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WTW Insurance Brokers Handicap Chase
2m100y, Chase, 4yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 4m 9.80s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 fences
Result
Jake Coen (3)
Peter Fahey
Sat behind front group early - 4th at halfway - asked for effort 2 out and made no headway nearing last - battled on strongly to get up right at the finish
Sam Ewing
Gordon Elliott
Settled midpack early - 5th at the halfway point - found a gap to hit the front 2 out - asked for effort soon after - battled on under pressure but caught in the final strides to finish second by a short head
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Held up in the pack - made ground on the outside from 3 out and moved to 2nd before the last - driven on the run-in but unable to quicken - stayed on at one tempo to finish 3rd
Simon Torrens
P J Rothwell
Went straight to front - held a two-length advantage by halfway - challenged and lost command approaching two out - third and driven approaching final fence then unable to find more on the run to the line
Gavin Brouder (5)
D E Fitzgerald
Sat close to pace early - second at halfway then driven and slipped back to 5th two out - unable to close approaching last and held to finish 5th
Carl Millar (7)
Gordon Elliott
Sat close up early - still handy in 3rd at halfway - urged on and lost placings after a small error two out then unable to threaten and faded to finish sixth
Sean Flanagan
Gavin Cromwell
Held up at back throughout - driven from 3 out with little response - dropped away late
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.