Chepstow
15:10
Cazoo Handicap Chase
Chepstow Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 Distance: 2m Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £13 Place: £4.50 £1.40 Exacta: £28.10 Trifecta: £140
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Valirann Gold (IRE) 8 G Poor Harriet Brown 139 lbs 12/1 Won Made all - not fluent 4th - pushed along before 3 out - ridden and went clear approaching last - good jump last - pushed out (trainer's rep said - regarding apparent improvement in form - gelding was suited by a change of tactics to being ridden prominently on this occasion)(op 18/1)
2nd 4 Prime Pretender (GB) 9 G Poor Evan Williams 160 lbs 6/4F 9.5 Held up in rear - smooth headway before 4 out - chased leader going easily 4 out - pushed along and found little 3 out - soon ridden - weakened approaching last(tchd 5/4 and tchd 13/8)
3rd 2 Billingsley (IRE) 11 G Poor Alastair Ralph 158 lbs 7/1 5.5 Midfield - pushed along and dropped to rear 5 out - ridden and rallied 4 out - went third before 2 out - kept on but no impression approaching last(op 9/1)
4th 3 Sherborne (IRE) 8 G AVG Joe Tizzard 164 lbs 13/2 17 Prominent - pushed along briefly 2nd - overjumped 3rd - mistake 5th - mistake and ridden 4 out - soon outpaced and held - weakened 2 out(op 9/2 tchd 7/1)
5th 5 Grizzly James (FR) N/A Poor Venetia Williams 158 lbs 100/30 3.25 Held up in rear - slow jump and pushed along 5th - brief headway home turn - pushed along 5 out - no impression 4 out - weakened 3 out(tchd 7/2)
99th 1 Clondaw Bertie (IRE) N/A Poor Pat Murphy 169 lbs 13/2 - Midfield - pecked on landing and reminders 2nd - ridden 5th - bad mistake and dropped to rear 7th - eased and pulled up home turn (jockey said gelding lost his confidence after a jumping error at the first fence)(op 6/1 tchd 7/1)