ADRIAN HESKIN ASKED The World’s End if he still had something left in the tank, and got a response that won the Long Walk Hurdle.
With pre-race fancy Paisley Park and Tobefair both scratched as non-runners, Tom George’s eight-year-old was sent off the 15/8 favourite as just four went to post in Saturday’s Grade 1 feature at Ascot.
The World’s End made the running for practically all of the three miles, but as they jumped the second last, it was Nico de Boinville and L’Ami Serge (3/1) — racing for the first time in 580 days — who edged in front to take the lead.
A thriller in the mud! The Worlds End reels in L’Ami Serge to win the Grade 1 Marsh Long Walk Hurdle for @adrianheskin and @TomGeorgeRacing at @Ascot pic.twitter.com/mq4TGN22Qt
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) December 21, 2019
The result looked to be a formality as L’Ami Serge quickened away into a two-length lead following the last, but he couldn’t see out the race to the line, leaving the door open for The World’s End to rally and turn the tables again, winning by two-and-three-quarter lengths.
Later at Ascot, Not So Sleepy (9/2jf) won the Grade 3 Betfair Exchange by an impressive nine lengths ahead of Monsieur Lecoq with Sir Valentine back in third.
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