15:10
Pontesbury Tractors Handicap Chase
Class 4, 2m4f11y, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-110, 11 runners
Winning time 5m 16.98s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 17 fences
Result
Stan Sheppard
Matt Sheppard
Settled in the pack early - improved position after the 13th and closed in around 5th with 4 to jump - hit the front approaching 3 out - driven out before the last and put daylight between rivals - kept finding more to the line
Tabitha Worsley (3)
Mel Rowley
Tracked front group in fifth early - hit front before 4 out - driven and overtaken after 3 out - urged approaching last - outpaced by winner late
Jack Tudor
Charlie Longsdon
Held a forward spot early - needed encouragement approaching 4 out and slipped back 3 out - fought back into third with 2 to jump - kept going steadily to the line for 3rd
James Best
Sarah-Jayne Davies
Towards the head of the field - serious error at 2 out and lost momentum - stayed on the run-in to finish 4th
Tom Bellamy
D J Jeffreys
Went straight to the front - roused for effort then overtaken before 4 out - dropped away 3 out - well held at the finish
Craig Nichol
Ewan Whillans
Tracked the pace early - driven into contention before fading approaching 4 out - dropped away steadily to finish well beaten in 6th
Charlie Deutsch
Alex Hales
Held up towards the back - dropped away 12th - no more than plodding on late
Conor Ring
Evan Williams
Settled in the pack - shaken up after 13th - found nothing thereafter - well beaten in 8th
Alan Johns
Sam Allwood
Settled midfield holding an eager pace early - under pressure and losing touch in 13th - stumbled 4 out with no prospect of involvement and finished well beaten
Beau Morgan (5)
Rob Summers
Held up towards the back - untidy over the fences and needed encouragement approaching the 13th - never a factor and beaten a long way home
Sean Houlihan
Sheila Lewis
Settled midpack early - dropped away approaching 13th and well adrift by 4 out - eased out of contention before the second-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.