17:00
Business Colleagues & Friends Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Class 3, 2m92y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-130, 6 runners
Winning time 4m 6.00s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 fences
Result
Sam Twiston-Davies
Samuel Drinkwater
Sat behind the pace - moved up to second by the 5th - hit the 7th - hit front 9th - pushed out under pressure and kept finding more to win
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
Tracked front group early - hesitant over 4th and dropped back at 8th - moved right and made progress after an untidy leap 4 out - shifted left past 3 out - well placed at the last - unable to find more and held on for 2nd
Caoilin Quinn
Gary & Josh Moore
Settled with a strong grip early - tracked the pace and drifted left at the second - dropped from second by the fourth - rallied into the picture after the ninth - drifted left again at the last while third - held on without finding more late to finish third
Ben Bromley (5)
Paul Nicholls
Settled towards back early - made ground into 8th though ragged over one obstacle - up to 4th but flattened out from 2 out
David Noonan
Jane Williams
Set the pace early - blundered at the 9th - unable to find more from four out - well held at the finish
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Settled towards the back and wide - scrappy over 4th and no headway from 4 out - drifted left and trailed badly 3 out
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.