15:12 Uttoxeter

Friday 25 July 2025

All13:3014:0214:3715:1215:4716:2316:5817:35

Julie Busst Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:13 | Winning time: 3m 47.90s

1^st

Diesel Line

711-1

11/10f

T: C & A PogsonJ: James Bowen

Towards rear, progress before 3 out, rapid headway to lead 2 out, stayed on strongly op 11/8 tchd 10/11

2^nd

2 ½

Cawthorne Banker

710-7

40/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: R P McLernon

Chased leaders, ridden before 2 out, stayed on to go second run in op 33/1

3^rd

1 ¾

Ambassador

811-5

7/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Joshua Thompson (7)

Contested lead until ridden to lead before 3 out, headed 2 out, kept on but lost second run in

4^th

5 ½

Ez Tiger

812-0

9/1

T: A M HalesJ: Adam Wedge

Chased leaders, ridden before 2 out, weakened before last op 15/2

5^th

Al Mootamarid

411-9

10/1

T: D Elsworth & R HatchJ: R T Dunne

Held up in mid-division, pushed along before 3 out, headway before 2 out, ridden and weakened before last op 17/2 tchd 12/1

6^th

4 ¾

Gerard Mentor

911-2

40/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: Nathan Andrews (10)

Mid-division, headway going well before 3 out, ridden before 2 out, weakened before last op 33/1 tchd 50/1

7^th

Dynamite Defense

411-6

66/1

T: O MurphyJ: Lewis Saunders (7)

Always behind op 50/1

8^th

Huit Reflets

811-1

25/1

T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton

Chased leaders, pushed along before 3 out, headway to chase leader 3 out, hampered 2 out and soon weakened op 22/1 tchd 33/1

9^th

Leopolds Rock

910-13

33/1

T: W ColtherdJ: Sean Quinlan

Mid-division, pushed along before 3 out, ridden and weakened before last op 28/1 tchd 40/1

10^th

4 ½

Fine Point

411-9

33/1

T: N J HawkeJ: Lorcan Murtagh

Mid-division, ridden before 3 out, mistake 3 out, weakened 2 out tchd 40/1

11^th

2 ½

Papa Barns

811-7

5/1

T: O MurphyJ: S Bowen

Always behind op 4/1

12^th

1 ½

Stopherandgo

811-0

20/1

T: K PickardJ: Paul O'Brien

Always towards rear, never in contention op 18/1 tchd 16/1

13^th

Lady Gwen

711-4

20/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: Thomas Bellamy

Chased leaders until ridden and weakened quickly before 2 out op 25/1

Also Ran

Gower Prince

711-13

40/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard

Contested lead, ridden headed and weakened quickly before 3 out, soon pulled up op 33/1 tchd 50/1

Unlimited Replays

of all UK and Irish races with our Race Replays

Discover Sporting Life Plus Benefits Sporting Life Plus - Join For Free

Non-Runners

Trafalgar Square²¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Non Runner

Normandy Legend⁸³

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.20, £14.90, £2.20EX:£89.90Trifecta:£478.20Tricast:£252.64SF:£62.11Swingers:£20.60, £2.50, £56.40

Forecasts

Diesel Line (11/10), Papa Barns (5/1), Ambassador (7/1), Ez Tiger (9/1), Al Mootamarid (10/1), Trafalgar Square (16/1), Normandy Legend (16/1), Stopherandgo (20/1), Lady Gwen (20/1), Huit Reflets (25/1), Leopolds Rock (33/1), Fine Point (33/1), Cawthorne Banker (40/1), Gerard Mentor (40/1), Gower Prince (40/1), Dynamite Defense (66/1)

DIESEL LINE took his form up a level for his new stable when runner-up over C&D last time and is hard to side against off the same mark here. Papa Barns also took a step forward on his yard debut when second at Worcester last month and rates the main danger, while Ez Tiger, Al Mootamarid and Ambassador also need factoring in.

DIESEL LINE (IRE)
PAPA BARNS (IRE)
EZ TIGER (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Ambassador

Weight: 12-0 |Age: 7

J: Joshua Thompson | T: Micky Hammond

13/2

Prize Money

1st: £3,248.002nd: £1,494.003rd: £747.004th: £374.005th: £186.00