Newbury Races
Newbury
14:30
Focus Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (For The Brown Chamberlin Trophy) (GBB Race)
Newbury
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025
Distance: 2m7½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.25
Place: £1.90 £1.80
Exacta: £9.80
Trifecta: £30.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Leave Of Absence (FR) | 8 G | Elite | Anthony Honeyball | 162 lbs | 9/4F | Won | Disputed lead - pecked on landing 8th (water) - led clearly 5 out - pushed along and hit 3 out - ridden 2 out - stayed on(op 15/8 tchd 5/2) | ||
| 2nd | 7 | Havaila (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Gary & Josh Moore | 147 lbs | 3/1 | 2.5 | Held up in rear - headway 4 out - went second 3 out - lost position last - kept on and went second again towards finish(op 10/3) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Art Of Diplomacy (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Peter & Michael Bowen | 147 lbs | 7/2 | .5 | Prominent - not fluent 3rd - lost position but in touch with leaders 6th - headway 3 out - went second last - soon switched right - lost second towards finish(op 4/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Ilovethenightlife (GB) | 7 M | AVG | Joe Tizzard | 160 lbs | 15/2 | 6.5 | Jumped slightly right - disputed lead - lost position 5 out - lost second 3 out - hit 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 9/1 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 5th | 2 | Tedley (GB) | 5 G | Poor |
Jamie Brace
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Nigel Twiston-Davies | 158 lbs | 7/1 | 4.25 | In touch with leaders - headway and prominent 5 out - weakened from 2 out(op 10/1) | |
| 6th | 5 | Idefix De Ciergues (FR) | 6 G | AVG | Rebecca Curtis | 153 lbs | 9/1 | 6 | Prominent - lost position 5 out - slow jump and weakened 3 out(op 13/2) | ||
| 7th | 1 | Genois (FR) | 9 G | Poor | Jonjo & A J O'Neill | 164 lbs | 40/1 | 53 | Held up in rear - not fluent 8th (water) - struggling 12th - lost touch 12th - tailed off(tchd 50/1) |