The New One Unibet Hurdle |
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| £75,000 added, Haydock Park 14:40 4yo plus, 1m 7f 144y, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 18th January 2020 | |
1 Ballyandy 5/2
2
Pentland Hills 2/1F
3 Cornerstone Lad 11/2
4 ran Distances: nse, ¾l, 8l
Time: 3m 54.80s (slow by 14.80s)
Ballyandy swoops late under Sam Twiston-Davies to just win The New One Unibet Hurdle!
— Racing Post (@RacingPost) January 18, 2020
Another cracking finish! pic.twitter.com/OjxZK1T2Vz
Pentland Hills was in front jumping the last, but Sam Twiston-Davies conjured a great run out of Ballyandy – similar to that on Stolen Silver earlier on the card – to pip last season’s Triumph Hurdle hero.
Fighting Fifth victor Cornerstone Lad made a gallant bid to lead all the way, but Pentland Hills, the 2-1 favourite, was just waiting in the wings to pounce.
Nicky Henderson’s runner went on under Nico de Boinville, but he had no answer to the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Ballyandy, who snatched the spoils by a nose right on the line in the race registered as the Champion Hurdle Trial Hurdle.
The New One Unibet Hurdle
(Registered As The Champion Hurdle Trial Hurdle)
£75,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 7f 144y, Class 1
4 ran
Going: Heavy
1 Ballyandy 9 11-4 Nigel Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies 5/2
2 nse Pentland Hills 5 11-7 Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville 2/1F
3 ¾ Cornerstone Lad 6 11-10 Micky Hammond Henry Brooke 11/2
4 8 Darasso 7 11-8 Joseph O'Brien Aidan Coleman 9/4
