Aintree
14:50
Betway Supports Safer Gambling Week Handicap Chase
Aintree Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2021 Distance: 2m Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £7 Place: £2 £2.50 £1.40 Exacta: £68.60 Tricast: £160.46 Trifecta: £269.10
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Darling Du Large (FR) N/A Elite Tom George 142 lbs 6/1 Won Midfield - headway and went second 4 out - led and shaken up after 2 out - 3 lengths ahead when blundered last - ridden out(tchd 5/1)
2nd 4 Sao (FR) 9 G Poor Rebecca Menzies 158 lbs 10/1 2.75 Took keen hold - held up in rear - headway 8th - tracked leaders 3 out - ridden after 2 out - went second and 3 lengths down last - kept on but always held(op 17/2)
3rd 6 Gunsight Ridge (GB) 10 G AVG Olly Murphy 153 lbs 2/1F 1.75 Tracked leaders - lost position 8th - rallied 3 out - ridden 2 out - outpaced approaching last - stayed on and went third towards finish(tchd 5/2)
4th 3 Arvico Bleu (IRE) N/A AVG Ewan Whillans 164 lbs 9/1 2 Close up - led 3rd - ridden after 2 out - soon headed - no extra and lost second last - weakened and lost third towards finish(op 8/1 tchd 11/1)
5th 2 Knight In Dubai (IRE) N/A Poor Dan Skelton 164 lbs 10/1 1.25 Held up in rear - mistake 8th - headway on inner 3 out - ridden after 2 out - no impression approaching last(op 20/1 tchd 9/1)
6th 5 Golden Whisky (IRE) 11 G Poor Evan Williams 158 lbs 16/1 17 Tracked leaders - disputing second when hit 4 out - shaken up and lost position after 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
7th 7 Espion Du Chenet (FR) 9 G Poor Louise G Lyons 145 lbs 100/30 25 Jumped slightly right - towards rear - headway and in touch with leaders 4 out - ridden 3 out - weakened 2 out (trainer could offer no explanation for geldings performance - jockey said gelding weakened quickly from the third last fence)(op 7/2 tchd 3/1)
8th 1 Antunes (GB) 8 G Poor Dan Skelton 166 lbs 10/1 6 Led - briefly headed when awkward jump 1st - headed 3rd - disputing lead when blundered 5th - jumped right 8th - lost second 4 out - soon weakened - tailed off (jockey said gelding made a mistake at the first fence down the back on the final circuit and was never travelling thereafter)(op 15/2)