16:00 Sedgefield

Thursday 1 November 2018

All13:2013:5014:2514:5515:3016:00

Sedgefield Racecourse Christmas Food & Drink Festival Mares' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 4m 55.00s

1^st

Champagne To Go

811-7

10/3

T: R MenziesJ: Nathan Moscrop (5)

Held up behind, headway when mistake 3 out, tracked leader before next, led between last 2, hit last, ridden and kept on when hard pressed flat, asserted near finish op 11/4 tchd 5/2

2^nd

Secret Escape

611-12

5/2

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Tracked clear leaders, close up 3 out, ridden before next, one pace between last 2, stayed on to dead heat for 2nd post, not reach winner tchd 11/4

2^nd

Question Of Faith

710-9

13/8f

T: M TodhunterJ: Henry Brooke

Held up towards rear, headway 3 out, effort to challenge between last 2, ridden and every chance flat, no extra near finish op 2/1

4^th

Russian Royale

811-0

15/2

T: Micky HammondJ: Miss Becky Smith (5)

Held up towards rear, headway after 6th, close up 3 out, outpaced between last 2, no impression when left 4th at last tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1

5^th

Slipper Satin

810-9

50/1

T: S G WestJ: J Kington

Led, clear after 2nd to before 3 out, driven and headed before next, soon weakened, tailed off

6^th

Roberttown Rose

510-2

66/1

T: A CrookJ: W T Kennedy

Disputed lead to after 1st, tracked clear leader from next to 5th, close up 3 out, soon outpaced, weakened next, tailed off

Also Ran

Ayla's Emperor

911-7

20/1

T: J L FlintJ: R Patrick (3)

Held up behind, struggling 3 out, lost touch when slipped up on bend before next op 22/1 tchd 28/1

Reivers Lodge

610-13

14/1

T: S CorbettJ: James Corbett (5)

In touch on outside, tracked clear leader 5th, close up 3 out, led before next, ridden and headed between last 2, 4th and held when blundered and unseated rider last op 16/1 tchd 12/1 and tchd 18/1

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Non-Runners

Keady Lady⁵⁵

Weight: 10-9| Age: 7

T: H Burns J: Lorcan Murtagh

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.60Pl:£1.40, £1.30, £1.20EX:£6.90, £8.40Trifecta:£15.40Tricast:£7.57SF:£4.79Swingers:£1.80, £1.60, £1.60

Forecasts

Question Of Faith (13/8), Secret Escape (5/2), Champagne To Go (10/3), Russian Royale (15/2), Reivers Lodge (14/1), Keady Lady (16/1), Ayla's Emperor (20/1), Slipper Satin (50/1), Roberttown Rose (66/1)

It's been a long time between hurdles outings for QUESTION OF FAITH, but she is a winner in this sphere who has improved markedly on the Flat since, and she is taken to make the most of the weight she receives from Secret Escape and Champagne To Go. The others are hard to make a case for.

Question Of Faith
Secret Escape
Champagne To Go

Previous Winners

2017

Undefined Beauty

Weight: 11-4 |Age: 8

J: Fergus Gregory | T: O Murphy

6/4

Prize Money

1st: £4,094.002nd: £1,202.003rd: £601.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00