16:35
Aldiss Handicap Chase
Class 5, 3m38y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-100, 4 runners
Winning time 6m 6.49s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 18 fences
Result
Tabitha Worsley (3)
Sarah Humphrey
Settled third early - moved into second after four out - closed on pace-setter three out - roused to hit the front before two out and opened a gap - nudged along again after the last - allowed to coast home for the win
Lewis Stones (3)
Caroline Fryer
Set the pace early - urged along after 3 out - overtaken and driven along before 2 out - dropped away and eased out of contention before the final fence
Jack Quinlan
Tom Gretton
Pulled hard in second - blundered at the 2nd - scrappy at the 9th and 10th - driven after the 13th and again at the 14th - dropped away rapidly approaching 3 out - long adrift when pulled up before 2 out
Mr Cian Murphy (7)
Lucy Wadham
Drifted right over the fences - settled at the back - blundered at the 11th - driven after the 13th - adrift after the 14th and pulled up before 3 out
Non-runners: Crac De Megaudais (vet's certificate, bitten)
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.