14:55
Tileform Handicap Chase
Class 5, 1m7f133y, Chase, 5yo+, Rated 0-100, 6 runners
Winning time 4m 13.26s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 fences
Result
Jonathan England
Sam England
Sat just behind the front group - still travelling strongly near the last - driven up to hit the front on the run-in and stay on strongly to win
Derek Fox
Stuart Coltherd
Set the pace early - challenged approaching final obstacle then overtaken in the run-in under pressure - couldn't find more and held on for second
Patrick Wadge
Sandy Forster
Handy in the pack - pressed for effort after the second-last - lost momentum in the closing stages to finish third
Alan Doyle (3)
Lizzie Quinlan
Held up at the rear - improved into fourth 4 out - eased back before the last
Peter Kavanagh
Lizzie Quinlan
Up with the front group early - serious blunder at the 2nd fence saw it fall back to last - nudged along 6th - hampered 7th and well adrift thereafter
Lorcan Murtagh
Barry Murtagh
Settled with the pack early - clipped a fence 7th and knocked another runner off stride while losing momentum - laboured badly next - well beaten after two out and eased to a halt
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.