Ascot
15:45
Sodexo Live! Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Ascot Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2023 Distance: 3m Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £23.10 Place: £5.60 £2.70 £1.90 Exacta: £219.80 Tricast: £1088.53 Trifecta: £1673
Non-Runners: Larry (withdrawn; vet's advice)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Took keen hold - held up in rear - not fluent 1st - in touch with leaders 8th - mistake 12th - not fluent 13th - headway 3 out - soon pressed leaders - led going easily before 2 out - hit last - ridden and kept on well run-in(op 16/1 tchd 14/1)
7 G AVG Venetia Williams 152 lbs 20/1 Won
2nd
Took keen hold - prominent - led narrowly after 3 out - headed before 2 out - not fluent 2 out - lost two places approaching last - not fluent but left in second last - no match for winner(op 12/1)
11 G Good Kim Bailey 168 lbs 10/1 6
3rd
Took keen hold - jumped left on occasions - led - jumped badly left 11th - 4 lengths ahead when good jump 12th - much reduced lead 5 out - headed after 3 out - left in third then slightly hampered last - kept on(op 5/1)
10 G AVG Joe Tizzard 161 lbs 11/2 1
4th
Held up in rear - some headway when hampered 5 out - no extra from 2 out - left in modest fourth last(op 16/1)
N/A AVG Gary Moore 142 lbs 20/1 2.25
5th
Took keen hold - towards rear - mistake and pecked on landing 2nd - not fluent 4th - in rear when slightly hampered 5 out - outpaced 3 out - rallied from 2 out - kept on run-in(tchd 4/1 and tchd 11/2)
8 G AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 156 lbs 9/2F 1.25
99th
Raced wide early - midfield - in touch with leaders when bumped 14th - headway and went third 2 out - 2 lengths down and disputing second when fell last(tchd 25/1)
8 G AVG Chris Gordon 137 lbs 22/1 -
99th
Took keen hold - midfield - towards rear 8th - mistake 11th - not fluent 13th - headway before 2 out - 2 lengths down and disputing second when fell last
8 G Poor Gavin Cromwell 142 lbs 5/1 -
99th
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - midfield when mistake 14th - bad mistake and nearly lost jockey 5 out - soon dropped to last - pulled up after 3 out
8 G Good Jonjo O'Neill 161 lbs 11/2 -
99th
Towards rear on inner - carried left 3 out - keeping on when left in fourth then hampered and unseated last(op 22/1)
10 G AVG Dan Skelton 153 lbs 33/1 -
99th
In touch with leaders - lost position then short of room and slightly hampered 13th - hampered 14th - weakened 2 out - hampered and unseated just after last
9 G AVG Jonjo O'Neill 146 lbs 40/1 -
99th
Jumped left on occasions - prominent - in touch with leaders when jumped left 9th - weakened 2 out - mistake then hampered and unseated last(op 9/2)
6 G AVG Ben Pauling 143 lbs 5/1 -
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