GBNewton Abbot Races

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Newton Abbot
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William Hill Leading Racecourse Bookmaker Handicap Chase
Newton Abbot Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 Distance: 3m2f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.80 Place: £2 £2.40 £5.80 Exacta: £30.30 Tricast: £601.49 Trifecta: £260.70
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 7 Friends Don't Ask (GB) 9 G AVG Martin Smith 157 lbs 7/2 Won Made virtually all - jumped right and mistake 9th - awkward jump and headed and chased leader 10th - led again 11th - pushed along and 5 lengths ahead before 2 out - kept on well and eased towards finish
2nd 3 Mr Mafia (IRE) N/A Good Martin Keighley 165 lbs 9/1 5.5 Chased winner - good jump and led 10th - headed and chased winner 11th - ridden after 3 out - no impression and mistake 2 out - kept on - always held(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
3rd 4 Danboru (IRE) N/A Poor Tim Vaughan 164 lbs 22/1 1 Chased leaders - blundered 17th - soon ridden - no impression after 3 out - went third but no chance with winner run-in (vet reported the gelding was found to have a wound on his right-fore heel)(op 18/1 tchd 25/1)
4th 5 N/A Poor Neil Mulholland 163 lbs 6/1 6 Towards rear of midfield - headway 15th - prominent in chasing group 17th - ridden after 3 out - soon no impression - weakened approaching last(op 8/1)
5th 6 Heavey (GB) N/A Poor Neil Mulholland 161 lbs 9/2 1.75 Held up in rear - headway 15th - in touch with leaders and mistake 17th - weakened before 2 out - well held when mistake last(op 7/2)
6th 1 Ballyegan Hero (IRE) N/A Poor Paul Henderson 170 lbs 3/1F 0.3 Chased leaders - pushed along 15th - mistake 16th - weakened before 2 out(op 4/1)
99th 9 Findusatgorcombe (GB) N/A Poor Jimmy Frost 154 lbs 25/1 - Chased leaders - ridden and dropped to rear when hampered 14th - behind from 15th - tailed off when pulled up last(op 20/1)
99th 8 Plantagenet (GB) N/A Poor Seamus Mullins 152 lbs 9/1 - Always towards rear - reminder after 11th - ridden and dropped to rear 15th - soon behind - pulled up before straight(tchd 11/1)
99th 2 Easyrun De Vassy (FR) N/A AVG Paul Nicholls 166 lbs 12/1 - Ran in snatches - midfield - lost position and dropped to rear when reminders 6th - reminders after 11th - headway and chased leaders after 12th - blundered and lost position 14th - behind from 15th - saddle slipped and pulled up before straight (jockey said saddle slipped)(op 17/2)