Newton Abbot
13:00
Everybody Smile It's Pete's 70th Birthday Handicap Chase
Newton Abbot Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 Distance: 2m5f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £2.25 Place: £1.20 £1.30 Exacta: £4.10 Trifecta: £16
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Seddon (IRE) 11 G AVG Harry Whittington 160 lbs 5/4F Won Chased leader - pecked on landing 10th - good jump and led 4 out - not fluent and cajoled along 3 out - ridden and hard pressed 2 out - headed approaching last - kept on well run-in - led again final strides - gamely(op 11/8 tchd 6/4)
2nd 4 Rock On Rocco (IRE) N/A AVG Tom George 158 lbs 15/8 0.2 Held up in behind leaders - mistake 2nd - went second going easily before 3 out - made challenge going best 2 out - ridden to lead approaching last - weakened gradually inside final 110yds - headed final strides(op 2/1 tchd 7/4)
3rd 1 Shoal Bay (IRE) N/A Poor Olly Murphy 166 lbs 14/1 37 Led at fast pace - headed 4 out - soon pushed along - lost position before 3 out - outpaced and held home turn - got behind from 2 out - tailed off(op 12/1 tchd 16/1)
4th 3 Mr Mafia (IRE) N/A Good Martin Keighley 151 lbs 6/1 3.75 Towards rear - slow jump 6th - detached 8th - nudged along with one circuit to go - struggling 12th - went poor third 3 out - tailed off - never going well(tchd 7/1)
5th 5 As You Like (IRE) N/A Poor Jonjo O'Neill 154 lbs 8/1 34 Held up in rear - hit 7th - pushed along 12th - soon outpaced and lost touch - dropped to last 3 out - tailed off(op 6/1)