Perth
14:40
William Hill Highland National Handicap Chase (For The Julian Llewellen Palmer Memorial Trophy)
Perth Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 Distance: 3m6½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £11.10 Place: £3.90 £2.50 £3.30 Exacta: £99.20 Tricast: £600.92 Trifecta: £969.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Slipway (IRE) 9 G AVG Ben Pauling 156 lbs 10/1 Won Tracked leaders - travelled strongly - led 18th - 5 lengths ahead 3 out - pushed out and kept on well run-in(op 11/1)
2nd 5 Dubai Devils (IRE) 11 G AVG Paul Stafford 158 lbs 7/1 2.5 Midfield - ridden and headway before 3 out - chased winner before 2 out - stayed on towards finish(op 8/1)
3rd 11 Some Detail (IRE) N/A AVG Nigel Hawke 146 lbs 8/1 6.5 In rear - headway 19th - ridden before 3 out - jumped right and went third 2 out - jumped right last - kept on but no impression run-in(op 11/1)
4th 1 Poppa Poutine (IRE) 9 G Poor Nigel Twiston-Davies 167 lbs 15/2 12 Led - headed and raced in second 2nd - led again 8th - headed and raced in second 10th - lost second but close up 18th - ridden and chased leaders before 3 out - soon outpaced - held from 2 out(op 13/2)
5th 9 Ladronne (FR) 11 G AVG Tjade Collier 151 lbs 8/1 0.1 Midfield - not fluent 8th - headway 19th - ridden and chased leaders before 4 out - no impression from 2 out(op 10/1)
6th 14 School Lane (IRE) 11 G AVG Liam Lennon 139 lbs 11/1 0.3 Midfield - mistake 17th - ridden and lost position after 18th - outpaced before 3 out - kept on but no impression from 2 out(tchd 10/1)
7th 2 Jimmil (IRE) N/A Poor Gavin Cromwell 161 lbs 28/1 31 Always towards rear - struggling after 19th - never on terms(op 25/1)
8th 4 I See You Well (FR) 12 G Poor Seamus Mullins 164 lbs 16/1 24 Always towards rear - ridden after 19th - behind 3 out - never on terms (jockey said gelding ran flat)(op 12/1)
99th 3 Amateur (IRE) 12 G AVG John Flint 164 lbs 6/1F - Midfield - mistake 17th - ridden and outpaced after 4 out - soon weakened - well beaten when pulled up before 2 out (trainer said race may have come too soon for the gelding having run only 15 days prior to today's engagement)(op 7/1)
99th 10 Glittering Love (IRE) 12 G AVG Nicky Richards 149 lbs 18/1 - Never better than mid-division - struggling and behind after 19th - pulled up before 3 out (trainer said gelding was unsuited by the good to soft ground on this occasion and would prefer a softer surface)(op 16/1)
99th 6 Rath An Iuir (IRE) 10 G AVG Rose Dobbin 161 lbs 12/1 - Tracked leaders - dropped to midfield before 9th - lost position 13th - in rear and struggling 16th - well behind when pulled up before 4 out(op 17/2)
99th 12 Seaston Spirit (GB) N/A Poor Oliver Sherwood 146 lbs 66/1 - Behind - pulled up after 2nd (jockey said gelding was very slowly away from the standing start following two false starts and became detached from the rest of the field after jumping the first two fences very deliberately)(op 40/1)
99th 13 Heavey (GB) N/A Poor Neil Mulholland 142 lbs 20/1 - Close up - mistake 16th - went second 4 out - soon ridden and no impression - lost second before 2 out - weakening when slow jump 2 out - soon eased - pulled up before last(op 25/1)
99th 7 Oscar Robertson (IRE) 10 G Poor Tom George 161 lbs 9/1 - Tracked leaders - mistake 11th - ridden before 4 out - outpaced when mistake and jockey lost irons 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake 3 out which caused the reins to come over the gelding's head)(op 8/1)
99th 15 Straight Swap (IRE) N/A AVG Andrew Hamilton 141 lbs 20/1 - Raced in second - led 2nd - headed and raced in second 8th - led again 10th - headed and prominent 18th - ridden and weakened before 4 out - well behind when pulled up before 3 out - burst blood vessel (vet reported gelding bled from the nose)