Uttoxeter
15:45
Tom Rowley Simply The Best Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Uttoxeter Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 Distance: 3m Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £30.70 Place: £6.30 £1.30 £3 Exacta: £123.30 Tricast: £574.80 Trifecta: £1786.50
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Prominent on outer - headway to lead 4th - headed 6th - clear with one other 4 out - led 3 out - ridden before last - sustained duel with runner-up run-in - just held on (trainer said - regarding the apparent improved form shown - that the gelding may have appreciated a return to chasing)(op 40/1)
6 G AVG David Killahena & Graeme McPherson 166 lbs 25/1 Won
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2nd
In rear - steady headway 14th - went third 4 out - went second 2 out - challenging when not fluent last - sustained duel with winner run-in - just held(op 11/4 tchd 9/4)
6 M AVG Olly Murphy 168 lbs 5/2F 0.2
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3rd
In touch with leaders on outer - went second 5th - led 6th - went clear before 11th - good jump 14th - much reduced lead 4 out - headed 3 out - lost second 2 out - soon weakened - no chance when bad mistake last(op 9/1)
6 G AVG Dan Skelton 160 lbs 8/1 19
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4th
Midfield - steady headway 13th - outpaced before 4 out - weakened quickly from 3 out - tailed off(tchd 9/1)
6 G AVG Gary & Josh Moore 165 lbs 11/1 35
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99th
Prominent on inner - in touch with leaders 5th - mistake and fell 8th(tchd 16/1)
9 G Poor Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 162 lbs 18/1 -
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99th
In touch with leaders on inner - lost ground and reminders after 4th - badly hampered by faller and nearly lost jockey 8th - reminders after 10th - tailed off 12th - soon pulled up (jockey said gelding was hampered by the faller at the eighth fence)(op 33/1)
9 G AVG Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 168 lbs 40/1 -
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99th
Didn't jump well - midfield - mistake 9th - not fluent 11th - bad mistake 13th - soon pulled up (jockey said gelding jumped poorly)(op 5/2)
7 G AVG Ben Pauling 164 lbs 3/1 -
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99th
Led early - headed 4th - lost second 5th - jumped right 7th - lost ground before 11th - dropped to rear and struggling 12th - soon pulled up(op 13/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2)
5 G AVG Venetia Williams 156 lbs 7/1 -
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99th
In touch with leaders - went third before 11th - lost position before 14th - weakened quickly home turn - slow jump 4 out - soon pulled up (jockey said gelding was never travelling and made a mistake 4 out)(op 7/1)
6 G Good Emma Lavelle 164 lbs 8/1 -
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99th
In rear - hampered by faller 8th - some headway before 14th - no impression when mistake and unseated 4 out(op 10/1)
9 G AVG Stuart Edmunds 157 lbs 17/2 -
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