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12:25 Ascot
Restorations UK Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 2)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m 5f 141y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £25,000 added
- Winner: £13,615
- 2nd: £6,272
- 3rd: £3,135
- 4th: £1,570
- Form 4-51
- Age 4
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer N George & A Zetterholm
- Jockey James Reveley
jumped left at times, led before 1st, went left and awkward 5th and next, hung left and came wide in home straight, pushed along and joined when hit 2 out, soon headed and lost 2nd, weakened tamely between last two
Touquet (FR)
33- Form 15-1
- Age 5
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey H Cobden
edgy, keen and always in rear, never a factor
- Form 2/7-1
- Age 5
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer J Tizzard
- Jockey Brendan Powell
held up in 4th, went 3rd out wide after 3 out, challenged and wide approaching 2 out, close 2nd soon after 2 out, carried head high and upsides last, ridden into narrow lead run-in, battled on gamely to assert towards finish
- Form 521-7
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Anthony Charlton
- Jockey S Bowen
raced keenly in 3rd on inside, lost 3rd soon after 3 out, weakened before next
- Form 12/310P-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 135
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey N de Boinville
led until before 1st, chased leader, challenged out wide 2 out, led soon after, ridden and strongly pressed last when not fluent last, narrowly headed run-in, pressed winner until no extra towards finish
Previous results
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Formwatch
Kloth Of Utopia (FR) 11-8fav (10-5) won at Auteuil 2m 2f hvy in Oct beating Lou Marina (10-7) by 12l, 11 ran.
Touquet (FR) 7-2 (11-0) Prominent, led 2nd, ridden when slow last, stayed on and drew clear flat, won at Plumpton 2m (4) gs in Oct beating Luna Effect (10-13) by 7l, 7 ran.
Western Knight (IRE) 22-1 (11-0) Held up in touch, mistake 5th, headway after 3 out, ridden to chase leader after 2 out, kept on strongly run-in, led towards finish, won at Uttoxeter 2m 4f (4) gd in Nov beating Julius Des Pictons (11-0) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Copper Jack (IRE) 25-1 (11-2) Prominent, pushed along 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 10, 14 1/2l behind Idaho Sun (11-1) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f mdn (5) hvy in Oct.
Excello (FR) 33-1 (11-1) Raced wide in mid-division, weakened 16th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out, at Cheltenham 3m 1f hcp (1) hvy in Mar.
Silver Thorn 9-4fav (11-4) Held up in touch on inside, challenged 2 out, led before last, stayed on and drew clear final 100 yards, won at Stratford 2m 6f mdn (4) hvy in Oct beating Carrig Kate (10-11) by 3 3/4l, 7 ran.