Fakenham

Volt Low Alcohol Ipa @ Fakenham Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (For The Walter Wales Cup)

Distance: 2m4f1y
Going: Good To Soft
Prize: £3,433
Runners: 6
Winning time: 4m 56.81s (slow by 9.81s)
Age: 4yo+
Class: Class 5
1
J:Charlie Hammond T:Stuart Edmunds
Age:5 Weight:12st 0lbs
OR:103 SP:7/2
In rear - headway into midfield after 4th - headway before 3 out - led before 2 out - went further clear approaching last - easily(tchd 18/5)
2 13
J:Jamie Brace(5) T:Nigel Twiston-Davies
Age:5 Weight:12st 0lbs
OR:103 SP:13/2
Prominent - led after 3 out - headed before 2 out - mistake 2 out - soon ridden - no extra approaching last (vet said gelding was treated for postrace heat stress)(tchd 6/1 and tchd 7/1)
3 15½
J:Ciaran Gethings T:James Owen
Age:6 Weight:12st 0lbs
OR:103 SP:5/2F
Held up in rear - smooth headway on outer and pressed leaders before 3 out - ridden before 2 out - weakened after 2 out(op 7/4)
4 15 30½
J:Rex Dingle T:Chris Gordon
Age:8 Weight:10st 13lbs
OR:88 SP:9/2
Prominent - not fluent 4th - ridden after 6th - lost position after 8th - ridden and weakened after 3 out(tchd 4/1 and tchd 5/1)
5 36
J:Tabitha Worsley(3) T:Sarah Humphrey
Age:9 Weight:11st 11lbs
OR:100 SP:14/1
Led - clear after 3rd - reduced lead after 6th - headed and ridden after 3 out - soon weakened(op 22/1)
PU
J:Adam Wedge T:Evan Williams
Age:6 Weight:11st 6lbs
OR:95 SP:18/5
Midfield - bad mistake and dropped to rear 3rd - mistake 5th - lost touch before 7th - pulled up after 8th (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the hurdle in the home straight on the first circuit and jumped poorly thereafter; vetexamined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 4/1 tchd 7/2)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £4.50
Tote place: £1.90 £3.20
Exacta: £27
Trifecta: £78.40
CSF: £24.28