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Handicap Hurdle

Warwick · 13 March 2005
  • TypeHurdle
  • ClassClass 4
  • Distance2m 5f
  • GoingGood To Soft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners10
  • HandicapYes

Mel In Blue (FR) (13/8F) won the Handicap Hurdle at Warwick on 13 March 2005, beating Gamma-Delta (IRE) by 3½ lengths under Mr Sam Waley-Cohen for trainer Robert Waley-Cohen. 10 ran on Good To Soft going over 2m 5f; the winning time was 5m 25.40s (slow by 41.40s). The winner was the favourite.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 10 — The market

Winner Mel In Blue (FR)
SP: 13/8 favKTB Rating 119C J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen T: Robert Waley-Cohen
Won by 3½ lengths
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Mel In Blue (FR) 7g Mr Sam Waley-Cohen(7) Robert Waley-Cohen 10-12 106119C 5:25.40 3,542 13/8 fav
2nd Gamma-Delta (IRE) 10g 3½ Adam Pogson(7) Charles Pogson 9-12 90101C 5:26.18 1,012 40/1
3rd La Marette (GB) 7m 2 Mark Nicolls(5) John Allen 10-0 90101C 5:26.62 506 10/1
4th The Hairy Lemon (GB) 5g 9 Ollie McPhail Milton Harris 11-0 94104C 5:28.62 — 7/1
5th Scratch The Dove (GB) 8m 8 Jason Maguire Andrew Price 11-8 102103C 5:30.40 — 16/1
6th Guard Duty (GB) 8g 1¾ Tommy Phelan(5) D M Lloyd 10-5 9584C 5:30.79 — 25/1
7th Penneeck (GB) 5g shd Andrew Thornton Shaun Keightley 11-2 9695C 5:30.81 — 12/1
8th Hopbine (GB) p 9m 23 William Kennedy(7) John Spearing 10-10 10483C 5:35.90 — 7/2
PU Lonesome Man (IRE) 9g — Warren Marston Richard Phillips 11-6 100— — — 20/1
PU Onassis (GB) b 8g — Mr Tom Greenway(5) Richard Price 9-13 89— — — 15/2

Winning time 5m 25.40s (slow by 41.40s)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (8 of 10 runners have a figure). GB & Irish racing only · figures as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record of the race, not a forecast.

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Quick answers

Who won the Handicap Hurdle at Warwick in 2005?
Mel In Blue (FR) won the Handicap Hurdle at Warwick on 13 March 2005, ridden by Mr Sam Waley-Cohen and trained by Robert Waley-Cohen.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 Handicap Hurdle at Warwick?
1st Mel In Blue (FR) (13/8F), 2nd Gamma-Delta (IRE) (40/1), 3rd La Marette (GB) (10/1).
What price was the winner of the 2005 Handicap Hurdle at Warwick?
Mel In Blue (FR) returned a starting price of 13/8F.
How many horses ran in the 2005 Handicap Hurdle at Warwick?
10 horses ran in the 2005 Handicap Hurdle at Warwick.
What was the winning time of the 2005 Handicap Hurdle at Warwick?
The winning time was 5m 25.40s (slow by 41.40s).

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