Worcester
13:50
FBC Manby Bowdler Handicap Chase
Worcester Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2025 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £21 Place: £5 £2 £1.60 Exacta: £146.20 Tricast: £479.18 Trifecta: £645.40
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 4 Calli Black (IRE) 7 M Poor David Weston 162 lbs 20/1 Won Taken down early - disputed lead - led after 1st - jumped right 6th - headed and raced in second before 8th - ridden and led again 2 out - readily (trainer said - regarding the apparemt improvement in form - that mare had been schooled since her debut over fences and her jumping had improved as a result)(op 22/1)
2nd 8 Whynotnowroy (IRE) 6 G Poor Neil Mulholland 147 lbs 7/1 4.25 Prominent - raced in second before 2nd - led before 8th - headed 2 out - pecked on landing last - no extra inside final 110yds - just held second(op 8/1)
3rd 5 Greenrock Abbey (IRE) 8 G AVG James Owen 154 lbs 5/2J 0.2 Held up in rear - headway before 4 out - went third inside final 110yds - kept on well(op 2/1 tchd 15/8)
4th 10 King Of The Story (IRE) 9 G AVG Polly Gundry 144 lbs 16/1 2.25 Held up in midfield - steady headway halfway - lost third when no extra inside final 110yds(op 25/1)
5th 3 Special Dragon (GB) 5 M Poor Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 163 lbs 5/2J 5 Towards rear - not fluent 5th - steady headway before 4 out - weakened run-in(op 11/4 tchd 9/4)
6th 9 Gorcombe Moonshine (GB) 7 G Poor Robert Walford 145 lbs 10/1 4.5 In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield before 6th - not fluent 2 out - no extra run-in(op 9/1 tchd 17/2)
7th 1 Begin The Luck (IRE) 9 G AVG Daisy Hitchins 163 lbs 12/1 22 Taken down early - held up in rear - steady headway before 6th - midfield before 7th - weakened before 2 out(op 17/2)
99th 6 Tribesmans Glory (IRE) 11 G Poor Chris Down 152 lbs 33/1 - Never better than midfield - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding jumped left-handed)(op 40/)
99th 2 Up For Appeal (IRE) 6 G Poor Christian Williams 163 lbs 12/1 - Never better than midfield - pulled up before 3 out(op 14/1 and tchd 16/1)
99th 7 Bruce Gobbler (GB) 6 G Poor Kayley Woollacott 144 lbs 11/1 - Disputed lead - raced in third before 2nd - lost position halfway - soon weakened - pulled up before 4 out (vet said gelding had lost both front shoes)(op 10/1)