Full Result 2.15 Plumpton | 8 May 2022

Joan Mellett Memorial Handicap Chase

(Class 4) (0-120, 5yo+) (2m3f164yds) 2m3½f Good 14 fences

1st £6,861.96 2nd £3,161.34 3rd £1,580.04 4th £791.28 5th £350

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	3. Royal Ruby 11/2 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson	Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson	10	119	115	114	125	–
b g Yeats (IRE) - Close Harmony (Bustino)
Tracked leaders, not fluent 9th, drifted right and bumped after 10th, led 4 out, bad mistake and briefly headed 3 out, clear 2 out, kept on well (op 18/5 tchd 7/2)

2 5	1. Shentri (FR) 10/1 Tristan Durrell ⁷ Dan Skelton	Tristan Durrell ⁷ Dan Skelton	5	117	120	114	123	–
b g Sri Putra - Shentala (FR) (Xaar)
Held up in rear, blundered 1st, headway 3 out, soon ridden, went second before 2 out, kept on (op 17/2)

3 11 [16]	7. Catch The Cuban 15/2 Sam Twiston-Davies Joe Tizzard	Sam Twiston-Davies Joe Tizzard	6	109 tp	101	84	94	–
b g Havana Gold (IRE) - Reyamour (Azamour)
Tracked leaders, pushed along after 4 out, briefly led after 3 out, ridden home turn, lost second before 2 out, weakened approaching last (op 9/2)

4 10 [26]	2. Dindin (FR) 12/1 Philip Armson ⁵ David Pipe	Philip Armson ⁵ David Pipe	9	114 t	115	87	100	–
b g Balko (FR) - Taguy Star (FR) (Visionary)
Held up in rear, bad mistake 6th, ridden after 10th, went fourth before 2 out, weakened approaching last (op 16/1 tchd 18/1)

5 9 [35]	6. Salamanca School (FR) 11/4F Tom Cannon Warren Greatrex	Tom Cannon Warren Greatrex	5	1012	104	67	78	–
b g Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) - Princess Sofia (UAE) (Pennekamp)
Led, headed 4 out, ridden after 3 out, weakened before 2 out (op 10/3 tchd 7/2)

F	4. Mystical Clouds (IRE) 7/2 Jack Quinlan John Butler	Jack Quinlan John Butler	9	116	112	–	–	–
gr g Cloudings (IRE) - Silent Valley (Forzando)
Tracked leaders, badly squeezed out before 4 out, challenging when sprawled on landing and fell 3 out, fatally injured

PU	5. The Flying Sofa (FR) 9/2 Jamie Moore Gary Moore	Jamie Moore Gary Moore	9	114 b	110	–	–	–
b g Sholokhov (IRE) - La Julie (IRE) (Peintre Celebre)
Prominent, chased leaders after 6th, reminders 7th, ridden after 9th, dropped to last 10th, pulled up before 4 out (op 13/2)

7 ran Off time: 2:16:25 Winning time: 5m 3.12s (slow by 16.12s) Total SP: 112%
1st owner: Mrs Rita Brown (Royal Ruby) 1st breeder: Mrs Rita Brown
2nd owner: John G Lane (Shentri)
3rd owner: The Colin Tizzard Racing Club (Catch The Cuban)
Tote win: £6.50 PL: £2.60 £4.80 Ex: £57.50 CSF: £50.48 Trifecta: £242.40

2:15 Plumpton 8 May 2022

Joan Mellett Memorial Handicap Chase