Huntingdon
14:25
Keith Sherwood "Oi Oi Gentle" Memorial Handicap Chase
Huntingdon Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2023 Distance: 2m7½f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £8.50 Place: £3.50 £2 Exacta: £25.90 Trifecta: £67.70
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Prominent - pushed along 11th - badly hampered by faller 14th - recovered to lead 15th - ridden and went clear before 2 out - went further clear run-in - ridden out(op 8/1 tchd 17/2)
N/A AVG Sarah Humphrey 163 lbs 15/2 Won
2nd
In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield before 3rd - left in third 14th - pushed along after 15th - ridden before 2 out - held approaching last - eased towards finish(op 10/3)
8 G Poor John Groucott 160 lbs 7/2 20
3rd
Prominent - led before 3rd - not fluent 11th - headed when left in lead 14th - pushed along and headed 15th - ridden and weakened before 2 out (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that race had come too soon for gelding - having run five days ago at Leicester; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities other than he had lost his right front shoe)(op 9/4)
9 G AVG Caroline Fryer 156 lbs 2/1F 81
99th
Always towards rear - detached 8th - tailed off when pulled up before 12th(tchd 12/1 and tchd 16/1)
N/A Poor John Cornwall 147 lbs 14/1 -
99th
Held up in rear - not fluent and pushed along 8th - pecked on landing 11th - hit 12th - lost touch 14th - pulled up before 2 out (trainer said a post-race endoscopic examination revealed gelding had blood in his trachea)(op 11/2 tchd 13/2)
7 G Poor Suzy Smith 159 lbs 6/1 -
99th
In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield before 3rd - in rear when ridden 10th - struggling when pulled up before 14th(op 20/1 tchd 25/1)
5 G Poor Ben Pauling 168 lbs 22/1 -
99th
Led - headed before 3rd - led again when sprawled on landing and unseated rider 14th(tchd 16/5)
N/A Poor David Pipe 149 lbs 100/30 -