Racecards
13:30 Ascot
Christmas Handicap Hurdle (Class E)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Good - Good to Soft in Places on the Hurdles Course
Mercato (FR)
23- Form 1F-0P05
- Age 5
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer J Best
- Jockey R Forristal
mid-division, chase dldrs 7th, every chance 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out
- Form 65-10P4
- Age 10
- Weight 11-9
slowly into stride, in rear, tailed off 7th
Vrin (IRE)
53- Form 31-3
- Age 6
- Weight 11-9
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey N Williamson
chased leaders until weakened approaching last
Doublet
13- Form 13/2225
- Age 6
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey C Llewellyn
held up behind, headway 8th to chase leaders, hard ridden and weakened 2 out
- Form 65-4451
- Age 6
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
made all, clear 2 out, tired approaching last, held on well flat
- Form 16-2P0P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-7
prominent until lost touch halfway, tailed off when fell last
Follow Me
13- Form 11P6-10
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey L Cooper
tracked ldrs. chased along 8th, soon weakened
Gumley Gale
31- Form 631F51
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
held up mid-division, chased leaders 2 out, mistake last, kept on again after last
- Form 136-3F0
- Age 5
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey B Fenton
held up behind, weakened 7th, pulled up before 2 out
Echo du Lac (FR)
223- Form 6/3P10-P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
slowly into stride, in rear, headway 8th, chased leaders 2 out, kept on one-paced
Dutch Dyane
75- Form 4040P-3
- Age 8
- Weight 10-9
in touch until 7th, soon tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
Jalb (IRE)
29- Form 122/262
- Age 7
- Weight 10-8
- Trainer P Murphy
- Jockey L P Aspell
held up behind, driven along 7th, soon weakened
- Form P-00306
- Age 5
- Weight 10-6
- Trainer M Ewer-Hoad
- Jockey J M Maguire
unseated rider and loose before start, tracked leader, rdv along 8th, weakening and blundered 2 out, tailed off
- Form 00/2
- Age 5
- Weight 10-1
- Trainer D Grissell
- Jockey B Hitchcott
held up behind, tailed off 8th, pulled up before 2 out