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Happy Birthday Rebecca Handicap Chase
Class 5, 3m2f59y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-105, 11 runners
Winning time 7m 12.60s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 15 fences 3 omitted
Result
Charlie Todd
Ian Williams
Drifted right early - sat behind pace - scrappy over 11th and knocked about at 13th - hit front at final fence - kept finding more - clear-cut victory
Joe Williamson (3)
Philip Kirby
Settled towards the back early - knocked sideways 8th then made progress and again bumped 13th - moved to front but jolted 2 out - overtaken at the last - unable to find more against winner - finished second
Theo Gillard
Jennie Candlish
In front early - well placed until fading approaching two out - driven from three out - unable to quicken before last but battled on to the finish
Ellis Collier (7)
David Thompson
Broke to the right early - settled handy with leaders - went ahead at the 4th - lost place and knocked sideways two out - stayed on same rate to finish fourth
Harry Bannister
Ben Case
Sat behind front group early - drifted right at 2nd - lost touch before 2 out and trailing by last
Alan Doyle (5)
Andrew Hamilton
Held up at the back throughout - never a factor - well beaten in 6th
William Maggs (5)
Ian Duncan
Tracked the front pack early - squeezed for space then dropped back through the field - unable to find further improvement late finishing seventh
Jamie Hamilton
Jane Walton
Held up at the back throughout - never in contention - finished well held in 8th
Danny McMenamin
Hugh Burns
Settled around midfield in the early running - improved into 7th - dropped away from the 12th and finished a distant 9th
Emma Smith-Chaston (3)
Micky Hammond
Settled around midfield early - knocked about at the 8th - dropped away from 3 out - finished a long way back in 10th
Ross Chapman
Russell Ross
Held up at the back - error at the 12th after being pushed along from the 10th - pulled up before the next
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.