Race cards · Fri 19 Dec
Friday 19 December · Ascot, England
12:40 Howden Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 5f 146y
- Going
- Soft (Good to Soft in places)
- Class
- 3
- Prize
- GBP 16650
- Runners
- 12
Race preview
Goodwin and Mount Anglesby both arrive here in winning form and are taken seriously, but the eye is immediately drawn to EL GALACTICO's unexposed profile and there is good reason to side with Neil Mulholland's charge. It was only a four-runner race at Plumpton, but it takes a nice horse to win a novice hurdle under a penalty and he did it really comfortably, proving his versatility trip-wise in the process. He now goes handicapping off 121 and that mark may underestimate the five-year-old.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whatsupwithyou | 3162-P4 | Elliott England | B Pauling | 11 11 | 14-1 | |
| 2 | Goodwin | P01451 | Freddie Gordon | C Gordon | 11 10 | 11-2 | |
| 3 | Punta Del Este | 535-7P5 | Rian Corcoran | D Pipe | 11 10 | 7-1 | |
| 4 | The Gray Ghost | 127-645 | Charlie Price | R L Llewellyn | 11 3 | 7-2 | |
| 5 | El Galactico | 211 | Bradley Harris | N P Mulholland | 11 8 | 6-1 | |
| 6 | Mount Anglesby | 131-221 | Toby McCain-Mitchell | A Ralph | 11 4 | 6-1 | |
| 7 | Lucky One | 6-47036 | Roisin Leech | Mrs S Leech | 10 8 | 25-1 | |
| 8 | Samuel Spade | 8157-97 | Callum Pritchard | B Pauling | 12 0 | 6-1 | |
| 9 | Kapal Layar | 44211-0 | Lewis Saunders | O Murphy | 11 11 | 8-1 | |
| 10 | Lord Snootie | P2P2/87- | Jamie Brace | Christian Williams | 11 12 | 20-1 | |
| - | Godot | 4/43122- | Freddie Mitchell | A Irvine | 10 10 | 40-1 | |
| - | Moviddy | 2216-57 | Joe Anderson | Noel Williams | 10 6 | 50-1 |