2022/23 Jumps Profile - Hacker Des Places

Hacker Des Places  5 y bg Great Pretender – Plaisance  (Neil)

LIFETIME RECORD	RUNS		2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	OR	BEST TS	BEST RPR
Hurdle	2	1	1	0	£7,322	£8,429	132	64	117
	2	1	1	0	£7,322	£8,429	—

Quite a few punters are now part of syndicates, Neil has an interest in this owners group horse, a way of having a cheap interest as an owner that the editor highly recommends, as the editor has an interest in 5 owners group horses, 4 which have won, and Peej also an interest in at least 1.This gelding made his debut at Dieppe in May this year, in a 3 year old 2m conditions hurdle, finishing 3^rd beaten 5 ½ l behind Paros. He then opened  his account at Dax winning readily by 3 and half lengths in a 2m 3 year old conditions hurdle, beating Heloi (received 2lb)  He then moved to Nicholls making his British debut at Wincanton where he was beaten at odds on by 14l by another Nicholls runner Viroflay (received 1 lb). He then won a 2m juvenile hurdle at Wetherby by 32 l from Caldwell (gave 1lb), then after a year off reappeared at Kempton in December 2021 , finishing 6^th, beaten 17 ½ l; behind Rowland Ward (received 2lb ) in a 2m handicap hurdle, then in January this year was 4^th at Lingfield in another 2m handicap hurdle, beaten 10 l behind Metier ( gave 7lb). In February he won a 2m handicap hurdle at Chepstow, beating Ballybreeze (received 18lb),  1 ¼ l, then was 3^rd at Sandown in a grade 3 handicap hurdle, beaten 10 ¾ l behind Surprise Package (gave 7lb). He finished the season with victory at Aintree in a 2m handicap hurdle, beating Severance (received 6lb) by 1l, then reappeared in October this year, finishing 2^nd at Ascot in a 2m handicap hurdle, beaten 7 ½ l buy Highway one O. Two (gave 2 lb  . He stays over hurdles, and should win again this season

Trainer P Nicholls