Warwick
16:58
Hazelton Mountford Insurance Brokers Volcano Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Warwick Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 Distance: 3m5f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50 Place: £2.10 £3.20 Exacta: £40.10 Trifecta: £194.10
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Northern Poet (IRE) 10 G AVG Nick Gifford 160 lbs 9/2 Won Towards rear - some headway 11th - pushed along 16th - raced in fourth but ridden 3 out - pressed leader 2 out - ridden and led narrowly last - kept on well final 110yds - won going away(op 7/1)
2nd 5 Duke Of Deception (IRE) 7 G AVG Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 157 lbs 15/2 1.75 In touch with leaders - smooth headway 18th - led going easily home turn - faced challenge 2 out - headed last - weakened gradually final 110yds(op 5/1)
3rd 2 The Big Breakaway (IRE) 10 G AVG Anthony Charlton 161 lbs 8/1 8.5 Prominent - slow jump and lost ground 15th - outpaced 3 out - kept on from 2 out - went third again last - no match for first two(op 11/1)
4th 7 Cap Du Nord (FR) 11 G AVG Christian Williams 155 lbs 22/1 11 Held up in rear - some headway going okay 4 out - went third 2 out - weakened last(op 18/1 tchd 28/1)
5th 4 Are U Wise To That (IRE) 8 G AVG Jonjo & A J O'Neill 166 lbs 6/1 7.5 Held up in rear - not fluent 13th - outpaced 18th - kept on from 2 out - never on terms (vet reported gelding was treated for post-race heat stress)(op 13/2)
6th 1 Illico De Cotte (FR) 7 G AVG Dan Skelton 169 lbs 9/4F 5 Prominent - pressed leader briefly 7th - pressed leader going easily 17th - led 4 out - headed home turn - weakened quickly 2 out(op 13/8)
7th 3 Sound And Fury (IRE) 8 G Good Ben Pauling 167 lbs 7/2 29 Led - bad mistake and briefly headed 4th - not fluent and headed 4 out - weakened quickly before 2 out - tailed off (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the good (good to soft in places) going on this occasion and would prefer a slower surface; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report other than gelding had lost his left-fore shoe)(op 4/1)