Result 13:30 · Haydock Park

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Grade 22m 4fSoft5yo+ · 6 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 16.80s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Waiting Patiently (IRE)	Brian Hughes	Malcolm Jefferson	—	3.75	4.00
2	Politologue (FR)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls	1¼L	2.50	2.79
3	Itsafreebee (IRE)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	21¼L	6.50	7.01
4	Solatentif (FR)	Aidan Coleman	Colin Tizzard	78¼L	13.0	15.8
PU	Maximiser (IRE)	John Kington	Simon West	—	15.0	16.5
PU	Bun Doran (IRE)	A P Heskin	Tom George	—	7.00	7.60

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Politologue (FR)

6yo · 11-7 · OR 152

U21011 J Sam Twiston-Davies T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Dec 16	Ascot	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C1	1/4	—	1.91
18 Nov 16	Haydock Park	2m 5f 110y	Soft	C2	1/5	—	4.50
16 Mar 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C1	20/26	20¼L	10.0

3 wins from 6 · placed 4

Course winner: 1 win from 1 here

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Bun Doran (IRE)

6yo · 11-4 · OR 142

415331 J A P Heskin T Tom George —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Dec 16	Newcastle	2m 4f	Soft	C3	1/7	—	2.38
12 Nov 16	Uttoxeter	2m 4f	Soft	C3	3/13	19¾L	4.00
17 Apr 16	Wincanton	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C4	3/8	23L	2.75

3 wins from 7 · placed 5

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Itsafreebee (IRE) t

7yo · 11-4 · OR 144

113151 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Dec 16	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	1/4	—	3.50
11 Nov 16	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good	C2	5/7	18L	8.00
14 Oct 16	Fakenham	2m 5f	Good	C3	1/5	—	1.30

6 wins from 11 · placed 9

Course winner: 2 wins from 2 here

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Waiting Patiently (IRE)

6yo · 11-4 · OR 142

22111 J Brian Hughes T Malcolm Jefferson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Dec 16	Newcastle	2m 110y	Soft	C3	1/6	—	1.73
22 Nov 16	Sedgefield	2m 110y	Soft	C3	1/7	—	2.00
31 Jan 16	Sedgefield	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C4	1/10	—	3.50

3 wins from 5 · placed 5

Won 1 of 2 at around this trip

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Maximiser (IRE)

9yo · 11-0

2FP J John Kington T Simon West —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
25 Nov 16	Newbury	3m	Soft	C1	PU	—	26.0
27 Nov 15	Newbury	2m 4f	Soft	C1	F	—	4.00
09 Nov 15	Carlisle	2m 4f	Heavy	C3	2/6	½L	5.00

0 wins from 3 · placed 1

2 runs at around this trip without a win

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Solatentif (FR)

7yo · 11-0 · OR 134

824262 J Aidan Coleman T Colin Tizzard —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Jan 17	Plumpton	2m 1f	Soft	C3	2/5	2½L	8.00
09 Dec 16	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Good	C3	6/13	11¾L	4.50
12 Nov 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C3	2/16	3½L	26.0

1 win from 8 · placed 4

1 run at around this trip without a win

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