Result 14:15 · Ayr

Festive Dining At Western House Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Div I)

Class 5Handicap2m 3f 110yHeavy3yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 24.88s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Beat The Retreat (IRE)	Bruce Lynn	N W Alexander	—	21.0	23.0
2	Forest Blaze (GB)	Jamie Hamilton	M Walford	1L	4.50	5.70
3	So Many Roads (GB)	R P McLernon	Donald Whillans	3¼L	3.75	4.47
4	Fostered Phil (IRE)	Derek Fox	William Young Jnr	7L	10.0	12.0
5	Rock N Roll Champ (IRE)	Edward Austin	Sandy Forster	10¼L	13.0	17.1
6	Laddie Cooper Mia (IRE)	Brian Hughes	Adam Nicol	15L	3.25	3.48
7	Love That (IRE)	Ben Smith	R Mike Smith	17½L	19.0	22.1
8	Flying Sandpiper (IRE)	Peter Kavanagh	Jackie Stephen	55½L	10.0	12.5

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Fostered Phil (IRE) t

11yo · 12-0 · OR 100

361337 J Derek Fox T William Young Jnr —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Nov 25	Ayr	2m	Soft	C4	7/11	9L	5.50
21 Oct 25	Perth	2m 4f	Soft	C4	3/9	14½L	8.00
05 Oct 25	Kelso	2m 5f	Good	C4	3/8	2L	5.00

2 wins from 20 · placed 13

Won 1 of 3 at around this trip

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Forest Blaze (GB) p11

6yo · 11-13 · OR 99

137145 J Jamie Hamilton T M Walford —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
07 Nov 25	Hexham	2m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C5	5/10	15¾L	3.50
14 Apr 25	Hexham	2m 4f	Good	C5	4/12	10L	4.00
25 Mar 25	Hexham	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C5	1/10	—	3.75

2 wins from 11 · placed 4

Won 2 of 5 at around this trip

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8yo · 11-7 · OR 93

5734U7 J R P McLernon T Donald Whillans —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Nov 25	Ayr	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C5	7/14	22¾L	11.0
24 Feb 25	Ayr	3m	Heavy	C4	UR	—	3.25
01 Feb 25	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C5	4/10	16¾L	6.00

1 win from 14 · placed 2

Course winner: 1 win from 6 here

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Love That (IRE)

6yo · 10-6 · OR 85

F20680 J Ben Smith T R Mike Smith —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Nov 25	Ayr	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C5	12/14	55¾L	67.0
03 Mar 25	Newcastle	2m 4f 110y	Good	C5	8/10	32½L	29.0
11 Feb 25	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C5	6/8	30L	13.0

0 wins from 10 · placed 2

6 runs here without a win

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Beat The Retreat (IRE) t,p

6yo · 10-13 · OR 85

175208 J Bruce Lynn T N W Alexander —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Jul 25	Perth	2m 4f	Good	C5	8/11	69½L	17.0
07 Jun 25	Hexham	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C5	11/15	18¼L	19.0
14 May 25	Perth	2m 4f	Good	C5	2/8	¾L	7.00

2 wins from 20 · placed 7

Course winner: 1 win from 9 here

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5yo · 10-6 · OR 78

265874 J Brian Hughes T Adam Nicol —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Nov 25	Sedgefield	2m 5f	Good	C5	4/10	3½L	3.20
10 Mar 25	Taunton	3m	Good	C5	7/10	48¼L	67.0
03 Feb 25	Southwell	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C5	8/14	47¾L	51.0

0 wins from 9 · placed 1

2 runs at around this trip without a win

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Rock N Roll Champ (IRE)

7yo · 10-0 · OR 77

P454P8 J Edward Austin T Sandy Forster —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Nov 25	Carlisle	2m 4f	Soft	C5	8/11	17½L	12.0
07 Jun 25	Hexham	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C5	PU	—	13.0
20 May 25	Hexham	2m 4f	Good	C5	4/7	23¾L	7.00

0 wins from 9 · placed 0

4 runs at around this trip without a win

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Flying Sandpiper (IRE)

6yo · 10-2 · OR 74

P8PP04 J Peter Kavanagh T Jackie Stephen —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Nov 25	Kelso	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C5	4/9	7¼L	41.0
13 Mar 25	Hexham	2m	Good To Soft	C5	10/13	26¼L	34.0
28 Oct 24	Ayr	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C5	PU	—	41.0

0 wins from 8 · placed 0

2 runs here without a win

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