16:20
NJS Group Handicap Chase
Class 5, 3m1f210y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-100, 7 runners
Winning time 6m 48.50s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 19 fences
Result
Harry Kimber
Robert Walford
Handy early - moved to front after the 4th - slightly untidy at the 15th - opened up daylight three out and kept going to win
Ellis Collier (5)
Seamus Mullins
Set the pace early before yielding it after the 1st - settled midfield - dropped back around the 10th - rallied from the 12th to move into second before the last - unable to trouble the winner - stayed on to finish 2nd
Conor O'Farrell
Neil Mulholland
Settled towards the back early - jumped awkwardly 8th and lost momentum 9th - made ground into 13th - urged into contention soon after - blundered 4 out - unable to make further headway 3 out - finished third on the run-in
Harry Bannister
Phillippa Taylor
Tracked the front pack in third early - clipped the 13th and lost fluency - moved into second after four out and held that spot until before the last - lost momentum in the final stretch to finish fourth
Micheal Nolan
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Went in front after the 1st - lost the advantage after the 4th but stayed prominent - taken wide going into the bend past four out - blundered 3 out and unable to threaten leaders from there
Niall Houlihan
Richard Rowe
Tracked front group early - dropped back after 4th then made up ground before 11th - dropped away once more at the 12th - unable to find more by 3 out and finished sixth
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard
Started towards the back and scrambled at the first - made ground into ninth before slipping back around the 13th - untidy again 15th - still adrift approaching 3 out - came to grief two from home
Non-runners: Heaven Smart (self certificate)
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.