Newbury Races
Newbury
15:35
Coral Get Closer To The Action Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Newbury
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022
Distance: 2m6½f
Type: Chase
Going: Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £8
Place: £2.70 £3
Exacta: £47.50
Tricast: £163.94
Trifecta: £220
Non-Runners: Bold Endeavour (unsuitable ground), Doctor Ken (unsuitable ground), Rakhine State (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6 | Tea For Free (IRE) | N/A | Good |
Lilly Pinchin
(3)lbs
|
Charlie Longsdon | 153 lbs | 7/1 | Won | Prominent - led and made rest after 1st - shaken up 2 out - clear when ridden run-in - kept on strongly(op 9/2) | |
| 2nd | 3 | Halo Des Obeaux (FR) | 5 G | AVG | Paul Nicholls | 158 lbs | 6/1 | 6.5 | Raced wide - led - headed after 1st - lost second when mistake 4th - went second again after 7th - lost position 12th - pushed along and hung left from 4 out - 5 lengths third last - went second final strides(op 13/2 tchd 8/1) | ||
| 3rd | 5 | Malinello (GB) | N/A | AVG |
Luca Morgan
(3)lbs
|
Ben Pauling | 154 lbs | 100/30 | 0.3 | Prominent - went second 4 out - ridden 2 out - 2 1/2 lengths down when bad mistake last - no chance with winner run-in - lost second final strides(op 5/1) | |
| 4th | 8 | Surrey Quest (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Nicky Henderson | 153 lbs | 11/4F | 6 | In touch with leaders - not fluent and ridden 3 out - held from 2 out(op 7/2) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Unanswered Prayers (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Chris Gordon | 158 lbs | 5/1 | 18 | In touch with leaders on outer - lost position 11th - ridden and struggling 5 out - stayed on and headway 3 out - weakened from 2 out(op 9/2) | ||
| 99th | 2 | Nothin To Ask (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Fergal O'Brien | 159 lbs | 8/1 | - | Held up in rear - headway 11th - went second 12th - lost position 4 out - soon weakened - behind when pulled up before 2 out(op 11/2) | ||
| 99th | 9 | Eyeofthescorpion (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | Fergal O'Brien | 146 lbs | 12/1 | - | In rear throughout - ridden before 5 out - behind when pulled up before 3 out(tchd 14/1) |