Result 12:40 · Sandown Park

Hampton Court Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle

Class 3Handicap2m 4fSoft3yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 11.17s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Gortroe Joe (IRE)	Liam Harrison	F O'Brien	—	9.00	9.80
2	First Lord De Cuet (FR)	Fergus Gillard	D Pipe	1¾L	2.38	2.50
3	Espion (FR)	Sean Houlihan	Philip Hobbs	3¾L	4.33	4.90
4	Espalion (FR)	Rex Dingle	Jeremy Scott	17¾L	7.50	10.4
5	Melekhov (IRE)	Bryan Carver	Philip Hobbs	21½L	15.0	23.9
6	Top Gamble (IRE)	Richard Patrick	Kerry Lee	26½L	17.0	20.8
7	Twenty Twenty (IRE)	Niall Houlihan	Gary Moore	29¼L	11.0	13.3
PU	Iconic Sky (GB)	Maxime Tissier	Lucy Wadham	—	26.0	40.0

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Espion (FR)

6yo · 11-9 · OR 128

5530 J Sean Houlihan T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Oct 20	Uttoxeter	2m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	10/13	33¾L	4.50
07 Dec 19	Sandown Park	2m	Heavy	C3	3/13	9½L	34.0
09 Nov 19	Wincanton	1m 7f 110y	Good	C3	5/8	16¼L	34.0

0 wins from 4 · placed 1

1 run here without a win

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Melekhov (IRE)

6yo · 11-10 · OR 126

142125 J Bryan Carver T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Nov 19	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Heavy	C3	5/8	20L	6.00
12 May 19	Plumpton	2m 4f 110y	Good	C3	2/6	3¼L	3.75
16 Apr 19	Exeter	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C5	1/13	—	1.83

3 wins from 8 · placed 6

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First Lord De Cuet (FR) t

6yo · 11-4 · OR 126

141203 J Fergus Gillard T D Pipe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Oct 20	Fontwell Park	2m 1f 110y	Soft	C3	3/10	15¾L	6.50
14 Mar 20	Kempton Park	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C1	10/18	17¼L	23.0
30 Dec 19	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	2/7	¾L	2.62

2 wins from 7 · placed 5

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Top Gamble (IRE) t,p

12yo · 11-5 · OR 124

0F3662 J Richard Patrick T Kerry Lee —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Mar 20	Exeter	2m 1f	Soft	C4	2/10	nk	15.0
19 Feb 20	Ludlow	2m	Soft	C3	6/10	19L	15.0
29 Jan 20	Leicester	1m 7f 110y	Heavy	C3	6/8	6L	15.0

4 wins from 29 · placed 13

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Espalion (FR) t

6yo · 11-6 · OR 122

807011 J Rex Dingle T Jeremy Scott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 Oct 20	Exeter	2m 2f 110y	Good To Firm	C4	1/12	—	5.50
02 Sep 20	Uttoxeter	2m 4f	Good	C4	1/17	—	6.50
28 Feb 20	Newbury	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C4	10/14	22½L	13.0

4 wins from 15 · placed 4

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Twenty Twenty (IRE) v

5yo · 10-10 · OR 118

322281 J Niall Houlihan T Gary Moore —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Mar 20	Fontwell Park	2m 3f	Soft	C4	1/6	—	3.00
22 Feb 20	Kempton Park	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C3	8/17	11¾L	17.0
24 Jan 20	Huntingdon	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C4	2/14	1½L	9.00

3 wins from 16 · placed 10

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Iconic Sky (GB) p

7yo · 11-0 · OR 116

51231P J Maxime Tissier T Lucy Wadham —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Oct 20	Fakenham	2m 4f	Good	C4	PU	—	12.0
22 Apr 18	Market Rasen	2m 4f 110y	Good	C3	1/7	—	3.75
07 Apr 18	Fakenham	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C3	3/7	5L	6.50

3 wins from 18 · placed 10

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Gortroe Joe (IRE)

8yo · 10-6 · OR 116

930490 J Liam Harrison T F O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Oct 20	Carlisle	2m 4f	Good	C4	16/17	52¼L	4.33
11 Jan 20	Kempton Park	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C1	9/13	40¼L	15.0
26 Dec 19	Kempton Park	2m 5f	Soft	C3	4/16	14L	41.0

3 wins from 21 · placed 10

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