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Halloween Raceday Handicap Chase
Class 5, 2m1f77y, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-105, 9 runners
Winning time 4m 16.28s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 fences
Result
Toby Wynne
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Settled midfield early - baulked when rival came down at the opening fence - dropped towards the back - caught the third - driven up approaching two out and moved into third - closing on the front-runner when handed control at the last - stayed on to win
Jonathan Burke
Fergal O'Brien
Went straight to front - lost command 3 out and driven to keep tempo - back under pressure before 2 out - kept battling to share second at the last but only one gear at the finish
Gavin Sheehan
Billy Aprahamian
Sat behind the pace early - clipped 3rd fence and driven on after 3 out - soon under no impression - promoted to 4th at the last - claimed 3rd on the run to the line
Peter Kavanagh
Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith
Sat up with the front pack - pressed for effort 3 out and losing ground when bumped in the scrap for second at the last - unable to find more after
Brian Hughes
Donald McCain
Held up at back - impeded by fallen rival at 1st then driven up 4 out - dropped away beaten after 3 out
James Best
Sarah-Jayne Davies
Handy early - came down at the opening fence
Craig Nichol
Sam Allwood
Held a midfield position - untidy over the opening fence and driven into contention three out - lost ground after the next then came down at the final fence
Conor O'Farrell
Kerry Lee
Tracked pace early - jumped awkwardly 4th - went clear in front 3 out and extended lead 2 out - travelling strongly but fell at the last
Ben Smith (7)
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Settled midfield early - blundered badly at the opening obstacle veering right with tack shifting and rider losing footing in the stirrups - soon eased and pulled up
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.