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BetMGM Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Class 3, 3m5f190y, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-130, 9 runners
Winning time 7m 51.95s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 21 fences
Result
Richie McLernon
James Owen
Settled midfield early - hesitant over the 12th - given a squeeze after the 16th before losing touch with the front markers 4 out - lost placing entering the straight - still had much ground to make up under pressure 2 out - flew into contention approaching the final fence - hit the front on the run-in - stayed on strongly to score
Ned Fox (5)
Venetia Williams
Raced prominently - untidy at the 6th - driven after the 17th and moved onto the pace - pressing from 4 out - took over before 2 out and quickly drew away - ponderous over the last and the advantage shrank fast - collared on the run-in and emptied late
Peter Kavanagh
Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith
Tracked front-runner - pressed for lead 4 out - driven along and lost place before 2 out - found second wind after last - kept on to finish third
Patrick Wadge
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Broke cleanly to set the pace - urged forward before 4 out - came under pressure soon after - pushed out approaching 3 out - overtaken before 2 out - fought back after the last - unable to find more in the closing stages
Robert Dunne
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Held up in midfield - urged forward approaching 4 out and bustled up behind the front group before 3 out - clumsy at 2 out - dropped away before the last to finish fifth
James Best
Seamus Mullins
Handy on the rail early - hit the deck at the 11th and again at the 16th - pushed along after the latter error - short-lived at the 4th out - dropped away from three out to finish sixth
Danny McMenamin
Peter Atkinson
Settled towards the back early - jumped awkwardly at the 1st and again at the 17th - never a factor and beaten well before the finish
Ryan Mania
R K Watson
Settled at the back - clipped the 13th and pushed along before 4 out - moved left and dropped away 3 out to finish 8th
Conor Rabbitt (5)
Susan Corbett
Held up in the pack - clipped a fence 7th - lacked pace 11th - pushed along after 14th - scrappy jump 15th - stumbled and slipped back 17th - weakened before four out - eased and withdrawn from the contest before the following fence
Non-runners: You Some Girl (unsuitable ground)
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.