Fakenham Races
Fakenham
14:05
Paddy Power Handicap Chase (Fakenham Double Up Bonus Race)
Fakenham
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022
Distance: 3m
Type: Chase
Going: Good
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £5.10
Place: £1.50 £2 £2.10
Exacta: £24.80
Tricast: £134.97
Trifecta: £165.40
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | Shetland Bus (GER) | 9 G | Poor |
Luke Scott
(7)lbs
|
Dr Richard Newland | 137 lbs | 4/1 | Won | Travelled strongly - midfield - went third 12th - challenging and going best 2 out - led and ridden last - kept on - just did enough(tchd 5/1) | |
| 2nd | 2 | Spiritofthegames (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Dan Skelton | 162 lbs | 5/1 | 0.3 | Held up in rear - steady headway from 9th - went fourth 13th - ridden and went third after 2 out - went second and challenging final 110yds - kept on - always held(op 9/2) | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Topofthecotswolds (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 153 lbs | 7/1 | 1.25 | Led narrowly or disputed lead - bumped 10th - ridden and led 2 out - headed last - lost second and no extra inside final 110yds(op 15/2 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Tommie Beau (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Seamus Mullins | 153 lbs | 7/2F | 14 | Midfield - lost position and dropped to rear 4th - reminder after 11th - ridden after 13th - kept on and went modest fourth approaching last - not pace to challenge | ||
| 5th | 1 | Kap Auteuil (FR) | 10 G | Poor | Toby Lawes | 168 lbs | 5/1 | 7.5 | Led but pestered - jumped right and bumped rival 10th - mistake 12th - ridden and lost position when headed 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 6/1) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Fakir (FR) | 9 G | Poor | Milton Harris | 151 lbs | 11/2 | 8.5 | Towards rear - mistake 12th - pushed along and headway after 14th - struggling and awkward jump 2 out - soon weakened (trainer's rep said gelding made a respiratory noise)(tchd 6/1) | ||
| 7th | 3 | The Vollan (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | L J Morgan | 158 lbs | 12/1 | 8.5 | Towards rear - mistake 11th - headway 12th - struggling when mistake 15th - well behind when mistake 2 out(op 9/1) | ||
| 99th | 6 | Pilbara (GB) | 8 G | Poor | Suzy Smith | 151 lbs | 25/1 | - | Taken down early - prominent - mistake and lost position 12th - dropped to last after 14th - tailed off when pulled up 3 out (trainer reported that a post-race endoscopic examination revealed gelding had blood in his trachea)(op 18/1) |