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3:50 Wincanton 7 Jan 2023

Virgin Bet Novices' Handicap Chase

(Class 5) (0-100, 5yo+) (3m1f30yds) 3m1f Good To Soft 19 fences 2 omitted
1st £4,752.90 2nd £2,187 3rd £1,093.50 4th £547.20 5th £272.70

Error

Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1   
9 1112 t 98 27 111
b g Court Cave (IRE) - Hopeful Gleam (IRE) (Simply Great)
Pressed leaders, led before 4 out, 5 lengths ahead 3 out, kept on well, comfortably (op 8/1 tchd 13/2 and tchd 17/2)
2  7
7 1110 99 22 102
b g Champs Elysees - Posteritas (USA) (Lear Fan)
Midfield, dropped to rear and struggling 9th, still plenty to do 4 out, headway 3 out, jumped left when went second 2 out, stayed on but no match for winner (op 11/2)
3  23 [30]
6 103 t 75 55
b g Great Pretender (IRE) - Forcat (FR) (Bering)
Midfield, ridden after 12th, hit 14th, headway after 4 out, went third before 2 out, weakened approaching last (op 40/1 tchd 20/1 and tchd 50/1)
4  [39½]
7 106 tb1 78 50
gr g Cloudings (IRE) - Mayfly (Alflora)
Pressed leaders, led after 15th, headed before 4 out, disputing second when ridden home turn, weakened after 3 out (op 22/1 tchd 20/1)
5  [46]
8 1012 p 84 50
ch g Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) - Still Runs Deep (Karinga Bay)
Pressed leaders early, prominent from 4th, ridden after 13th, weakened before 3 out (op 12/1)
6  nk [46¼]
7 114 p 90 56
b g Kayf Tara - Luci Di Mezzanotte (Sulamani)
Jumped left on occasions, led, ridden when headed after 15th, disputing second home turn, weakened after 3 out (op 4/1 tchd 5/1)
F   
7 1111 t 104
b g Flemensfirth (USA) - Miss Brandywell (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Held up in rear, pushed along after 11th, ridden back straight, well held from 4 out, fell 2 out, bled from the nose (trainer said gelding bled from the nose) (tchd 7/4 and tchd 2/1)
PU   
11 110 tb1 86
ch g Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) - Shiny Thing (USA) (Lear Fan)
Midfield, prominent 6th, ridden after 13th, weakened before 4 out, pulled up home turn (op 50/1 tchd 80/1)
PU   
9 99 Out-of-Handicaps 7 tp 74
ch g Golden Lariat (USA) - Stability Treaty (IRE) (Old Vic)
Always towards rear, lost touch after 11th, tailed off when pulled up back straight (op 12/1)
PU   
8 1113 99
bb g Fame And Glory - Presenting Tara (IRE) (Presenting)
Midfield, ridden after 14th, weakened after 15th, pulled up after 4 out (op 17/2)
PU   
7 108 b 80
b g Sholokhov (IRE) - Joleen (IRE) (Bob's Return)
In touch with leaders, lost position and pushed along 9th, lost touch after 11th, pulled up after 12th (trainer said gelding is a quirky horse and that didn't enjoy being ridden in behind and didn't face the kick back on this occasion; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities) (tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1)
Water jump omitted due to the low sun.
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