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bet365 Handicap Chase (Challenger Middle Distance Chase Series Qualifier)
Newcastle Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £9 Place: £3.40 £1.70 Exacta: £32.50 Trifecta: £93.40
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Valence d'Aumont (FR) 10 G AVG Sue Smith 154 lbs 8/1 Won Chased leader - not fluent 2nd - not fluent 4th - not fluent when close up 8th - 1 length down 12th - shaken up and led 3 out - pushed along when 2 lengths ahead 2 out - mistake last - ridden out run-in(op 15/2 tchd 10/1)
2nd 6 Scottish Accent (IRE) N/A AVG Rebecca Menzies 139 lbs 5/2F 2.5 Chased leader - towards rear after 2nd - not fluent 5th - headway and prominent with one circuit to go - lost position before 11th - pushed along and rallied before 12th - kept on and close up 3 out - kept on but always held(op 3/1)
3rd 3 Fete Champetre (IRE) 9 G AVG Rose Dobbin 158 lbs 100/30 10 Towards rear - awkward jump 2nd - mistake 8th - headway and chased leader when not fluent 12th - pushed along when not fluent 3 out - kept on and went third before 2 out - no extra approaching last - soon weakened(op 4/1 tchd 3/1)
4th 2 Brelan D'As (FR) N/A Poor Ben Haslam 160 lbs 5/1 .75 Raced in last - nudged along and some headway home turn - mistake 12th - ridden and kept on after 3 out - never on terms (gelding collided with the running rail leaving the parade ring; having been examined by the vet at the start - gelding was deemed fit to race)(op 4/1)
5th 1 Defi Sacre (FR) N/A Poor Richard Hobson 161 lbs 7/2 6 Led - not fluent 1st - not fluent 10th - 1 length ahead when hit 12th - headed 3 out - ridden and lost position before 2 out - bad mistake 2 out - soon weakened(op 10/3 tchd 4/1)
6th 5 Ard Chros (IRE) N/A AVG Stuart Coltherd 145 lbs 9/1 5.5 Chased leader - lost position with one circuit to go - niggled along when towards rear before 7th - reminder after 9th - dropped to last and pushed along home turn - kept on but no impression home straight