William Hill Leading Racecourse Bookmaker Handicap Chase
| 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 |
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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) |
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