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14:30 Wincanton
Happy Birthday Sheila James Mares' Handicap Hurdle (Class 3)
- 3 Runners
- Distance: 3m 150y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £20,000 added
- Winner: £10,562
- 2nd: £4,860
- 3rd: £2,430
- 4th: £1,216
- Form 145-137
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 115
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey H Cobden
prominent, disputed lead 2nd, led outright 5th, awkward 8th, ridden before 2 out where 3 lengths clear, diminishing advantage approaching last where not fluent and headed, outpaced by winner run-in
Bethpage (IRE)
135- Form 1-11320
- Age 7
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 111
- Trainer Miss E C Lavelle
- Jockey Ben Jones
held up in rear, ridden and headway to chase leader before 2 out, kept on well to lead approaching last, pushed out run-in
- Form 3-32132
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 109
- Trainer A J Honeyball
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
not always fluent, led, joined 2nd, not fluent 4th, headed 5th, driven and dropped to last before 2 out, soon faded, bad mistake last
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Larchmont Lass (IRE) 3-1fav (10-2) Prominent, hit top of 8th, outpaced and ridden after 3 out, weakened from 2 out, 7th of 8, 26l behind Della Casa Lunga (11-7) at Kempton 3m 1f hcp (2) gs in Dec.
Bethpage (IRE) 12-1 (10-12) Held up in rear, ridden and weakened before 2 out where not fluent, soon tailed off, last of 12, dist behind Larchmont Lass (10-11) at Wincanton 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Nov.
Briefly 5-1 (11-8) Pressed leader, led 3 out, headed before next, dropped to 3rd, rallied and went 2nd again between last two, ridden and stayed on run-in, flattered by proximity to heavily eased winner, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Badbury Rings (11-6) at Wincanton 3m 1f hcp (4) sft in Feb.