Full Result 3.00 Southwell | 6 March 2017

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(Class 4) (4yo+) (2m4f62yds) 2m4½f Soft 9 hurdles 2 omitted

1st £4,223.70 2nd £1,240.20 3rd £620.10 4th £310.05

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	9. River Arrow 20/1 James Davies Tom Symonds	James Davies Tom Symonds	6	109	–	63	117	–
b m Kayf Tara - Supreme Gem (IRE) (Supreme Leader)
Raced keenly throughout, in touch, tracking leaders before 4 out, wandered and led briefly before 2 out, under pressure behind front two soon after, rallied to lead last, stayed on strongly to go clear final 100yds (jockey said mare hung badly left throughout) (op 16/1)

2 4	6. Royal Village (IRE) 6/4F Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs	Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs	5	112	–	65	121	–
b g Scorpion (IRE) - Etoile Margot (FR) (Garde Royale)
In touch, mistake 4 out, ridden to lead just before 2 out, joined between last 2, not fluent and headed last, no extra final 100yds (op 13/8)

3 ½ [4½]	2. Cruiseaweigh (IRE) 15/8 A P Heskin Tom George	A P Heskin Tom George	6	112 h¹	–	65	119	–
br g Oscar (IRE) - Triptoshan (IRE) (Anshan)
Held up in last place, headway going well after 3 out, 2nd and challenging 2 out, soon upsides, ridden before last, lost 2nd after, kept on same pace run-in (tchd 2/1)

4 22 [26½]	3. Earlshill (IRE) 4/1 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton	Harry Skelton Dan Skelton	6	112 t¹	–	41	101	–
b g Milan - Mrs Marples (IRE) (Sexton Blake)
Prominent, mistake 3 out, under pressure before 2 out where jumped right, soon weakened (tchd 9/2)

5 7 [33½]	7. Windy Writer (IRE) 25/1 Kielan Woods Shaun Lycett	Kielan Woods Shaun Lycett	7	112 p	107	33	91	–
br g Rudimentary (USA) - Hardabout (IRE) (Alderbrook)
Led, not fluent 3 out, headed before 2 out, weakened after flight (vet said gelding lost its right-fore shoe )

6 9 [42½]	1. Cona River (IRE) 16/1 Aidan Coleman Jonjo O'Neill	Aidan Coleman Jonjo O'Neill	7	112 t	–	23	81	–
b g Robin Des Champs (FR) - Raishah (GER) (Motley)
Held up, pushed along after 3 out, weakened soon after (op 14/1)

PU	8. Midnight Bliss 100/1 Richard Patrick ⁷ Caroline Fryer	Richard Patrick ⁷ Caroline Fryer	7	102	–	–	–	–
b m Midnight Legend - Violet Elizabeth (Overbury)
Prominent, ridden and weakened after 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before last

7 ran Off time: 3:00:44 Winning time: 5m 35.30s (slow by 42.30s) Total SP: 111%
Non-runners: Murphy's Nails (unsuitable ground), Potters Grenadier (unsuitable ground)
1st owner: Frank Green & Mike Roberts (River Arrow) 1st breeder: R Johnson
2nd owner: R Triple H (Royal Village)
3rd owner: Simon W Clarke (Cruiseaweigh)
Tote win: £16.70 PL: £4.60 £1.80 Ex: £41.80 CSF: £48.69 Trifecta: £211.90

First hurdle in back straight omitted in all hurdle races.

3:00 Southwell 6 Mar 2017

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