Jockey Club to probe gap in hurdle

A confidential report is to be submitted to the Jockey Club over an incident which saw a ’gap’ appear in a hurdle during Ascot’s feature race today.

A section of the fourth-last flight, which had been damaged on the first circuit of the Cantor Sport Long Walk Hurdle, had not been replaced by the time the runners came round again, allowing the field to simply run through the hole.