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2:40 Towcester 14 Feb 2018

Call Starsports On 0800 521321 Novices' Handicap Chase

(Class 4) (0-105, 5yo+) (3m102yds) 3m½f Soft 17 fences
1st £5,588.28 2nd £1,640.88 3rd £820.44 4th £410.22

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Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1   
9 1112 b1 103 90 116
b g Turtle Island (IRE) - Glory Queen (IRE) (Taipan)
Jumped soundly on wide outside apart from blunder at 15th, led until 3rd, close up, challenged very wide home turn and led before 2 out, driven 6 lengths clear by last, kept plugging away flat, all out, good tactics (op 10/3 tchd 3/1)
2 
11 1013 93 78 104
ch g Karinga Bay - Lady Widd (IRE) (Commanche Run)
Several positions, effort 3 out, ridden to lead briefly on inner before next, outpaced between last two, stayed on again after last but always held (op 25/1)
3  21 [23¼]
9 1111 Extra-Weights 7 tb 109 74 100
b g Flemensfirth (USA) - Imperial Award (IRE) (Oscar)
Jumped left and often badly so, prominent, made most from 8th until ridden and headed before 2 out, plodded on and soon well beaten (op 5/2 tchd 11/4)
4  14 [37¼]
10 100 Out-of-Handicaps 6 t 77 28 51
gr g Overbury (IRE) - Altesse De Sou (FR) (Saint Preuil)
Not fluent 2nd, led at moderate pace 3rd until 8th, pressed leader 12th until 3 out, faded rapidly before next
PU   
8 1111 Extra-Weights 7 102
b g Robin Des Pres (FR) - What A Breeze (IRE) (Naheez)
Close up until blundered badly 7th, still last but trying to close again when nearly fell 12th and pulled up, finished lame (jockey said gelding jumped poorly throughout. vet found gelding to be lame left fore) (tchd 15/8)
PU   
8 118 99
b g Crosspeace (IRE) - My Dancing Kin (Baryshnikov)
Prominent in muddling race, led briefly 10th, lost place and mistake 13th, ridden and lost touch next, mistake 3 out, tailed off and pulled up last (op 8/1 tchd 6/1)
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