Exeter
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Join Us On New Year's Day At Exeter Handicap Chase
Exeter Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 Distance: 3m Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £7 Place: £1.90 £1.50 £1.40 Exacta: £49.40 Tricast: £225.60 Trifecta: £316.90
Non-Runners: Ask Me Early (vet's certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 7 Top Of The Bill (IRE) 9 G Good Nigel Twiston-Davies 158 lbs 6/1 Won Pressed leader - led narrowly 6th - not fluent and joined 10th - led clearly 4 out - went further clear before 2 out - kept on well run-in - comfortably(op 11/2)
2nd 6 Run To Milan (IRE) N/A Poor Victor Dartnall 158 lbs 7/1 13 Led narrowly - headed but prominent 6th - outpaced before 4 out - no chance with winner but went second before last - kept on(op 8/1 tchd 17/2)
3rd 8 Jubilee Express (FR) 7 G AVG Sam Thomas 156 lbs 5/1 .5 In touch with leaders - not fluent 5th - outpaced before 4 out - no chance but went third before last - kept on(op 9/2)
4th 4 Enjoy Your Life (FR) 8 G Poor Venetia Williams 159 lbs 13/8F 21 Towards rear - steady headway on outer from 4th - prominent 7th - disputed lead from 10th - headed 4 out - weakening when bad mistake 3 out - lost two places when not fluent last - finished tired (jockey said gelding made a mistake at 2nd last fence)(op 7/4 tchd 15/8)
5th 9 In Rem (FR) 9 G AVG Jane Williams 156 lbs 10/1 .5 In touch with leaders - outpaced and dropped to rear 11th - not fluent and detached 14th - no chance from 4 out(op 17/2 tchd 8/1)
99th 1 Sidi Ismael (FR) 7 G AVG David Pipe 170 lbs 66/1 - Raced in last - bad mistake 9th - lost action and pulled up after 10th - wound to left-front leg (jockey said gelding lost his action resulting in him pulling up; vet said gelding was found to have a wound on his left-fore coronary band)(op 28/1)
99th 3 Arizona Cardinal (GB) 9 G AVG Stuart Edmunds 163 lbs 20/1 - In touch with leaders - pushed along and dropped to rear after 11th - struggling 5 out - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)(op 16/1)
99th 5 Mumbo Jumbo (IRE) 9 G Poor Emma Lavelle 153 lbs 9/2 - Towards rear - headway and in touch with leaders 10th - weakened and pulled up before 4 out(op 11/2)