16:50
WTW Willis Handicap Steeplechase
3m½f, Chase, 5yo+, 5 runners
Winning time 6m 13.00s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Phillip Enright
Andrew Slattery
went straight to the front - opened up the gap 2nd - gap narrowed 3rd - overtaken 5th where clumsy - back in front after 6th - quickened away before 2 out - well ahead before last - allowed to coast home to win comfortably
Mr R Sugrue (7)
P J Rothwell
soon towards the back and stayed there after 1st - up to 4th after 5th - hesitant leap 12th and slipped to 5th - pushed along in 4th after 4 out - made ground into 2nd 2 out - couldn't get on terms with the easy winner up front - held a distant second through the run-in
Harry Sexton (7)
Thomas Gibney
close up early - went to the front 5th - clumsy 6th and overtaken - holding 3rd at 9th - up to 2nd at 12th - clumsy again 4 out and slipped to 3rd - back into 2nd after 3 out - faded to 3rd 2 out and finished well behind at the back of the field
Darragh O'Keeffe
Henry De Bromhead
held up at the back and stayed there after 1st - holding 5th after 5th - clumsy 7th - up in 4th after 12th - slipped to 5th after 4 out - a mistake at 3 out - soon adrift - faded and pulled up before 2 out
Joshua Halford (7)
M F Morris
close up early - clumsy 2nd and 4th - up to 3rd after 5th - clumsy again in 2nd at 9th - slipped to 3rd at 12th - up to 2nd after 4 out - mistake 3 out and soon back to 3rd - faded in 4th before 2 out and pulled up before last
Non-runners: Teenage Kiss, Astley, Duty Bound, Scalpnagoon
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.