BetVictor Hungerford Stakes |
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| Group 2, Newbury 15:35 £110,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 7f, Class 1  |
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1 Witch Hunter 12/1
2 New Endeavour 8/1
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Chindit 2/1F
9 ran NR: Jumby Distances: 1l, 3¾l, 1½l
Time: 1m 25.24s (slow by 2.34s)
Witch Hunter storms home to win the @BetVictor Hungerford Stakes for @rhannonracing and @LeveySean pic.twitter.com/S3Naje0XLa https://t.co/Gsz20jK6kV via @RacingBetter
— RacingBetter (@RacingBetter) August 19, 2023
Always highly regarded, it has taken the Richard Hannon-trained Witch Hunter until now to finally start delivering on the undoubted promise those closest to him knew he possessed.
He has certainly been busy during the past nine months, having had a full season on the all-weather before reappearing in the Lincoln.
After that he was second on All-Weather Finals Day and since then he has been relatively consistent, with the highlight being a brave Jamie Spencer ride to win the Buckingham Palace Stakes at Ascot when 50-1.
Sent off 12-1 on this occasion, his stablemate Chindit was expected to prove tough to beat, but the 2-1 favourite found little when asked for an effort by Pat Dobbs and was only third.
New Endeavour looked to have seen them all off until Witch Hunter was produced last of all by Sean Levey and he won going away by a length.
Hungerford Stakes
£110,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 7f, Class 1
9 ran
Going: Good to Soft
1 (9) Witch Hunter 4 9-8 Richard Hannon Sean Levey 12/1
2 (5) 1 New Endeavour 3 9-3 Roger Varian Tom Marquand 8/1
3 (6) 3¾ Chindit 5 9-8 Richard Hannon Pat Dobbs 2/1F
4 (4) 1½ Mammas Girl 3 9-0 Richard Hannon Rossa Ryan 15/2
5 (7) 1¾ Misty Grey 6 9-8 Tom Dascombe Richard Kingscote 18/1
6 (2) hd Rodaballo 6 9-8 G Arizkorreta Elosegui Neil Callan 16/1
7 (1) nk Mostabshir 3 9-3 John & Thady Gosden William Buick 6/1
8 (3) 1 Marbaan 3 9-3 Charlie Fellowes Jamie Spencer 6/1
9 (10) 7 Pogo 7 9-8 Charles Hills Kieran Shoemark 7/1
NR 2 (8) Jumby 5 9-8 Eve Johnson Houghton NON RUNNER
