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attheraces.com/marketmovers Handicap Chase
Class 4, 2m4f19y, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, 5 runners
Winning time 5m 5.00s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 15 fences
Result
Ellis Collier (5)
David Thompson
Handy in behind early - hit front 9th - travelling strongly until matched 4 out - pressed after 3 out - clean leap 2 out - eased down last - drifted on run-in but held on to win
Richie McLernon
Ben Haslam
Held up at rear - improved into third 11th - lost touch four out - pressed for effort three out - scrappy over the second-last fence - found extra to move into second last - kept battling to the line but denied by a short margin
Brian Hughes
Iain Jardine
Set the pace early - stumbled slightly and lost command at the 9th - clouted the 11th - closed back up on the pacesetter four out - driven up before three out - lost touch after another slip two out - erred at the last then dropped away
Charlie Hammond
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole
Held up on the rail - jumped poorly at the 10th and driven from the 11th - pressure applied 4 out - kept on at one speed from 2 out without troubling the principals
Craig Nichol
Ewan Whillans
Raced wide behind front group early - slipped to the back after the 8th and hit the 9th awkwardly - urged forward into the home turn - erred badly 4 out - faded from contention after 3 out to finish fifth
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.