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Richard Williams Memorial Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m5f150y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-110, 7 runners
Winning time 5m 27.66s
- Going
- Good To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 15 fences
Result
Ben Jones
Ben Pauling
Shared front spot early - moved ahead before 2nd and opened a three-length advantage on a brisk gallop - extended the margin approaching 3 out - stayed on comfortably to win
James Best
Richard Mitford-Slade
Shared front spot early - settled into second - urged forward before 3 out - lost placing to winner before 2 out - driven into last but stayed on to finish second
Freddie Gingell
Joe Tizzard
Settled mid-pack early - jumped poorly at 1st - made progress from 9th - driven on 4 out then urged again before 3 out - scrappy jump 2 out - closed on front two after last - lost momentum near the line
Isabelle Ryder (5)
Jamie Snowden
Contested front spot early - settled into third soon after - lost touch with pace beyond four out - edged closer approaching two out before fading after the final fence
Rian Corcoran (7)
Jimmy Frost
Held up at the back - errors 6th and left at 7th - pushed along after 8th - retired before the next
Kevin Brogan
Neil Mulholland
Held up at the back throughout - blundered 5 out then drifted right losing all momentum 4 out - eased out of contention approaching 3 out
Paddy Hanlon (5)
Syd Hosie
Settled towards the back - lost touch with the field - eased out and pulled up before the 6th
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.