Doncaster
15:40
Grimthorpe Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Doncaster Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 Distance: 3m2f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £23.10 Place: £6.30 £2.70 Exacta: £89 Trifecta: £129
Non-Runners: Erne River (unsuitable ground), Java Point (unsuitable ground), Kinondo Kwetu (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Prominent - not fluent 1st - led after 13th - pushed along when not fluent 2 out - good jump last - kept on well and ridden out run-in(op 14/1)
10 G Good Kim Bailey 168 lbs 20/1 Won
2nd
Held up in rear - headway from 12th - went fourth before 15th - went second before 3 out - not fluent 2 out - soon lost ground - rallying when not fluent last - kept on run-in(op 11/4 tchd 5/2)
6 G AVG Richard Hobson 144 lbs 3/1F 3.25
99th
Led - not fluent 9th - headed after 13th - weakened quickly after 14th - pulled up after 15th
11 G AVG Iain Jardine 145 lbs 9/1 -
99th
Raced wide - midfield - in touch with leaders with one circuit to go - lost ground after 12th - soon struggling - pulled up after 13th(op 8/1)
11 G AVG Dan Skelton 157 lbs 12/1 -
99th
Midfield - mistake 12th - brief headway after 14th - mistake 15th - weakened and pulled up before 3 out(op 13/2)
10 G AVG Lydia Richards 154 lbs 6/1 -
99th
In rear - reminder after 3rd - mistake 5th - pulled up after 11th - no impression (jockey said gelding was never travelling; vet had nothing to report)(op 20/1)
10 G AVG Paul Nicholls 151 lbs 25/1 -
99th
Prominent - lost ground but in touch with leaders after 7th - weakened after 4 out - tired jump 3 out - soon pulled up(op 16/1)
9 G AVG Richard Hobson 150 lbs 10/1 -
99th
In touch with leaders - lost ground after 7th - not fluent 9th - weakening and tired jump 13th - soon pulled up(op 6/1)
9 G Poor Nigel Twiston-Davies 153 lbs 11/2 -
99th
Prominent - lost ground but in touch with leaders after 3rd - headway before 15th - soon went second - weakened quickly after 4 out - soon lost second and pulled up(tchd 4/1)
8 G AVG Dianne Sayer 142 lbs 9/2 -
99th
Always behind - pulled up before 12th(tchd 12/1 and tchd 16/1)
8 G AVG Dan Skelton 140 lbs 14/1 -