Uttoxeter
15:48
Clarke Chase (A Handicap Chase) (For The Sir Stanley And Lady Clarke Challenge Trophy) (GBB Race)
Uttoxeter Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £5 Place: £1.80 £7.20 £1.50 Exacta: £148.20 Tricast: £740.50 Trifecta: £802.60
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Matterhorn (FR) 7 G Good Paul Nicholls 168 lbs 4/1 Won Disputed lead - led clearly 3rd - headed 9th - led again 3 out - shaken up before last - comfortably(op 9/2 tchd 5/1)
2nd 3 Horantzau d'Airy (FR) 8 G AVG Michael Keady 167 lbs 50/1 5 Prominent - outpaced 3 out - went second last - no match for winner(op 33/1)
3rd 4 Light N Strike (IRE) 8 G AVG Emma Lavelle 165 lbs 100/30 1.5 In rear - headway 5 out - mistake 3 out - outpaced 2 out - 9 lengths fifth last - stayed on run-in - went third post(op 4/1)
4th 8 Vintage Fizz (GB) 8 G AVG Jedd O'Keeffe 153 lbs 7/1 0.2 Midfield - headway 3 out - soon went second - lost position last - no extra run-in - lost third post(op 5/1 tchd 9/2 and tchd 15/2)
5th 7 Real Stone (GB) 9 G AVG Dan Skelton 150 lbs 9/1 1 In rear - headway 2nd - went third 10th - lost position after 2 out - weakened run-in(op 12/1)
6th 6 Bhaloo (IRE) 6 G AVG Nicky Henderson 161 lbs 2/1F 6 Jumped right on occasions - prominent - lost position 6th - dropped to rear 8th - headway 3 out - weakened 2 out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than report from jockey that gelding was never travelling)(op 9/4 tchd 5/2)
7th 5 Glengouly (FR) 8 G AVG Faye Bramley 164 lbs 80/1 62 In rear - lost touch 5 out - tailed off(op 33/1)
99th 2 Heltenham (FR) 8 G AVG Dan Skelton 167 lbs 6/1 - Jumped right on occasions - disputed lead - lost position and mistake 3rd - led 9th - headed just before 3 out - eased and pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding made a respiratory noise and stopped quickly)(op 5/1 tchd 9/2)