Fontwell
18:18
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)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Footloose Man (GB) 5 G AVG Richard Hobson 148 lbs 11/2 Won 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)
2nd 2 Celtic Fortune (IRE) 8 G Poor Neil Mulholland 158 lbs 15/2 1.75 Led - raced in second when headed 2nd - pressed leader 4 out - bumped last - soon led again - headed run-in - stayed on(op 5/1)
3rd 7 Pescatorius (IRE) 6 G AVG Olly Murphy 148 lbs 13/8F .5 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)
4th 8 Noble Cave (IRE) 6 G Poor Jonjo & A J O'Neill 142 lbs 6/1 1 Prominent - outpaced after 4 out - mistake 2 out - stayed on run-in(op 7/1 tchd 5/1)
5th 1 Rajjamataz (IRE) 7 G Poor Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole 163 lbs 12/1 .75 Took keen hold - prominent - led 2nd - jumped right and bumped rival last - weakened final 110yds(op 10/1)
6th 9 Mawlood (IRE) 9 G Poor Georgie Howell 139 lbs 125/1 48 Always behind - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 150/1)
99th 4 Mister Upton (GB) 6 G AVG Anthony Honeyball 154 lbs 3/1 - Prominent - lost position gradually from 9th - towards rear when not fluent 11th - pulled up before 3 out(op 4/1)