13:10
Scotty Brand Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Class 1, 2m110y, Chase, 5yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 4m 2.73s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 fences
Result
Sean Flanagan
Gavin Cromwell
Settled towards the back early - squeezed for space with the field bunched - made ground into contention before being knocked sideways four out - hit the front three out and opened up before the final flight - kept going strongly to the line
Henry Brooke
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Settled off the pace early - jumping errors along the way - made ground into contention before 4 out - moved into second at the last - kept on without threatening winner late
Danny McMenamin
Ann Hamilton
Settled among the pack early - drifted right over a couple of obstacles and scrappy at the 8th - made ground into 5th before being knocked sideways 4 out - held 3rd from the last but unable to threaten the winner - finished third beaten 8½ lengths
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Settled in midfield on the outer - moved up to hit the front after the 4th - fence after that was met askew and a right-hand drift followed - lost fluency 4 out - overtaken 3 out and unable to fight back late
Danny Mullins
W P Mullins
Up with the pace early - moved to the front 3rd - overtaken after 4th - jumped awkwardly at 6th then drifted right approaching the following fence - struck 8th - squeezed for room and dropped away 4 out - nothing left to give and faded to finish fifth
Brian Hughes
Peter Niven
Tracked leaders on the rail early - stumbled slightly 3rd and dropped back before 5th - mistake again 7th but rallied briefly after - dropped away from 4 out - finished well held in 6th
Patrick Wadge
Lucinda Russell
Set the pace early - handed up front by 3rd and dropped away by 6th - scrappy over 7th - well off the pace by 9th before being pulled up
Non-runners: Asta La Pasta (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.