Bangor-on-Dee
16:00
Boorer Family Handicap Chase
Bangor-on-Dee Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50 Place: £2 £3 Exacta: £31.30 Trifecta: £109
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Midnight Jewel (GB) 8 G AVG Charlie Longsdon 156 lbs 9/2 Won Took keen hold - prominent - mistake 6th - pressed leader from 10th - led narrowly from 2 out - soon ridden - sustained duel with runner-up after last - kept on and all out(tchd 4/1)
2nd 3 Norley (IRE) 9 G AVG Ben Pauling 163 lbs 11/2 0.2 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - not fluent 6th - steady headway from 7th - pressed leader from 2 out - soon ridden - sustained duel with winner after last - kept on but just held(op 9/2)
3rd 2 Yggdrasil (FR) 8 G Poor David Pipe 164 lbs 3/1 7 Took keen hold - led - mistake 4 out - headed 2 out - soon lost position - weakened run-in(op 11/4 tchd 5/2)
4th 4 Fire Away (IRE) N/A Poor L J Morgan 160 lbs 16/1 8 Towards rear - steady headway after 4th - prominent from 7th - mistake 3 out - lost ground before 2 out - soon weakened(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
5th 7 Joly Maker (IRE) N/A AVG Jonjo O'Neill 155 lbs 16/1 14 Took keen hold - in rear - awkward jump 6th - steady headway after 9th - not fluent 4 out - outpaced after 3 out - weakened from 2 out(op 11/1)
6th 1 Heartbreak Kid (IRE) 9 G Poor Donald McCain 168 lbs 15/8F 17 Prominent - not fluent 4th - lost ground before 9th - not fluent 11th - weakened and no chance from 3 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 11/4)
99th 6 Ridgeway (FR) 4 G AVG Dan Skelton 158 lbs 12/1 - Took keen hold - didn't jump with fluency - in rear - struggling when not fluent 3 out - detached when mistake 2 out - pulled up(op 10/1 tchd 14/1)