Carlisle
16:15
Happy Birthday Tony And Nora Wootten Handicap Chase
Carlisle Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 Distance: 3m½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £23.90 Place: £5.20 £2.50 £1.40 Exacta: £152.20 Tricast: £227.80 Trifecta: £728
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Who's In The Box (IRE) 8 G Poor Nick Kent 158 lbs 14/1 Won Prominent - pushed along and went second 3 out - led narrowly 2 out - soon ridden - stayed on (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had benefitted from the drop in grade from a Class 3 to a Class 5)(tchd 16/1)
2nd 9 Aire Valley Lad (GB) 9 G AVG Sue Smith 161 lbs 6/1 2.75 Pressed leader - led 4th - headed and raced in second 7th - led again 5 out - pushed along 3 out - headed 2 out - ridden run-in - stayed on but always held(tchd 7/1)
3rd 10 Patient Owner (IRE) 8 G Poor Henry Oliver 157 lbs 7/4F 9 In touch with leaders - not fluent 5 out - soon pushed along - ridden after 3 out - went third just after 2 out - soon no extra(tchd 15/8)
4th 12 Cudgel (GB) 12 G AVG James Walton 144 lbs 25/1 9 In rear - pushed along 4 out - ridden and stayed on after 2 out - went poor fourth towards finish(op 28/1)
5th 7 Trevelyn's Corn (IRE) N/A Poor Micky Hammond 162 lbs 10/1 1.5 Midfield on outer - headway when mistake 12th - pushed along and made challenge 3 out - ridden and weakened from 2 out(op 9/1)
6th 11 Kalaharry (IRE) 10 G AVG Ewan Whillans 154 lbs 33/1 1 Never better than mid-division(op 22/1)
7th 6 Dawn Raider (IRE) N/A Poor Gary Hanmer 166 lbs 12/1 1.25 Towards rear of midfield - mistake 1st - some headway 5 out - ridden and weakened after 3 out(op 9/1)
8th 13 To The Limit (IRE) N/A AVG Stuart Coltherd 142 lbs 7/1 16 Led narrowly - headed and prominent 4th - bumped 5th - dropped to midfield halfway - ridden 4 out - soon weakened (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 15/2)
9th 2 Speak Of The Devil (IRE) N/A Poor Lucinda Russell 168 lbs 28/1 2.75 Midfield - blundered 2nd - lost position 2nd - struggling towards rear from 5 out(op 25/1)
10th 1 Another Emotion (FR) N/A Poor Warren Greatrex 170 lbs 25/1 31 Prominent on outer - led narrowly 7th - headed 5 out - ridden and weakened after 4 out(op 20/1)
11th 5 Along Long Story (IRE) 5 G Poor Micky Hammond 166 lbs 125/1 1.25 Held up in midfield - weakened and behind after 5 out(op 50/1)
99th 14 Espoir Moriviere (FR) N/A Poor Rose Dobbin 135 lbs 25/1 - Prominent - jumped right and bumped rival 5th - pushed along and lost position 12th - soon struggling - behind when pulled up before last(op 20/1)
99th 3 Fix At All (FR) 8 G AVG Michael Scudamore 167 lbs 18/1 - Midfield - jumped right and mistake 13th - jumped right 5 out - ridden and weakened after 4 out - pulled up before last(op 16/1 tchd 14/1)
99th 4 Chris Cool (GB) 8 G AVG Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 167 lbs 11/2 - In rear - hit 9th - mistake and sprawled on landing 10th - soon pulled up (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the 10th fence causing him to pull up)(op 8/1)