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bet365 Handicap Chase
Class 4, 3m2f59y, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-110, 9 runners
Winning time 6m 47.30s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 18 fences
Result
Alex Chadwick (5)
James Owen
Sat behind pace early - hit front 5th - opened advantage 8th - margin cut back sharply 2 out - drawn level entering last - fended off determined challenge to prevail close home
Sam Coltherd
Stuart Coltherd
Tracked the front group early - moved into second by the 13th - clipped the fourth-last obstacle - pushed along and reeled in the front-runner between the last two - level approaching the final flight - held the advantage on the run-in but could not draw clear late
Aaron Anderson (5)
Rebecca Menzies
Settled midfield early - improved into contention around the 9th before moving up to third after the 14th - stumbled 2 out and had no answer finishing third
Sean Bowen
Martin Keighley
Held up in the pack early - dropped away from the action before 3 out - found some late finishing effort to move into 4th between the last two obstacles
Jack Quinlan
Shaun Harris
Held up in the pack early - needed pushing along and losing touch after the 14th - trailed home well behind in 5th
Sean Quinlan
Dianne Sayer
Jumping poorly throughout in the rear group - blundered at the 3rd - made ground towards the front after a serious error at the 11th - in a distant 4th when pecked at 2 out and faded from there
Callum Bewley
Daragh Bourke
Broke to the left early - held the advantage until the 5th before settling second - clumsy at the 7th and stumbled markedly by the 10th - error at the 13th cost second place - dropped away in fifth and drifted left approaching four out - further blunder soon after - no extra effort thereafter and eased down before the third-last
Emma Smith-Chaston (3)
Micky Hammond
Held handy early - dropped away and drifted left approaching the 8th - well adrift thereafter and eased down before 3 out
Jonathan England
Sam England
Held up near back of field early - laboured in touch outside the front group - urged forward to lie clear in 5th after 3 out - dropped away badly and pulled up before the last
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.