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Bet With On Course Bookmakers Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)
Class 4, 2m6½f, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, 4 runners
Winning time 5m 51.57s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Result
Gavin Sheehan
Jamie Snowden
dropped out at the back - scrappy jumping at the 3rd - four lengths adrift before 7th - made ground after 3 out - close up 2 out - went to the front before the last - kept on strongly to pull away near the finish - won
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
Made running - jumped untidily 1st - three lengths up after 5th - advantage cut 8th - overtaken before 9th - slipped to third on bend after 2 out - fought back to take second approaching last - pursued winner on run-in - no match for that rival late on
Tristan Durrell
Dan Skelton
Prominent in second spot - went on before 9th - jumping errors 4 out then pushed along and passed before the last - tired on run-in to finish 3rd
Jonathan Burke
Emma Lavelle
Prominent in third early - error at the 13th then slipped to rear by 3 out - pushed along to close on front pair after 2 out - faded tamely after the last to finish 4th
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.