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Land O Plums Clives Of Copthorne Handicap Steeple Chase (ARC Summer Chase Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m7f, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, 9 runners
Winning time 5m 48.52s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Benjamin Macey (5)
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill
set the pace - awkward and needed encouragement at the 11th - urged forward after 3 out as a challenger loomed - awkward again at the last - overtaken in the run-in - fought back to retake the front close home
James Bowen
Mickey Bowen
close up early - roused and closing on the front-runner 3 out - hit the front in the run-in - overtaken close home
Sean Bowen
Jack Jones
up with the front pair - awkward 3 out - soon urged forward and stayed on at an even gallop
Ben Jones
Ben Pauling
settled off the pace - urged forward before 3 out - made headway 2 out - up to a modest fourth at the last where awkward without finding more
Tom Bellamy
Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls
raced in the pack - urged forward before 3 out - stayed on but never a danger
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds
raced in the pack and made ground before 4 out - urged forward before 3 out and blundered there - soon off the pace
Tom Broughton (3)
Fergal O'Brien
settled off the pace - pushed along before 3 out and made a mistake there - soon dropped away
Sam Twiston-Davies
Warren Greatrex
settled off the pace - pushed along before 4 out - failed to get competitive
Jamie Brace (5)
Stephen Allen
raced in the pack - urged forward and dropped a position before 4 out - soon faded
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.