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It Pays To Buy Irish Stewart Tory Memorial Open Hunters' Chase
Class 5, 3m1f30y, Chase, 5yo+, 6 runners
Winning time 6m 59.25s
- Going
- Heavy
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 21 fences
Result
Miss Ella Herbison (7)
R C Pudd
Held second early - hit front after the 14th - opened a big gap approaching 3 out - margin narrowed after 2 out - driven out under pressure to hold on
Mr James King
Olly Murphy
Tracked the front group - moved into second after the 16th - lost ground three out - pressed on again after two out - finished strongly but couldn't get to the winner
Mr Frederick Philipson-Stow (7)
Will Biddick
Settled with leaders early - moved into third by the 17th - urged on after three out - found extra from two out - stayed on to the line but outpaced by the front pair
Mr Paddy Barlow (3)
Robert Walford
Raced with plenty of enthusiasm early - sent to the front before losing command after the 14th - beaten off after the 17th and slipped away from the pack - pulled up before three out
Mr Lucas Murphy (7)
Paul Nicholls
Drifted right over fences early - travelling in touch - hit the fifth and dropped away - urged into contention after the seventeenth - untidy four out - toiling three out - pulled up before two out
Mr Jake Bament (7)
Miss M Lawrence
Left-sided over obstacles from the outset - held bottom spot early - dropped a long way adrift before being withdrawn ahead of the 17th
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.