Newton Abbot
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Newton Abbot Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 Distance: 2m5f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £22.80 Place: £5.70 £5.80 £10.30 Exacta: £408.30 Tricast: £16272.38 Trifecta: £2653.40
Non-Runners: Holerday Ridge (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 14 Noah's Light (IRE) 8 G AVG Richenda Ford 139 lbs 18/1 Won Jumped slightly right throughout - made all - went clear 3rd - reduced lead 11th - went clear again after 4 out - shaken up after 3 out - hit last - kept on well (trainer had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(tchd 16/1)
2nd 13 Radharc Na Slaine (IRE) 7 G Poor David Rees 143 lbs 20/1 8 Didn't jump with fluency - midfield - dropped to rear when slow jump 5th - raced in last 9th - steady headway from 11th - went fourth 2 out - went second run-in - stayed on(op 16/1)
3rd 9 Layerthorpe (IRE) 12 G Poor Debra Hamer 155 lbs 50/1 4 Prominent - lost position when hampered 1st - prominent 6th - went second after 9th - lost second after 3 out - stayed on run-in(op 40/1)
4th 15 Testflight (GB) 8 G Poor Sue Gardner 142 lbs 5/1 0.3 Midfield - headway 12th - went second after 3 out - no extra and lost two places approaching last(op 6/1)
5th 8 Caitlin's Court (IRE) 8 M Poor Jimmy Frost 155 lbs 40/1 1 Held up in rear - headway after 9th - disputing second 11th - outpaced after 4 out - no chance but stayed on run-in
6th 2 Lelant (IRE) 7 G Poor Evan Williams 168 lbs 9/1 1.5 Prominent - weakened gradually from 2 out
7th 10 Firefly Lane (IRE) 9 M Poor Jimmy Frost 146 lbs 16/1 7 Prominent - hampered 1st - struggling and lost position 11th - weakened after 4 out(tchd 18/1)
8th 11 Miss Fedora (IRE) 5 M AVG Seamus Mullins 149 lbs 25/1 3 Always behind(op 22/1)
9th 12 Berlais Du George (GB) 5 G Poor Seamus Mullins 139 lbs 16/1 11 Held up in rear - midfield 3rd - mistake 10th - hampered by faller 12th - soon weakened(op 18/1)
99th 5 Chabadatika (FR) 6 M Poor Syd Hosie 159 lbs 100/1 - Prominent - struggling when fell 12th(op 80/1 tchd 66/1)
99th 4 Ayepaddy (FR) 12 G Poor Claire Hitch 162 lbs 33/1 - Raced in second - lost second after 9th - soon struggling - weakened before 4 out - pulled up before 3 out
99th 3 Limerick Leader (FR) 7 G Poor Olly Murphy 162 lbs 7/4F - Held up in rear - some headway when hampered by faller 12th - weakened after 4 out - pulled up after 3 out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown)(tchd 15/8)
99th 7 Pawpaw (GB) 8 G AVG D J Jeffreys 158 lbs 18/1 - Pressed leader - jumped right and hampered when unseated 1st(op 14/1)
99th 6 Belgarum (IRE) 7 G AVG Joe Tizzard 161 lbs 4/1 - Prominent - mistake and hampered when unseated 1st(op 7/2)