16:30
Nightingale House Hospice Novices' Handicap Chase
Class 5, 2m1f77y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-100, 8 runners
Winning time 4m 42.53s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 fences 1 omitted
Result
James Best
Harriet Dickin
Sat behind the pace - hit front approaching final 3 - pushed out and stayed on strongly to the line
Lee Edwards
Bernard Llewellyn
Held up early - clumsy 4th - improved into contention by 8th - moved up to second 2 out - pushed out but unable to find more close home
Lucy Gardner
Sue Gardner
Handy early - hit front after 3rd - shared advantage from 8th - blundered and lost place 3 out then unable to find more approaching last
Charlie Price
Robbie Llewellyn
Settled towards the back - made progress before 2 out - lost momentum and clipped heels at the last - finished 4th
Robbie David (7)
Ryan Potter
Held mid-pack early - drifted right at 2nd - up with the front group by 4th - dropped away after 6th - driven approaching 3 out and fading with another right-hand drift 2 out
Theo Gillard
Donald McCain
Sat close up early - hit front 1st - overtaken after 3rd - shared advantage 8th - lost command approaching 2 out - found nothing before falling last
Tom Bellamy
Dominic Elsworth
Settled in the pack - moved up to race in touch with the front group in 5th for a spell - pressed for effort approaching two out - dropped away quickly and was eased out of it before the final fence
Jack Tudor
Christian Williams
Showed in front - baulked at the 1st and relinquished the lead - in touch with the front group until 5th - fell away towards the back 4 out - capitulated at the following fence - withdrawn before 2 out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.