Result 15:00 · Cheltenham

Ballymore Novices Hurdle (Registered As The Classic Novices Hurdle)

Grade 22m 4f 110ySoft4yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 19.46s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Harry Senior (IRE)	Robbie Power	Colin Tizzard	—	5.00	—
2	King Roland (IRE)	S Bowen	Harry Fry	2¼L	2.50	—
3	Protektorat (FR)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	4½L	7.50	—
4	House Island (IRE)	G Sheehan	Paul Webber	7¼L	10.0	—
5	Time Flies By (IRE)	Barry Geraghty	N J Henderson	13¾L	7.50	—
6	Ruthless Article (IRE)	Adam Wedge	Rebecca Curtis	23¾L	34.0	—
PU	French Kiss (IRE)	Harry Bannister	Tony Carroll	—	151.0	—
PU	Rocket Lad (IRE)	Brian Hayes	Emmet Mullins	—	8.00	—

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Protektorat (FR) h

5yo · 11-10 · OR 139

U57221 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Jan 20	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	1/6	—	8.50
07 Dec 19	Sandown Park	2m	Heavy	C1	2/13	1¾L	7.00
10 Nov 19	Sandown Park	2m	Heavy	C4	2/11	hd	2.50

1 win from 6 · placed 3

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House Island (IRE)

6yo · 11-8 · OR 143

219212 J G Sheehan T Paul Webber —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Dec 19	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Soft	C1	2/7	¾L	21.0
14 Nov 19	Ludlow	2m 5f	Soft	C2	1/8	—	4.00
20 Oct 19	Kempton Park	2m 5f	Good	C4	2/5	4½L	3.00

2 wins from 7 · placed 6

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French Kiss (IRE)

5yo · 11-5

709083 J Harry Bannister T Tony Carroll —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Nov 18	Bangor-on-Dee	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C4	3/9	39¼L	34.0
24 Oct 18	Chelmsford City	1m 2f	Standard	C7	8/15	9L	9.00
09 Oct 18	Brighton	1m 4f	Good To Firm	C6	10/13	18½L	7.00

0 wins from 8 · placed 1

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Harry Senior (IRE)

6yo · 11-5 · OR 135

34221 J Robbie Power T Colin Tizzard —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Dec 19	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Heavy	C4	1/15	—	1.80
07 Dec 19	Aintree	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C3	2/7	1L	2.25
05 Nov 19	Exeter	2m 1f	Soft	C3	2/13	1¾L	5.00

1 win from 5 · placed 4

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King Roland (IRE) h

6yo · 11-5 · OR 133

1121 J S Bowen T Harry Fry —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Jan 20	Exeter	2m 2f 110y	Soft	C4	1/14	—	1.29
29 Nov 19	Newbury	2m 110y	Soft	C3	2/16	1L	3.00
26 Feb 19	Ffos Las	2m	Good To Soft	C5	1/16	—	1.44

3 wins from 4 · placed 4

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Rocket Lad (IRE)

7yo · 11-5 · OR 145

121F15 J Brian Hayes T Emmet Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Nov 19	Cork	3m	Soft To Heavy	—	5/5	21L	2.38
05 Oct 19	Gowran Park	2m 4f	Yielding	—	1/11	—	2.50
23 Aug 19	Killarney	2m 1f	Good	—	F	—	1.67

3 wins from 7 · placed 5

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7yo · 11-5 · OR 140

124211 J Adam Wedge T Rebecca Curtis —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Sep 19	Newton Abbot	2m 5f 110y	Good	C4	1/6	—	2.38
30 Aug 19	Bangor-on-Dee	2m 3f 110y	Good	C4	1/5	—	1.91
21 Jul 19	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 110y	Good	C3	2/9	2L	2.75

3 wins from 11 · placed 7

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Time Flies By (IRE)

5yo · 11-5

123 J Barry Geraghty T N J Henderson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Dec 19	Ascot	1m 7f 110y	Heavy	C1	3/4	12½L	10.0
17 Nov 19	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	2/8	1¾L	1.83
26 Oct 19	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Heavy	C2	1/15	—	7.50

1 win from 3 · placed 3

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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