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Cheltenham
18:20
Midlands Air Ambulance Mixed Open Hunters' Chase
Cheltenham Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 Distance: 3m2½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.34 Place: £1.40 £1.70 £2 Exacta: £15.70 Trifecta: £95.10
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 1m7f 3m
1st
Held up in rear - steady headway after 12th - prominent 15th - led narrowly 18th - kept on well and went clear run-in - ridden out(op 4/1)
8 G AVG
Mrs G Ellis 169 lbs 100/30 Won
3m3½f 3m2½f 3m1½f 2m6½f
3m2½f 3m2½f 3m2½f
2nd
Jumped left on occasions - held up in rear - headway from 13th - went third after 17th - pressed winner before 3 out - no extra run-in(op 9/4)
N/A AVG
Bradley Gibbs 172 lbs 7/2 4.25
3m3½f
2m7½f 3m2f
3rd
Prominent - outpaced after 3 out - weakened gradually from 2 out - eased final 110yds(op 9/1)
9 G AVG
Miss M Filby 169 lbs 11/2 23
3m3½f 3m 3m2½f 2m6f
2m5f 2m3½f
4th
Midfield - headway after 10th - pressed leaders from 11th - led 17th - headed 18th - soon lost second - weakening when jumped left 3 out - tailed off(tchd 40/1)
N/A Poor
Miss E L Gillings 166 lbs 33/1 32
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3m2f 2m6f 3m2½f
5th
Prominent - in touch with leaders 7th - dropped to last 14th - weakened 18th - tailed off (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 5/1 tchd 6/1)
8 G AVG
J Heard 169 lbs 11/2 1.75
3m1f
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6th
Prominent - outpaced after 18th - weakened before 3 out - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 80/1)
N/A Poor
Tom Britten 162 lbs 40/1 23
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3m5f 3m4½f 3m6f 3m6f 2m6½f
99th
Led - pressed leaders when headed 12th - led again 14th - headed when slow jump 17th - weakened after 18th - pulled up 4 out (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the soft - heavy in places going - and would prefer a quicker surface; vet had nothing to report)(op 5/2 tchd 9/4)
12 G Poor
Francesca Poste 172 lbs 3/1F -
3m2½f 3m1f 3m 3m 3m2f
2m7f 3m2f 3m2f 3m 2m5f
99th
Midfield - prominent 9th - led 12th - mistake 13th - pressed leaders when headed 14th - weakening when mistake 17th - pulled up before 4 out(op 16/1)
11 G AVG
Fred Timmis 167 lbs 14/1 -
3m1f 2m4f 2m4½f 3m 2m5f
2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m4½f
99th
Midfield - dropped to rear 5th - weakened 18th - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out(op 50/1 tchd 33/1 and tchd 66/1)
6 G AVG
R W Varnham 159 lbs 40/1 -
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