Newcastle
15:45
Quinnbet Quarterback Handicap Chase (Go North One Man Series Qualifier)
Newcastle Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 Distance: 2m½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £5 Place: £1.80 £2.20 £2.20 Exacta: £26.60 Tricast: £111.18 Trifecta: £134.80
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Gandhi Maker (FR) 9 G AVG Stuart Coltherd 157 lbs 4/1 Won Led - headed but pressed leader after 3rd - led again before 5 out - ridden and went clear after 2 out - reduced lead final 110yds - stayed on (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from being ridden more positively over a shorter trip)(op 15/2)
2nd 9 Chemical Warfare (IRE) 8 G AVG Tjade Collier 144 lbs 5/1 1.25 Taken down early - held up in rear - not fluent 1st - headway when jumped left 4 out - ridden and went second last - kept on - no match for winner(tchd 9/2)
3rd 3 Coolmoyne (GB) 9 G Poor Simon Waugh 155 lbs 11/2 3.75 Jumped right throughout - midfield - headway and prominent 5 out - pushed along and outpaced 3 out - rallied and went third inside final 110yds - no match for first two
4th 1 Don't Talk (GER) 8 G AVG Karl Thornton 168 lbs 7/2F 1.75 Took keen hold - prominent - bumped 1st - went second 5 out - pushed along 3 out - outpaced and lost second last - soon no extra(op 3/1 tchd 4/1)
5th 10 Johnny Mac (IRE) 9 G Poor Tom Gretton 142 lbs 20/1 2.75 Held up in rear - steady headway 8th - pushed along and outpaced before 4 out - rallying when not fluent last - not reach leaders(op 14/1)
6th 8 Zihuatanejo (IRE) N/A Poor Sandy Forster 144 lbs 14/1 1.25 Took keen hold - towards rear - steady headway and in touch with leaders 8th - ridden and hung left after 4 out - weakened 2 out (vet said gelding had bled from the nose)(op 11/1)
7th 4 Fourth Of July (IRE) 5 G Poor R Mike Smith 153 lbs 7/1 1.25 Midfield - not fluent and lost position 6th - rallied and prominent 5 out - ridden 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 13/2)
8th 6 Budarri (GB) 11 G Poor Stuart Coltherd 147 lbs 16/1 1.25 In rear throughout(op 14/1)
9th 7 Choix Des Armes (FR) N/A AVG Alison Hamilton 147 lbs 16/1 3.25 Took keen hold - midfield on inner - lost position and struggling 5 out - soon beaten (jockey said gelding hung right-handed throughout)(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
10th 11 Andre Le Notre (GB) 5 G Poor Pauline Robson 142 lbs 16/1 12 Took keen hold - prominent - jumped right and bumped rival 1st - mistake and lost position 6th - soon struggling - beaten before 4 out(op 12/1)
99th 5 Kingston King (IRE) N/A Poor Jake Thomas Coulson 152 lbs 66/1 - Jumped slightly right throughout - pressed leader - led after 3rd - headed before 5 out - ridden and weakened before 4 out - no chance when jumped badly right 3 out - soon pulled up(op 33/1)