Huntingdon

Fail To Plan, Plan To Fail Handicap Hurdle

Distance: 1m7f171y
Going: Good To Soft
Prize: £4,221
Runners: 12
Winning time: 4m 0.09s (slow by 23.09s)
Age: 4yo+
Class: Class 5
1
J:Gavin Sheehan T:Jo Davis
Age:4 Weight:11st 6lbs
OR:100 SP:11/1
Raced wide - in touch with leaders early - prominent 3rd - led before 4th - headed 5th - led again and going best before 2 out - soon faced challenge - ridden run-in - kept on well final 110yds - won going away(op 18/1 tchd 20/1)
2
J:Harry Skelton T:Dan Skelton
Age:6 Weight:11st 5lbs
OR:89 SP:11/4F
Midfield - steady headway and in touch with leaders 3 out - went second before 2 out - pressed winner last - no extra final 110yds(op 3/1 tchd 10/3)
3 14 15¾
J:James Best T:Martin Keighley
Age:4 Weight:10st 2lbs
OR:82 SP:33/1
Led on inner - headed before 4th - led again 5th - headed and lost second before 2 out - weakened and mistake last(tchd 28/1)
4 21¼
J:Jonathan Burke T:Fergal O'Brien
Age:4 Weight:11st 2lbs
OR:96 SP:8/1
Prominent on inner early - in touch with leaders 3rd - not fluent 3 out - weakened before 2 out(tchd 17/2)
5 28¾
J:Sean Bowen T:Olly Murphy
Age:10 Weight:10st 10lbs
OR:80 SP:9/1
Midfield - hampered by faller 2nd - soon lost position and in rear - raced wide back straight - mistake 5th - no chance from 3 out - rallied and some headway from last(tchd 11/1)
6 31¼
J:Paul O'Brien T:Harry Derham
Age:4 Weight:11st 6lbs
OR:100 SP:6/1
Prominent early - in touch with leaders 3rd - dropped to midfield before 5th - rallied and in touch with leaders 3 out - weakened quickly before 2 out(op 5/1 tchd 9/2)
7 ½ 31¾
J:Richie McLernon T:Jonjo & A J O'Neill
Age:4 Weight:11st 2lbs
OR:96 SP:14/1
Towards rear - hampered by faller 2nd - some headway before 3 out - weakened quickly before 2 out(op 20/1 tchd 12/1 and tchd 22/1)
8 ½ 32¼
J:Sam Twiston-Davies T:James Owen
Age:7 Weight:12st 0lbs
OR:98 SP:17/2
In rear - some headway and going okay before 3 out - weakened quickly home turn - no chance when hit 2 out (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 9/2)
9 6 38¼
J:Kielan Woods T:T Ellis
Age:7 Weight:11st 3lbs
OR:87 SP:14/1
Midfield on inner - lost ground from 5th - struggling 3 out - tailed off from 2 out (jockey said mare hung left-handed)(op 16/1 tchd 18/1)
PU
J:Nick Scholfield T:Simon Pearce
Age:7 Weight:11st 9lbs
OR:93 SP:33/1
In rear - niggled along after 3rd - detached and struggling before 4th - pulled up before 5th (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(tchd 40/1)
PU
J:Lorcan Murtagh T:Cynthia Woods
Age:7 Weight:10st 2lbs
OR:72 SP:80/1
Taken down early - raced wide - midfield early - prominent 3rd - lost ground quickly and dropped to rear before 5th - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out(tchd 100/1)
UR
J:Cameron Iles(7) T:Tom Lacey
Age:6 Weight:11st 13lbs
OR:97 SP:7/2
In touch with leaders - mistake and unseated 2nd(op 4/1)
NR
jockey silk Dickens
J:Philip Armson(3) T:Alan King
Age:7 Weight:11st 5lbs
OR:89 SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £12
Tote place: £3.60 £1.70 £8
Exacta: £50.50
Trifecta: £927.10
Tricast: £1018.33
CSF: £43.79