16:50
Sodexo Live! Veterans' Handicap Chase
Class 2, 3m, Chase, 10yo+, Rated 0-150, 3 runners
Winning time 6m 4.66s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 20 fences
Result
Callum Pritchard (3)
Debra Hamer
Set the pace from the off - challenged briefly approaching the 15th - holding the advantage two out before being asked for effort and edging away - kept finding under pressure to the line
Sean Bowen
Nick Scholfield
Jumping none too clean early - settled towards the back - blundered and lost touch at the 17th - closed ground before the last to move into second - unable to trouble winner at the finish
Freddie Gingell
Joe Tizzard
Sat close to the front early - pushed into contention approaching the 15th - edged out after two out then dropped away up the run-in
Non-runners: Certainly Red (self certificate)
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.