Wetherby
12:27
William Hill Play Responsibly Novices' Handicap Chase
Wetherby Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 Distance: 2m3½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £2.63 Place: £1.40 £1.70 Exacta: £6.80 Trifecta: £23.80
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Tom Cody (IRE) 8 G AVG Rebecca Menzies 168 lbs 13/8F Won Held up in last - headway 9th - went second after 10th - led just after 4 out - went clear after 3 out - pushed out - comfortably(op 6/4 tchd 7/4)
2nd 5 Aristobulus (GB) 4 G AVG Stuart Edmunds 160 lbs 3/1 10 Led narrowly - jumped right 4th - jumped right 5th - led clearly after 5th - hit 4 out - soon headed - mistake 3 out - soon no chance with winner(op 10/3 tchd 7/2)
3rd 3 Great Ballinboris (FR) 8 G Poor Micky Hammond 163 lbs 5/1 7 In touch with leaders - raced in third from 11th - weakened after 4 out(op 11/2)
99th 6 Sehayli (IRE) 10 G Poor L J Morgan 154 lbs 22/1 - In touch with leaders - mistake 6th - dropped to last 9th - weakened after 5 out - pulled up before 4 out(tchd 20/1 and tchd 25/1)
99th 2 Kalpaga (FR) 5 M Poor Tim Vaughan 166 lbs 9/2 - Pressed leader - raced in second and prominent after 5th - lost second after 10th - soon reminders and struggling - tailed off after 5 out - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said mare was never travelling)(op 5/1 tchd 11/2)
99th 4 Ffree Pedro (IRE) N/A Poor Donald McCain 163 lbs 10/1 - In touch with leaders - not fluent 8th - mistake 10th - reminders and struggling after 11th - weakened after 5 out - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding made a couple of bad jumping mistakes down back straight and stopped quickly)(op 7/1)