Chepstow
12:00
Coral Committed To Safer Gambling Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Chepstow Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 Distance: 2m Type: Hurdle Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £2.75 Place: £1.40 £2.30 £1.50 Exacta: £20.50 Trifecta: £69.90
Non-Runners: Mr Biggs (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 14 Out Of Office (IRE) 7 G AVG Evan Williams 154 lbs 7/4F Won Made all - shaken up and went clear after 2 out - comfortably(op 15/8 tchd 2/1)
2nd 4 Equinus (IRE) 7 G AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 154 lbs 8/1 7.5 Raced freely - prominent - pressed leader 2nd - pushed along and wandered around just before 3 out - awkward jump 2 out - soon outpaced and ridden - jumped left last - kept on but no match for winner(tchd 15/2 and tchd 17/2)
3rd 1 Gitche Gumee (GB) 5 G AVG Alan King 161 lbs 100/30 5 Jumped left on occasions - in touch with leaders - headway and prominent after 5th - pushed along and mistake 3 out - soon outpaced and hung left - went third approaching last - no impression run-in (jockey said gelding hung left-handed)(tchd 3/1)
4th 6 Half Dozen (IRE) 6 G AVG Paul Nicholls 154 lbs 5/1 4.25 Prominent - pushed along and disputing second when hit 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 10/3)
5th 15 Torula (IRE) 6 G Poor Ben Pauling 147 lbs 10/1 1.25 Towards rear of midfield - pushed along and steady headway from 3 out - stayed on(op 11/1)
6th 2 Ballydisco (IRE) 7 G Poor Philip Hobbs 147 lbs 15/2 3.75 Midfield on outer - in touch with leaders when not fluent 4th - pushed along 3 out - soon outpaced and held(op 17/2)
7th 11 Kap Chidley (FR) 6 G Poor Tim Vaughan 154 lbs 33/1 0.3 Never better than mid-division
8th 7 Inchester d'Amsyl (FR) 7 G Poor Jonjo O'Neill 154 lbs 22/1 0.2 Towards rear - headway into midfield after 5th - pushed along 3 out - ridden after 2 out - made no impression(op 25/1)
9th 3 Celtic Fortune (IRE) 8 G Poor Neil Mulholland 154 lbs 100/1 4 Never better than mid-division(tchd 66/1)
10th 16 West Park Boy (GB) 6 G Poor Philip Hobbs 154 lbs 125/1 .5 Never better than mid-division - hit 2nd(op 100/1 tchd 80/1)
11th 8 Inspector Lynley (GB) 7 G Poor Neil Mulholland 154 lbs 300/1 14 Towards rear of midfield - hit 5th - weakened 3 out(op 250/1)
12th 5 Governor Green (IRE) 4 G AVG Alastair Ralph 154 lbs 33/1 3.75 Didn't jump with fluency - always towards rear(tchd 40/1)
13th 12 Lookingdandy (GB) 6 G Poor Ben Pauling 154 lbs 150/1 0.3 Prominent - not fluent 5th - soon pushed along and outpaced - weakened 3 out(op 100/1)
14th 10 Ito Ditto (FR) 6 G AVG Nicky Martin 154 lbs 80/1 1.5 Raced freely - always towards rear (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 66/1 tchd 100/1)
15th 9 Invincible De Mee (FR) 4 G Poor Tim Vaughan 151 lbs 300/1 8 Midfield - not fluent 5th - weakened 3 out(op 250/1 tchd 400/1)