Betway Kingwell Hurdle |
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| Grade 2, Wincanton 14:45 £60,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 7f 65y, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 18th February 2017 | |
1 Yanworth 2/5F
2 Ch'Tibello 8/1
3 Sceau Royal 4/1
6 ran NR: Seven Nation Army Distances: 1l, 1¼l, 12l
Time: 3m 47.10s (slow by 16.10s)
Very game win by Yanworth & Barry Geraghty
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It wasn't exactly pretty but the 2/5 favourite won with his ears pricked and appeared to have a fair bit in hand in the two mile contest.
Fitted with cheekpieces for his first start since the Christmas Hurdle, there were concerns that this speed-favouring track wouldn't bring the best out of this son of Norse Dancer and so it proved.
Travelling well into the straight, he had been passed by both Sceau Royal and Ch'tibello approaching the last and looked in trouble with Barry Geraghty starting to get more serious.
Yanworth, however, found plenty for pressure and ran on to score by a length from Ch'tibello to head into the Stan James Champion Hurdle on the back of a near perfect preparation.
Sky Bet left the winner unchanged at 14/1 for the Champion Hurdle.
Betway Kingwell Hurdle (Grade 2)
£60,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 7f 65y, Class 1
6 ran
Going: Soft
| Pos | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | Yanworth 2/5f | B J Geraghty 11-10 |
A King | 7 | |
| 2nd | 1 | Ch'tibello (FR) 8/1 | Harry Skelton 11-6 |
D Skelton | 6 |
| 3rd | 1¼ | Sceau Royal (FR) 4/1 | D A Jacob 11-6 |
A King | 5 |
| 4th | 12 | Melodic Rendezvous 80/1 | Matt Griffiths 11-2 |
J Scott | 11 |
| 5th | 20 | Rayvin Black 25/1 | Thomas Garner 11-10 |
O Sherwood | 8 |
| 6th | 19 | Irving 16/1 | Nick Scholfield 11-10 |
P F Nicholls | 9 |
| NR | Seven Nation Army (IRE) 100/1 | R P McLernon 11-2 |
A Dunn | 8 |
