Huntingdon Races
Huntingdon
13:45
Fitzdares Wishes Everyone A Merry Christmas Handicap Chase
Huntingdon
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022
Distance: 2m7½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £4
Place: £1.40 £3 £3.90
Exacta: £40.20
Tricast: £737.15
Trifecta: £391.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Great d'Ange (FR) | 9 G | AVG | Tom George | 163 lbs | 3/1 | Won | Prominent - led going best before 2 out - ridden approaching last - kept on well run-in - always doing enough(tchd 11/4 and tchd 16/5) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Taste The Fear (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Dr Richard Newland | 170 lbs | 18/1 | 1.75 | Midfield - awkward jump 1st - not fluent 2nd - not fluent and reminder 9th - ridden and headway after 3 out - ridden and went second after 2 out - held but kept on run-in (jockey said gelding jumped left-handed)(op 14/1) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | Counteract (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Suzy Smith | 142 lbs | 16/1 | 2.25 | Held up in rear - pushed along and headway from 3 out - ridden 2 out - no extra run-in(op 18/1 tchd 20/1) | ||
| 4th | 6 | Steel Wave (IRE) | 13 G | AVG |
Tabitha Worsley
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Gary Hanmer | 156 lbs | 22/1 | 9.5 | Towards rear - good headway after 3 out - ridden and outpaced 2 out - soon no impression(op 20/1 tchd 18/1) | |
| 5th | 3 | Art Of Illusion (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Warren Greatrex | 167 lbs | 15/8F | 1.75 | Jumped left on occasions - led - jumped badly left 6th - jumped badly left 4 out - pushed along and hard pressed after 3 out - headed before 2 out - soon weakened(op 9/4) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Top Decision (IRE) | 10 G | Poor | Samuel Drinkwater | 158 lbs | 13/2 | .75 | Towards rear - pushed along and some headway after 3 out - ridden and weakened 2 out(op 7/1 tchd 11/2) | ||
| 99th | 1 | Potters Hedger (GB) | 10 G | Poor | Charlie Longsdon | 170 lbs | 11/1 | - | Raced wide - didn't jump well - slowly into stride - in touch with leaders 1st - pushed along 11th - mistake and ridden 12th - struggling 5 out - tailed off when pulled up after 3 out(op 15/2 tchd 12/1) | ||
| 99th | 4 | Aki Bomaye (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Joe Tizzard | 167 lbs | 5/1 | - | Midfield - not fluent 9th - bumped 10th - not fluent 12th - pushed along 5 out - weakened and pulled up after 3 out (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown; vet said a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(tchd 4/1) |