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14:30 Uttoxeter
Happy 60th Birthday Nigel Kirby Handicap Hurdle (Class 4)
- 3 Runners
- Distance: 2m 7f 70y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £7,700 added
- Winner: £4,066
- 2nd: £1,871
- 3rd: £936
- 4th: £468
- Form 6PP4/63-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 119
- Trainer T Lacey
- Jockey Stan Sheppard
led and soon clear, jumped right at times, reduced lead before 5th, pushed along 3 out, ridden before 2 out, headed before last, stayed on one pace
Roger Pol (IRE)
118- Form 2P0/13P-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer Jamie Snowden
- Jockey G Sheehan
chased clear leader, closed up before 5th, cajoled along after 4 out, dropped to rear and ridden 3 out where not fluent, rallied approaching 2 out, led before last, kept on run-in
- Form 3PP57-4
- Age 9
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 114
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey C J Todd
held up in rear, closer after 4 out, took 2nd 3 out, pushed along before 2 out, lost position before last, rallied on run-in, no telling impression on winner
Previous results
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Formwatch
Pounding Poet (IRE) 20-1 (11-6) Towards rear, headway 3 out and pushed along, ridden into 3rd approaching last, stayed on run-in and every chance, just held, 3rd of 13, hd behind Billy Boi Blue (11-11) at Ayr 3m hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Roger Pol (IRE) 13-2 (12-1) Always in rear, not jump well, ran in snatches, lost touch 13th, pulled up 4 out, at Kempton 3m hcp (4) gs in Feb.
Party Business (IRE) 6-1 (11-11) Tracked leaders until jumped slowly and lost place 3rd, rallied 8th, pushed along and outpaced after 4 out, outpaced home turn, rallied under pressure run-in, went modest 4th towards finish, 4th of 9, 11 1/4l behind Ernest Gray (11-10) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in May.
Ernest Gray (IRE) 14-1 (11-10) Chased leaders, pushed along and went 2nd before 3 out where went left and bumped rival, led before 2 out, ridden clear run-in, won at Worcester 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in May beating Icare Allen (12-2) by 2 1/2l, 9 ran.