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Alan Edwards 70th Birthday Celebration Handicap Chase
Class 4, 2m4f, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-110, 11 runners
Winning time 4m 56.20s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 fences
Result
Sean Bowen
Martin Keighley
Set the pace early before yielding it approaching the 8th - sat behind the pacesetter - edged in front by a whisker rounding into the straight - overtaken 4 out - swept back in command soon after - lost that advantage almost immediately - pushed along between the final two obstacles - fought back in front inside the last 150 yards and kept finding more to win
Mr Ben Sutton (7)
Fergal O'Brien
Held up eagerly through the pack - asked for effort with five to jump - lost touch briefly - found renewed energy wide of rivals before three out - moved into second close home but never troubling the winner
Tom Bellamy
Emma Lavelle
Settled towards the back early - improved into contention before 5 out - up into 3rd with 3 to run - stayed on well through the finish - edged out for 2nd but no match for the winner
Chris Ward (3)
Deborah Cole
Settled inside in midfield - made ground into contention by the 6th - shifted across before going second three out - moved to front soon after - opened up a three length lead approaching the last - eased and coasted through the closing straight - overtaken 150 yards out and gave way late
David Noonan
Chris Down
Sat behind pace early - moved into 2nd 4th - hit front 8th - urged on and just lost lead approaching straight - slipped to 3rd before 4 out - urged again and toiling when hampered by fallen rival at following obstacle then never a threat thereafter
Sean Houlihan
Nicky Martin
Sat close to the pace to the 7th - driven and lost touch after 5 out - dropped away soon after finishing sixth
Tabitha Worsley (3)
Danni O'Neill
Settled at the back of the field - made little impact through the race - eventually beaten well clear in 7th
Lewis Stones (3)
Jennie Candlish
Tracked front pack from wide position - up to second and travelling well when knocked - went in front and clipped fourth from home - down at following fence
Jonathan Burke
Alastair Ralph
Held up towards the back - losing touch with the field - eased and pulled up before 5 out
Jack Tudor
Christian Williams
Held up at the back - dropped away with 5 furlongs left - pulled up before the following fence
Nick Scholfield
Archie Watson
Struggled for rhythm at the back early - blundered 3rd then again 5 out well adrift - eased to a halt soon after
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.