GBFontwell Races

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Fontwell
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Back A Winner - Birchwood Kia Chichester Handicap Chase
Fontwell Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 Distance: 2m5½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £6.50 Place: £2.70 £2.90 Exacta: £31 Tricast: £95.17 Trifecta: £111.40
Non-Runners: Gone In Sixty (unsuitable ground), Mokoro (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m3f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m3f 2m3½f
1st
Held up in rear - steady headway from 8th - went third 11th - ridden 3 out - led run-in - stayed on (trainer could offer no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
5 G AVG
Richard Hobson 148 lbs 11/2 Won
2m3½f 2m5½f 2m5½f
3m2f 2m4f 3m1f 2m7½f 3m1f
2nd
Led - raced in second when headed 2nd - pressed leader 4 out - bumped last - soon led again - headed run-in - stayed on(op 5/1)
8 G Poor
Neil Mulholland 158 lbs 15/2 1.75
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2m4f 2m3½f 2m3½f 1m7½f 2m
3rd
Never going well - in rear - not fluent and reminders 3rd - still plenty to do and ridden 4 out - headway 3 out - went fourth after last - stayed on run-in - went third towards finish(op 2/1 tchd 6/4)
6 G AVG
Olly Murphy 148 lbs 13/8F .5
2m4f 3m2½f 2m5½f 2m4f
2m7f 2m4½f 3m 2m7f 2m7f
4th
Prominent - outpaced after 4 out - mistake 2 out - stayed on run-in(op 7/1 tchd 5/1)
6 G Poor
Jonjo & A J O'Neill 142 lbs 6/1 1
2m4f 3m2f
2m3½f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m4f
5th
Took keen hold - prominent - led 2nd - jumped right and bumped rival last - weakened final 110yds(op 10/1)
7 G Poor
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole 163 lbs 12/1 .75
2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f
2m4½f 2m 2m4f 2m1f 2m1f
6th
Always behind - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 150/1)
9 G Poor
Georgie Howell 139 lbs 125/1 48
2m4f 2m4½f 3m
2m5f 2m3f 2m7½f 2m3½f 2m5f
99th
Prominent - lost position gradually from 9th - towards rear when not fluent 11th - pulled up before 3 out(op 4/1)
6 G AVG
Anthony Honeyball 154 lbs 3/1 -
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