Bangor-on-Dee
14:12
Corbett Sports North Wales National Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Bangor-on-Dee Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 Distance: 3m5½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £16.10 Place: £5.10 £8.30 £4.10 Exacta: £483.60 Tricast: £5771.60 Trifecta: £2746.70
Non-Runners: Stellar Stream (self certificate), Valleres (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 13 Laskalin (FR) 10 G Poor Venetia Williams 151 lbs 12/1 Won Prominent on outer - led 10th - mistake and headed 11th - disputed lead 15th - led clearly 4 out - pushed along before 2 out - ridden out run-in (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from the application of first-time blinkers)(op 16/1)
2nd 1 The Big Breakaway (IRE) 10 G AVG Anthony Charlton 161 lbs 40/1 1.25 Held up in rear - headway after 4 out - went second before 2 out - 1 length down last - kept on(op 33/1)
3rd 12 Betterforeveryone (GB) 8 G AVG Alan King 158 lbs 12/1 9.5 Prominent - disputed lead 15th - lost position 4 out - weakened from 2 out(op 16/1)
4th 14 Schalke (GB) 9 G AVG Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 152 lbs 9/1 3.5 In rear - bad mistake 6th - switched right 3 out - stayed on from 2 out - went fourth last(op 14/1)
5th 2 Rockinastorm (IRE) 7 G AVG Henry Daly 167 lbs 9/1 6.5 Disputed lead - lost position but prominent 10th - led 13th - hit 14th - joined 15th - lost position 4 out - weakened 2 out(op 7/1 tchd 13/2)
6th 15 Caeruleum (GB) 6 G AVG Robert Walford 155 lbs 11/4F 8 Midfield - hit 15th - headway 4 out - lost fourth after 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 7/2)
99th 11 Bushypark (IRE) 11 G AVG Philip Kirby 157 lbs 25/1 - Disputed lead - lost position 10th - led 11th - headed and prominent 13th - weakening when mistake 15th - soon pulled up(op 22/1)
99th 4 Poppa Poutine (IRE) 9 G Poor Nigel Twiston-Davies 166 lbs 16/1 - In rear - midfield 2nd - weakened 4 out - pulled up last(tchd 14/1 and tchd 18/1)
99th 7 Animal (IRE) 9 G AVG Suzy Smith 161 lbs 20/1 - In rear - hit 5th - weakened after 3 out - pulled up 2 out (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; trainer further reported that gelding made a respiratory noise)(op 14/1)
99th 9 Fern Hill (IRE) 10 G AVG Ben Case 160 lbs 16/1 - Midfield - not fluent 6th - headway when mistake 4 out - weakened 3 out - in rear when pulled up 2 out(op 12/1)
99th 10 Haute Estime (IRE) 8 M AVG Lucinda Russell 160 lbs 20/1 - In rear - struggling 12th - lost touch 15th - pulled up 3 out (jockey said mare never travelled)(op 10/1)
99th 3 Duke Of Deception (IRE) 7 G AVG Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 167 lbs 15/2 - Prominent - bad mistake 5th - weakened 3 out - pulled up 2 out(op 7/1 tchd 13/2)
99th 6 Rouge de L'Quest (IRE) 8 G Poor Rebecca Curtis 158 lbs 12/1 - Midfield - weakened 3 out - soon pulled up(op 17/2 tchd 8/1)
99th 5 Well Dick (IRE) 8 G AVG Emma Lavelle 166 lbs 7/1 - Midfield - headway 10th - lost position 15th - weakened and pulled up 3 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than gelding may not have stayed the 3m 5 1/2f trip on this occasion; vet had nothing to report)(op 15/2 tchd 9/1)