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Kube - Leicester's Premier Events Venue Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Class 3, 2m6f151y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-130, 4 runners
Winning time 6m 8.51s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 18 fences
Result
Charlie Deutsch
Venetia Williams
Set off in front from the start and opened a big advantage before the 3rd - margin narrowed after the 9th - advantage restored before four out - jumped the third-last strongly - had to be driven out when pressed after the last - kept finding more to hold on at the finish
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Settled just behind pace early - stumbled slightly around 5th - made ground on front-runner by 9th - driven approaching 4 out - jumped awkwardly 2 out - pressed winner after final flight - battled hard up the run-in but couldn't find more - held for second
Harry Reed
L J Morgan
Sat in third early - untidy over first two obstacles and again at the sixth - drifted right at the twelfth - dropped away by front two after three out - held no prospect of catching them by two out - stayed on to finish a distant third
Shane Fenelon (5)
Alison Thorpe
Never competitive and adrift throughout - error at the 7th - dropped further away before 4 out and finished a distant 4th
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.