16:50
Greenhead Hotel Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m4f15y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-120, 6 runners
Winning time 5m 15.03s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 15 fences
Result
Henry Brooke
Martin Todhunter
Wide of rivals down back straight - set pace throughout - stumbled 10th - drifted right 4 out - urged forward after 2 out - driven and challenged approaching final bend - edged in front close home after being briefly overtaken at the last
Brian Hughes
Micky Hammond
Handy in third early - moved up to second after two out - edged in front at the last - overtaken and unable to find more inside final furlong
Miss Heidi Palin (7)
Sandy Forster
Tucked up handily early - moved into 3rd by the 7th - under pressure and finding little from the home turn - dropped away before the final fence to finish 3rd
Conor O'Farrell
Micky Hammond
Settled at the back early - improved into contention by the 4th - up to 4th when a rival exited at the 7th - asked for effort and lost touch at the 11th - slipped back to 5th before 3 out with no hope of getting on terms - finished a well-beaten 4th
Patrick Wadge
Lucinda Russell
Towards the back of the field early on - improved into fifth by the 7th before drifting wide and stumbling at the 11th - briefly up into fourth approaching three out - dropped away and faded from there
Harry Reed
Tristan Davidson
Sat handy behind the pace until after the 2nd - tight up in 3rd approaching the 7th when stumbled badly and shed rider
Non-runners: Grand Voyage (unsuitable ground), Hello Judge (self certificate), Yealand (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.