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Holland Cooper 'Chasing Excellence' Novices' Chase (GBB Race)
Class 2, 2m, Chase, 4yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 3m 54.65s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 13 fences
Result
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Tracked pace-setter with rivals detached behind - hit front 4 out and opened daylight into straight - drifted left when asked for extra approaching finish - stayed on to score
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
Settled towards the rear early - made ground into contention approaching 4 out - moved into second before 2 out - kept on to the line without troubling the winner
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Held up in 4th early - moved into 2nd after 3 out but blundered and made no headway - dropped back from 2nd soon after - held on for 3rd without finding more
Eoin Staples
Gavin Cromwell
Drifted left at the opening fence - tracked from the tail of the field - scrappy three out before edging into fourth after it - stayed on in that position at the finish
Alex Harvey
John C McConnell
Handy behind the front pair early - dropped a place by the 4th - faded from 4 out and finished well held
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Held up at the back - lost touch with the front group throughout - blundered 3 out and pulled up before the following fence
Jay Tidball
Paul Nicholls
Set the pace well ahead of the field - overtaken four out then blundered - dropped away from second spot soon after - faded sharply and was pulled up before two 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.