Chepstow Races
Chepstow
15:23
Tom Malone Bloodstock Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Chepstow
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023
Distance: 2m7½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.50
Place: £2 £2.40
Exacta: £12.40
Tricast: £31.80
Trifecta: £39.80
Non-Runners: Any News (unsuitable ground), Jet Of Magic (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Chianti Classico (IRE) | 7 G | Elite | Kim Bailey | 162 lbs | 5/2J | Won | In rear - not fluent 1st - headway 7th - went second after 13th - led 4 out - pushed along after 2 out - comfortably(op 2/1 tchd 15/8) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Pull Again Green (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Fergal O'Brien | 162 lbs | 5/1 | 4.25 | In touch with leaders - lost position 7th - not fluent 8th - headway 4 out - went second just after 3 out - stayed on - no match for winner(op 9/2) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | Inch House (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Jonjo O'Neill | 150 lbs | 5/2J | 10 | In touch with leaders - lost position briefly when bad mistake 12th - hit 4 out - weakened 2 out - mistake but left in third last(op 7/2) | ||
| 4th | 6 | Mario De Pail (FR) | N/A | AVG | Peter Bowen | 159 lbs | 50/1 | 2.5 | Raced in second - disputed lead 10th - led clearly 13th - headed 4 out - lost second when hit 3 out - lost third when bad mistake and jockey lost irons last(op 28/1) | ||
| 5th | 9 | Margaret's Legacy (FR) | 8 G | AVG | Tim Vaughan | 145 lbs | 14/1 | 9.5 | Held up in last - mistake 4th - not fluent 4 out - soon weakened(op 12/1) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Pounding Poet (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Tom Lacey | 164 lbs | 25/1 | 0.05 | Towards rear - headway before 5 out - stumbled and outpaced 4 out - weakened from 2 out(op 16/1 tchd 14/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Ioupy Collonges (FR) | 7 G | Good | Paul Nicholls | 151 lbs | 3/1 | - | Led - joined 10th - lost position 13th - soon weakened quickly and dropped to last - pulled up 5 out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown; vet reported gelding was found to have an irregular heartbeat)(op 10/3 tchd 7/2) |