped away quickly after 3 out and pulled up