Plumpton Races
Plumpton
13:10
Harry Philips Birthday Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Plumpton
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023
Distance: 2m3½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.50
Place: £1.80 £1.60
Exacta: £7.20
Tricast: £19.55
Trifecta: £25.10
Non-Runners: Red Windsor (self certificate)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7 | Oxygen (FR) | 6 G | AVG | Venetia Williams | 154 lbs | 5/2 | Won | In touch with leaders - prominent after 2nd - hit 5th - led after 9th - hit 4 out - soon raced in second - led again before 2 out - ridden inside final 110yds - kept on(op 2/1 tchd 11/4) | ||
| 2nd | 5 | Pepe Le Moko (FR) | 7 G | AVG | Jane Williams | 159 lbs | 2/1F | .75 | Travelled strongly - prominent - not fluent 6th - lost ground before 8th - headway after 10th - hit 4 out - not fluent 2 out - went second approaching last - kept on run-in(op 15/8) | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Scarface (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Joe Tizzard | 163 lbs | 9/2 | 7 | Didn't jump well - in touch with leaders - lost ground 8th - headway before 4 out - outpaced after 3 out - rallied before 2 out - kept on and went third run-in - no match for first two(op 5/1) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Mullinaree (IRE) | N/A | AVG | Syd Hosie | 167 lbs | 28/1 | 2.75 | Didn't always jump with fluency - took keen hold - led - headed after 9th - led narrowly 4 out - headed before 2 out - lost position approaching last - soon weakened (jockey said gelding hung left-handed on the final circuit)(op 40/1) | ||
| 5th | 1 | Hardy Fella (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Emma Lavelle | 168 lbs | 5/1 | 1.75 | In touch with leaders - headway and pressed leader 4 out - not fluent 3 out - soon lost ground - mistake 2 out - soon weakened(op 13/2) | ||
| 6th | 8 | Godot (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Andy Irvine | 153 lbs | 33/1 | 0.3 | Prominent - not fluent 5th - outpaced after 10th - rallied when not fluent 4 out - lost ground before 3 out - in rear and no chance before 2 out(op 25/1) | ||
| 7th | 6 | Monjules (FR) | 6 G | Poor | Harry Fry | 159 lbs | 9/1 | 1.5 | Held up in last - detached early - brief headway after 3 out - hit 2 out - no telling impression(op 10/1 tchd 11/1) |