Stratford Races
Stratford
16:22
Marion Wright Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Stratford
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023
Distance: 2m3½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £5.40
Place: £2.50 £4.80
Exacta: £52.70
Trifecta: £300.70
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Gold Link (FR) | 9 G | AVG | Emma Lavelle | 161 lbs | 4/1 | Won | Prominent - not fluent 10th - went second 3 out - led 2 out - pushed along last - comfortably(op 7/2 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 2nd | 1 | Sophosc (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Ian Williams | 168 lbs | 11/1 | 8 | Towards rear of midfield - hit 4 out - headway 3 out - went second after 2 out - 5 lengths down when mistake last - no match for winner(op 16/1) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Go Fox (GB) | 9 G | Poor | Neil King | 142 lbs | 10/1 | 5 | Raced in second - led 4th - headed 2 out - soon lost second - weakened approaching last(op 11/1 tchd 17/2) | ||
| 4th | 3 | Norley (IRE) | 9 G | AVG |
Beau Morgan
(5)lbs
|
Ben Pauling | 161 lbs | 11/4 | 8.5 | Towards rear but in touch with leaders - mistake 9th - hampered 10th - headway 4 out - mistake 3 out - outpaced 2 out - weakened before last(op 3/1 tchd 5/2) | |
| 5th | 2 | Opening Bid (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Chris Down | 166 lbs | 13/8F | 2.25 | Taken down early - prominent - lost position 4 out - slow jump 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 15/8) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Magistrato (FR) | 6 G | AVG |
Chris Ward
(3)lbs
|
Deborah Cole | 156 lbs | 8/1 | 9.5 | Took keen hold - carried head awkwardly - led - bad mistake and headed 4th - lost second 3 out - soon weakened(op 13/2 tchd 6/1) | |
| 99th | 7 | Tremwedge (GB) | N/A | Poor | Rob Summers | 142 lbs | 100/1 | - | Slow jump 1st - always behind - pulled up before 4 out(op 22/1) |