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Gary Wood Memorial Handicap Chase
Newcastle Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 Distance: 2m½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £6 Place: £2 £3.40 £1.30 Exacta: £84.60 Tricast: £219.06 Trifecta: £496.70
Non-Runners: Rocco Storm (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Ritson (IRE) 9 G Poor
Rebecca Menzies 165 lbs 5/1 Won Midfield - steady headway from 8th - went fourth but ridden 3 out - stayed on and went third before 2 out - ridden and kept on strongly approaching last - led last - went clear run-in - comfortably(tchd 6/1)
2nd 7 Six One Nine (IRE) 9 G Poor
Chris Grant 150 lbs 18/1 9 Led - went clear 2nd - reduced lead omitted 4th - pushed along briefly and headed 7th - pushed along 4 out - ridden 3 out - outpaced and held approaching last - kept on final 110yds - went second again towards finish(op 6/1)
3rd 3 McGarry (IRE) N/A Poor
Stuart Coltherd 164 lbs 7/4F .5 Prominent - pushed along to lead before 3 out - not fluent and ridden 3 out - ridden and hard pressed approaching last - headed when hit last - outpaced run-in - weakened inside final 110yds - lost second towards finish(op 5/1 tchd 6/4 and tchd 11/2)
4th 5 Coolmoyne (GB) 9 G Poor
Simon Waugh 158 lbs 28/1 5.5 Prominent - led 7th - good jump 8th - another good jump 9th - pushed along and headed before 3 out - ridden and weakened before 2 out(op 22/1 tchd 20/1 and tchd 33/1)
5th 6 Fourth Of July (IRE) 5 G Poor
R Mike Smith 156 lbs 10/1 3 Midfield - pushed along before 4 out - ridden and outpaced before 3 out - soon held - kept on but no impression from 2 out(op 8/1 tchd 15/2 and tchd 14/1)
6th 10 Budarri (GB) 11 G Poor
Stuart Coltherd 148 lbs 16/1 16 Midfield - mistake and lost ground 9th - weakening when mistake 3 out - soon lost touch(op 10/1 tchd 9/1)
7th 2 Edmond Dantes (FR) N/A Poor
Ruth Jefferson 168 lbs 100/30 14 Towards rear - reminders 7th - outpaced and ridden 9th - slow jump and weakened 3 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(tchd 3/1 and tchd 5/1)
8th 9 Roxyfet (FR) N/A Poor
Micky Hammond 149 lbs 50/1 7 Held up in rear - outpaced and pushed along 9th - slow jump and struggling 4 out - soon lost touch - tailed off(op 33/1 tchd 28/1)
99th 11 Chemical Warfare (IRE) 8 G AVG
Tjade Collier 146 lbs 13/2 - Held up in rear - bad mistake and nearly lost jockey 4th - brief headway 4 out - ridden 4 out - slow jump and weakened 3 out - pulled up approaching last(op 9/2 tchd 7/1)
99th 8 Choix Des Armes (FR) N/A AVG
Alison Hamilton 147 lbs 33/1 - Prominent - bad mistake and unseated rider 1st(op 28/1 tchd 40/1)