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Unibet Veterans' Handicap Chase (2024 Veterans' Chase Series Final)
Class 2, 2m7f191y, Chase, 10yo+, 8 runners
Winning time 6m 24.40s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 15 fences 2 omitted
Result
Freddie Gingell (3)
Joe Tizzard
In front from the off before yielding it briefly then back in command from the 4th - opened a big advantage two out - margin narrowed after the final fence - stayed on well to prevail
Chad Bament (10)
Anthony Honeyball
Handy early - hit front after 3rd - soon overtaken - held second from there - trailed by five lengths approaching 2 out - rallied strongly late but couldn't quite reach the winner
Sean Houlihan
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Settled midfield early - improved from 10th and up to 3rd by the 12th - couldn't quicken again from 2 out and held for third
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard
Went to front early - overtaken approaching third and dropped away after the twelfth - already outpaced in fourth before three out
Hugh Nugent (3)
Henry Daly
Held up towards the back - driven up after 5th and stumbled at 7th and 9th - way adrift by 12th
Charlie Deutsch
Venetia Williams
Held up towards the back - made progress by the 7th - lost momentum in 5th before falling at the 12th
David Noonan
David Pipe
Up with the pace early - dropped away after hitting the second - down the back of the field into fourth and driven along by the sixth - then eased down and pulled up
Ryan Mania
Sandy Thomson
Settled among the midfield group - stumbled and dropped back 10th - fell away after 12th and eased up before 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.