Stratford

Nigel Reeve 60th Birthday Celebration Female Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Female Jockeys & Amateurs')

Distance: 2m70y
Going: Good
Prize: £4,040
Runners: 11
Winning time: 3m 53.61s (slow by 13.61s)
Age: 3yo+
Class: Class 5
1
Age: 4
Weight: 11st 12lbs
OR: 98
SP: 14/1
Prominent - not fluent 1st - pressed leader home turn - led narrowly before last - ridden run-in - kept on well (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - gelding benefitted from a change of tactics - of being ridden more positively on this occasion)(op 12/1 tchd 11/1 and 16/1)
2 nk
Age: 9
Weight: 10st 9lbs
OR: 80
SP: 11/2
Midfield - headway after 3 out - pressed winner approaching last - kept on well(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
3 8
Age: 6
Weight: 10st 7lbs
OR: 78
SP: 16/1
Midfield - headway 2nd - soon pressed leader - dropped to midfield after 4th - some headway home turn - left in fourth last - kept on run-in - went third final strides(op 12/1)
4 shd
Age: 4
Weight: 11st 9lbs
OR: 95
SP: 11/1
Held up in rear - headway after 4th - hit 5th - soon went fourth - hit 2 out - left in third last - kept on but lost third final strides(op 16/1 tchd 20/1)
5 16
Age: 7
Weight: 11st 10lbs
OR: 95
SP: 16/1
Never better than midfield(op 66/1)
6 17¼
Age: 5
Weight: 10st 5lbs
OR: 76
SP: 12/1
Took keen hold - prominent early - midfield after 3rd - outpaced from 2 out - finished lame (vet reported mare finished lame on her left-fore)(tchd 14/1)
7 ½ 17¾
Age: 9
Weight: 10st 9lbs
OR: 80
SP: 9/1
Always behind (jockey said gelding was never travelling and hung left-handed)(op 8/1)
UR
Age: 7
Weight: 10st 2lbs
OR: 73
SP: 14/1
Pressed leader early - prominent after 2nd - went second again 4th - led home turn - soon headed and lost second - unseated last(op 40/1)
PU
Age: 7
Weight: 12st 0lbs
OR: 99
SP: 11/8F
Led - set good pace - headed home turn - soon weakened quickly - pulled up last (trainer said gelding ran too free; vet reported gelding was treated for mild post-race ataxia)(op 7/4)
PU
Age: 7
Weight: 10st 8lbs
OR: 79
SP: 100/1
Midfield - mistake 3rd - dropped to rear after 4th - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out(op 66/1 tchd 125/1)
PU
Age: 5
Weight: 10st 12lbs
OR: 83
SP: 7/1
Always behind - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out (jockey said mare was never travelling; vet examined the mare during routine testing and had nothing to report)(op 4/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £16.10
Tote place: £3.70 £2.10 £4.10
Exacta: £111.10
Trifecta: £1078.30
Tricast: £1276.29
CSF: £93.59