Full Result 3.10 Chepstow | 8 January 2023

Cazoo Handicap Chase

(Class 4) (0-110, 5yo+) (2m11yds) 2m Soft 12 fences

1st £5,809.10 2nd £2,673 3rd £1,336.50 4th £668.80 5th £333.30

Error

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	6. Valirann Gold (IRE) 12/1 Shane Quinlan ³ Harriet Brown	Shane Quinlan ³ Harriet Brown	6	913 2 ht	84	11	93	–
b g Valirann (FR) - Gola Star (IRE) (Gold Well)
Made all, not fluent 4th, pushed along before 3 out, ridden and went clear approaching last, good jump last, pushed out (trainer's rep said, regarding apparent improvement in form, gelding was suited by a change of tactics to being ridden prominently on this occasion) (op 18/1)

2 9½	4. Prime Pretender 6/4F Adam Wedge Evan Williams	Adam Wedge Evan Williams	8	116	102	17	100	–
b g Great Pretender (IRE) - The Prime Viper (IRE) (Traditionally)
Held up in rear, smooth headway before 4 out, chased leader going easily 4 out, pushed along and found little 3 out, soon ridden, weakened approaching last (tchd 5/4 and tchd 13/8)

3 5½ [15]	2. Billingsley (IRE) 7/1 Jay Tidball ⁷ Alastair Ralph	Jay Tidball ⁷ Alastair Ralph	11	114	107	14	100	–
b g Millenary - Retain That Magic (IRE) (Presenting)
Midfield, pushed along and dropped to rear 5 out, ridden and rallied 4 out, went third before 2 out, kept on but no impression approaching last (op 9/1)

4 17 [32]	3. Sherborne (IRE) 13/2 Brendan Powell Joe Tizzard	Brendan Powell Joe Tizzard	7	1110 p¹	106	–	86	–
b g Getaway (GER) - Luck Of The Deise (IRE) (Old Vic)
Prominent, pushed along briefly 2nd, overjumped 3rd, mistake 5th, mistake and ridden 4 out, soon outpaced and held, weakened 2 out (op 9/2 tchd 7/1)

5 3¼ [35¼]	5. Grizzly James (FR) 100/30 Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams	Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams	7	114	100	–	74	–
b g Montmartre (FR) - Mariyara (FR) (Daylami)
Held up in rear, slow jump and pushed along 5th, brief headway home turn, pushed along 5 out, no impression 4 out, weakened 3 out (tchd 7/2)

PU	1. Clondaw Bertie (IRE) 13/2 Gavin Sheehan Pat Murphy	Gavin Sheehan Pat Murphy	8	121 tp¹	111	–	–	–
b g Thewayyouare (USA) - Female (IRE) (Saddlers' Hall)
Midfield, pecked on landing and reminders 2nd, ridden 5th, bad mistake and dropped to rear 7th, eased and pulled up home turn (jockey said gelding lost his confidence after a jumping error at the first fence) (op 6/1 tchd 7/1)

6 ran Off time: 3:11:29 Winning time: 4m 20.75s (slow by 30.75s) Total SP: 110%
1st owner: Mrs Andrew May And Mrs Mark Bentley (Valirann Gold) 1st breeder: George R Williams
2nd owner: Mrs Janet Davies (Prime Pretender)
3rd owner: Alastair Ralph Racing (Billingsley)
Tote win: £13 PL: £4.50 £1.40 Ex: £28.10 CSF: £30.67 Trifecta: £140

3:10 Chepstow 8 Jan 2023

Cazoo Handicap Chase