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Ayr
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Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Guide Handicap Chase
Ayr Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 Distance: 2m5½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £5 Place: £1.80 £2.20 £1.90 Exacta: £30.70 Tricast: £130.49 Trifecta: £161.30
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m½f 3m 3m½f 2m4½f 2m6½f
1st
Disputed lead - not fluent and lost position 8th - not fluent 10th - niggled along before 4 out - ridden and outpaced after 3 out - rallied last - kept on strongly and led towards finish
5 G AVG
Lucinda Russell 153 lbs 7/2 Won
3m 2m4f 3m 3m 2m7½f
2m1f 2m½f 2m½f 2m1f 2m4f
2nd
Took keen hold - held up in last - headway before 4 out - ridden after 3 out - ridden and went second after 2 out - led run-in - kept on but headed towards finish - just held(op 7/1)
11 G AVG
N W Alexander 163 lbs 6/1 .75
2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m4½f 3m1½f
2m3½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m3f 2m4½f
3rd
Led narrowly - not fluent 4 out - pushed along after 3 out - ridden when 3 lengths ahead 2 out - faced challenge last - no extra and headed run-in(op 7/1 tchd 15/2)
10 G Poor
Rebecca Menzies 161 lbs 13/2 2
2m4f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f
2m6½f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m7½f 2m3½f
4th
Held up in rear - pushed along and some headway before 4 out - ridden after 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 11/2 tchd 9/2)
8 G AVG
Stuart Coltherd 165 lbs 5/1 6
2m4½f 2m 1m7f 2m4½f 2m4½f
2m5f 2m5½f 2m4f 3m½f
5th
Held up in rear - headway on outer 11th - slow jump and dropped to rear 12th - ridden and no impression before 3 out(op 13/2)
N/A Poor
Nicky Richards 170 lbs 8/1 6
3m
2m 2m4½f 3m½f 3m 2m4½f
6th
Took keen hold - midfield - headway before 13th - pushed along before 3 out - ridden before 2 out - weakened quickly approaching last (jockey said gelding weakened quickly after the last fence; vet reported that a post-race examination found the gelding to have lost his right fore shoe)(op 10/3)
6 G AVG
Sandy Thomson 164 lbs 3/1F 18
2m7½f 3m 2m4½f 2m4f
2m4f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m5½f
99th
Midfield - ridden and dropped to rear before 13th - pulled up before 4 out(op 16/1 tchd 14/1)
N/A AVG
N W Alexander 167 lbs 18/1 -
-
2m4½f 3m1f 3m1½f 3m3½f
99th
Prominent - pushed along 10th - ridden before 4 out - weakened quickly before 3 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 10/1 tchd 14/1)
10 G Poor
Olly Murphy 167 lbs 12/1 -
3m 2m3½f