Virgin Bet Handicap Chase (Go North Monet's Garden Series Qualifier)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Ard Chros (IRE) | N/A | AVG | Stuart Coltherd | 160 lbs | 7/1 | Won | Made all - left clear 3rd - idled and reminder with one circuit to go - reduced lead after 9th - mistake 10th - increased tempo and went clear again before 11th - not fluent 11th - soon reduced lead - pushed along when not fluent 2 out - good jump last - ridden out (trainer said - regarding imrpoved form - that the gelding appreciated the return to Heavy ground on this occasion)(op 15/2 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Broomfields Kan (IRE) | 6 G | Poor |
Jonathon Bewley
(3)lbs
|
George Bewley | 153 lbs | 11/1 | 1.5 | Chased clear leader - mistake 9th - headway after 9th - went second before 10th - shaken up before 11th - kept on from 2 out - always held(op 7/1) | |
| 3rd | 6 | Wee Small Hours (IRE) | 13 G | Poor | M M Rice | 151 lbs | 11/1 | 3.25 | Towards rear - headway after 10th - shaken up when left in third 11th - pushed along before 2 out - not fluent last - ridden and no extra run-in(tchd 12/1) | ||
| 4th | 1 | If Not For Dylan (IRE) | 9 G | AVG |
William Shanahan
(7)lbs
|
Andrew Hamilton | 168 lbs | 5/1 | 2.5 | Held up in last - mistake 10th - shaken up and headway before 11th - hampered by faller after 11th - pushed along and keeping on when not fluent 2 out - no extra when not fluent last(op 4/1) | |
| 5th | 2 | Caboy (FR) | N/A | AVG | Lucinda Russell | 166 lbs | 9/2J | 40 | Midfield - mistake 9th - not fluent 10th - pushed along and lost position before 11th - soon got behind - not fluent and weakened after 3 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the geldings performance other than the jockey reported that the gelding ran flat)(op 4/1) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Knocknamona (IRE) | 12 G | AVG | Micky Hammond | 156 lbs | 9/2J | 11 | Always towards rear (trainer could offer no explanation for the geldings performance other than the gelding is an inconsistent type)(op 5/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 99th | 9 | Choctaw Brave (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Tim Reed | 143 lbs | 12/1 | - | Chased clear leader - not fluent 1st - headway after 9th - went third before 10th - shaken up when fell 11th(op 22/1) | ||
| 99th | 8 | Newberry New (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Harriet Bethell | 144 lbs | 15/2 | - | Chased clear leader - lost position before 8th - rallied and headway after 9th - not fluent 10th - soon pushed along and dropped to rear - tailed off when pulled up before 11th(op 8/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Mymilan (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Sandy Thomson | 150 lbs | 15/2 | - | Went clear with winner - not fluent 1st - bad mistake and unseated rider 3rd(tchd 7/1) |
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