16:05
'Join Ladbrokes Bet 5 Get 30' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Class 2, 2m4f110y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-150, 9 runners
Winning time 5m 6.95s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 16 fences
Result
Nico de Boinville
Nicky Henderson
Tracked the front group early - roused along three out - upped alongside the pacesetter two out - hit the front and opened a gap alongside one rival - met the final fence cleanly and stayed on strongly to the finish
Miss Olive Nicholls (5)
Paul Nicholls
Drifted right on occasion early - tracked the pace - hit the front 4th - roused approaching 3 out - matched for the lead 2 out - lost that spot but broke away with the winner - hampered take-off at the last and could find no more late
Ben Jones
Ben Pauling
Settled midfield early - closed on the front group approaching 4 out then pushed into third by 3 out - unable to match leading pair from 2 out - stayed on for third
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
Set the pace early - lost the advantage at the 4th and pushed along approaching 3 out - dropped away before 2 out to finish well held
Ciaran Gethings
Jane Williams
Held a leading spot early - mistake at 7th - urged forward after 4 out - shifted course before 3 out - had nothing left when asked and weakened before the last
Tom Bellamy
Alan King
Settled in the pack - pushed along after 4 out with little response - dropped away from 3 out to finish well held
Harry Atkins (7)
Dan Skelton
Held up at rear - blundered second - never a threat - well held in 7th
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Settled at the back early - lost touch after mistake at 11th - never in the hunt from 12th - finished a distant 8th
Charlie Todd
Dan Skelton
Settled among the pack early - dropped to the rear soon after and off the bridle by the 11th - well adrift from before 4 out and finished last of the runners
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.