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Overturn Overpowers Opposition in Coral Hurdle
19/11/11

1 Overturn 5/2
2 For Non Stop 25/1
3 Katchit 33/1
NR: Afsoun (FR)
7 ran Distances: 27l, 20l, 12l
TIME 4m 30.80s (fast by 2.20s)

Overturn took advantage of the final-flight fall of Oscar Whisky to make all in the Coral Hurdle at Ascot.

Overturn
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The 5-6 favourite had worked hard to get to Donald McCain's relentless galloper but did not pick up at the last obstacle and came down.

That left Jason Maguire to coast home on Overturn (5-2), with 27 lengths back to For Non Stop, who gratefully accepted second place.

Overturn jumped superbly from the start and although he never held a big lead, his slickness at the hurdles was worth lengths.

Maguire said: "He's a star. It's great for him to come down here. He's done it the hard way all the time on the Flat and over jumps. He was impressive at Perth when he won there and coming down here there was one horse to beat.

Oscar Whisky
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"You'd think maybe a sharper track would be in his favour because he's won at Chester and in Galway. You'd think round here it may not work out, but he's so quick at his hurdles - long and short. Whenever a horse comes to him he picks up again.

"I was waiting for Oscar Whisky. At the second-last I thought Barry (Geraghty) would be coming in a canter, but I could hear him give him a few cracks.

"We had thought about going the Champion Hurdle route, but it was in our minds that he might like going a bit further on a stiff track so we are going to have to sit down and think about things."

Position	Horse Trainer	Jockey Weight	Starting Price Beaten Distance
1	Overturn D McCain Jnr	J M Maguire 11st 0lbs	5 - 2 Winner
2	For Non Stop Nick Williams	N Fehily 11st 0lbs	25 - 1 27 lengths
3	Katchit A King	R Thornton 11st 0lbs	33 - 1 20 lengths
4	King Of The Night P F Nicholls	D A Jacob 11st 0lbs	5 - 1 12 lengths
5	Orsippus M Smith	D Elsworth 11st 0lbs	66 - 1 76 lengths
Fell	Oscar Whisky N J Henderson	B J Geraghty 11st 8lbs	5 - 6
PulledUp	Lough Derg D Pipe	T Scudamore 11st 0lbs	33 - 1
NonRunner	Afsoun N B King	J E Moore 11st 0lbs	-