Huntingdon
16:00
Racing TV Handicap Chase
Huntingdon Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £5 Place: £2 £1.40 Exacta: £11.20 Trifecta: £40.70
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Northern Poet (IRE) 10 G AVG Nick Gifford 156 lbs 4/1 Won Held up in rear - not fluent 2nd - became detached 4th - left in modest fourth just after 10th - not fluent 5 out - went third 3 out - ridden and went second home turn - not fluent but led last - kept on well run-in(op 5/1 tchd 7/2)
2nd 2 William Cody (GB) 7 G AVG Pam Sly 158 lbs 13/8F 4 Held up in rear - midfield 7th - went second when not fluent 10th - led going easily after 3 out - ridden and hard pressed approaching last - soon headed - no extra run-in(op 7/4)
3rd 3 Fanzio (FR) 8 G Poor Richard Hobson 157 lbs 9/1 56 Prominent - lost ground before 10th - mistake 5 out - ridden and dropped to last 3 out - left in remote third just before 2 out(op 17/2)
99th 4 Rooster Cogburn (IRE) N/A AVG Peter Bowen 156 lbs 5/1 - Led - clear 4th - much reduced lead 9th - headed after 3 out - ridden and lost second home turn - pulled up just before 2 out (jockey said gelding ran too free and stopped quickly; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 10/3)
99th 1 Tip Top Mountain (IRE) N/A AVG Robert Walford 159 lbs 100/30 - Prominent - midfield 3rd - mistake 6th - bad mistake and reminder 8th - slow jump 9th - pulled up just after 10th (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the first fence on the last circuit and never travelled thereafter; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 7/2)