William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle
Grade 1, Kempton Park 14:35
£100,000 added,
4yo plus,
2m, Class 1  
Saturday 10th January 2015

Tebwin

1 Tea For Two 9/2J
2 Little Boy Boru 25/1
3 Saffron Wells 8/1
13 ran Distances: 16l, 1l, 15l
TIME 5m 18.60s (slow by 18.60s)

Smooth performance by Tea For Two and Lizzie Kelly in the William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle

Tea For Two (L Kelly)
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Tea For Two

Always handy and soon disputing matters with Kilcooley, the unexposed Tea For Two (9-2 joint-favourite) travelled really powerfully for his in-form pilot and jumped to the lead four from home.

One or two loomed as though they might get within striking distance, but those hopes were swiftly extinguished as the Nick Williams-trained winner went further and further clear, t aking the last in his stride and powering home for a 16-length success from Little Boy Boru.

Owner Jane Williams, mother of the winning jockey and assistant to her husband, said: "We've got no plans for this horse, this was the plan and it's back to the drawing board. He would have wanted softer ground than that.

"I'm not surprised he won, but I didn't expect him to beat a serious field in that manner.

"I've been doing this for my daughter and trying to find handicaps for him so that she can claim. Handicaps might be out now - personally I would prefer to duck out of Cheltenham.

"I don't think the Graded races would suit him that much, and the World Hurdle might be better where there wouldn't be a big field and he wouldn't have to cope with all the hurly burly, but obviously that race would be asking a lot of him."

Kelly added: "We will be building up his strength before he goes chasing. My brother quietly mentioned Cheltenham to me as I was walking into the weighing room, but we will keep our feet on the ground.

"If he does go, then absolutely brilliant, but we will just have to see what happens."

MansionBet introduced the winner at 20-1 for the World Hurdle.

William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle (Listed Handicap)
£45,000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 5f, Class 1
13 ran
Going: Soft, Heavy in places

  Dist Horse / SP Jockey / Weight Trainer Age
1st Tea For Two 9/2j Lizzie Kelly (7)
10-5
Nick Williams 6
2nd 16 Little Boy Boru (IRE) 25/1 Mr H A A Bannister (5)
10-0
Miss S Smith 7
3rd 1 Saffron Wells (IRE) 8/1 Trevor Whelan
10-6
N B King 7
4th 15 Hello George (IRE) 6/1 T J O'Brien
10-0
P J Hobbs 6
5th Dell' Arca (IRE) 10/1 T Scudamore
11-2
D Pipe 6
6th Heath Hunter (IRE) 10/1 Kieron Edgar (5)
10-0
D Pipe 8
7th Warrantor (IRE) 9/2j Aidan Coleman
10-6
W Greatrex 6
8th 14 Ballybough Pat (IRE) 14/1 Jamie Bargary (7)
10-0
David Dennis 8
9th hd Shotavodka (IRE) 25/1 N D Fehily
10-9
D Pipe 9
10th ¾ Sporting Boy (IRE) 66/1 P J Brennan
10-0
J Farrelly 7
11th 16 Hammersly Lake (FR) 6/1 B J Geraghty
11-1
N J Henderson 7
12th 39 Foxcub (IRE) 50/1 Felix De Giles
10-10
T Symonds 7
PU Kilcooley (IRE) 14/1 Charlie Deutsch (5)
11-12
C E Longsdon 6

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