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Vickers.Bet Handicap Chase
Class 4, 2m77y, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, 5 runners
Winning time 4m 4.14s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 fences
Result
Robert Dunne
Adrian Paul Keatley
Sat behind the pace - clean leap at the 6th - moved smoothly into contention approaching 2 out and shared front spot - clear in front soon after - asked for effort before the last - kept on well to score
Danny McMenamin
Chris Grant
Shared front spot early - lost command at 2nd - improving nicely into second-last where edged back in front for a moment - urged on once overtaken - clouted final fence - stayed on - couldn't reel in winner
Sean Bowen
Brian Ellison
Shared front spot early - moved into command second fence and slightly awkward at following obstacle - pushed clear from three out - advantage narrowed approaching penultimate fence and overtaken there - stayed on at same tempo to finish third
Brian Hughes
Danny Brooke
Settled just behind the leaders early - hit the fourth from home and again ballooned two out - pushed on afterwards - kept trudging home without threatening the front - finished fourth well beaten
Conor O'Farrell
Danny Brooke
Held up at the back - driven from two out but couldn't quicken - dropped away and finished well held in fifth
Non-runners: Coqolino (self certificate, unsuitable ground), Neigh Botha (unsuitable ground)
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.