15:10
Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Handicap Chase
Class 5, 3m1f210y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-100, 5 runners
Winning time 6m 49.32s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 19 fences
Result
Gavin Sheehan
Christian Williams
Went straight to front - overtaken second time round but stayed close to pace - stumbled a touch 5th - urged forward and dropped back after 4 out - needed encouragement - drifted left 3 out - moved back into second 2 out - veered right and got in a muddle before last - kept fighting up the run-in to nose ahead late
Brendan Powell
Clare Ellam
Handy early - hit front after 2nd - driven and lost advantage before 3 out - two lengths clear in second when put back in charge 2 out - clipped by a riderless rival near the last - kept responding up the run-in - caught in the final strides for a whisker defeat
Benjamin Macey (5)
Samuel Drinkwater
Held up early - urged forward before the 11th and again before the 13th - made ground into contention 4 out - driven 3 out but couldn't find more - finished third
Mr J J Murphy-Knight (7)
Christian Williams
Sat close to pace early - dropped towards back by 3rd then made ground before 10th - asked for effort past 13th - up into third 2 out - kept on under pressure but drifted right on the run-in to finish fourth
Freddie Gingell
Joe Tizzard
Sat behind the front group early - moved through on the inner to strike in front before 3 out then asked for effort - two lengths clear when met the fence awkwardly and parted with rider 2 out
Non-runners: Gata Ban (unsuitable ground), Jack's Jury (self certificate, bruised foot)
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.