Doncaster
15:05
Off The Fence On youtube.com/attheraces Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Doncaster Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 Distance: 3m2f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £3 Place: £1.50 £3 Exacta: £13.70 Trifecta: £42.90
Non-Runners: Tom Cody (unsuitable ground), Trincomalee (suspended from running), Val Dancer (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
In touch with leaders - headway and pressed leader 10th - led going easily 14th - shaken up when jumped right last - pushed out - comfortably(op 15/8 tchd 7/4)
8 G Good Sam England 158 lbs 2/1F Won
2nd
In touch with leaders - not fluent 3rd - bad mistake 5 out - rallied 3 out - soon went second - kept on but no match for winner(tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1)
8 G AVG Alan King 156 lbs 7/1 3.5
3rd
Didn't jump with fluency - held up in last - headway and prominent 10th - lost position when slow jump 14th - reminder before 5 out - outpaced when hung left 4 out - rallied and went third 2 out - no chance when eased final 110yds (jockey said gelding hung left-handed from 4f out)(tchd 11/4)
7 G AVG Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 163 lbs 100/30 13
4th
Led - slow jump and briefly headed 3rd - mistake 4th - jumped left 9th - not fluent and headed 14th - jumped left 3 out - soon lost second - mistake and lost third 2 out - soon weakened(op 18/5)
8 G AVG Charlie Longsdon 163 lbs 100/30 13
99th
Took keen hold - raced in second - not fluent 2nd - briefly led 3rd - mistake 4th - lost position just before 10th - mistake and dropped to last 13th - not fluent and stumbled 14th - soon pulled up - blood in nostrils (vet reported gelding had bled from the nose)(op 9/2 tchd 11/2)
5 G AVG Anthony Honeyball 158 lbs 4/1 -
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