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Leicester
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Atherstone Handicap Chase
Leicester Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 Distance: 2m6½f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50 Place: £2.70 £2.10 Exacta: £21 Trifecta: £97.80
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m2f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m4½f 2m5f
1st
Towards rear - headway and prominent 4 out - pushed along and went second 3 out - led approaching last - ridden clear final 110yds (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding preferred the quicker ground and that ground at Sedgefield last time rode tacky in her opinion)(op 7/2)
4 G AVG
L J Morgan 159 lbs 9/2 Won
2m4f 3m1f 3m
2m4f 2m3½f 2m7½f 2m5f 2m4f
2nd
Raced in second - led 3rd - pushed along 2 out - headed approaching last - no match for winner(tchd 3/1)
9 G AVG
Caroline Fryer 149 lbs 100/30 6
3m 2m4f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m4½f
2m3½f 2m6½f 2m4½f 2m3½f 2m4f
3rd
Jumped left throughout - raced wide - in rear - headway and in touch with leaders halfway - slow jump and outpaced 11th - ridden and struggling 4 out - rallied and went third run-in - no match for first two(op 17/2)
9 G AVG
Dr Richard Newland 169 lbs 12/1 9
3m½f 3m 2m7f 2m4f 2m7½f
2m 2m½f 2m5½f 2m 2m4½f
4th
Didn't jump with fluency - led - headed and raced in second 3rd - ridden and lost second 3 out - weakening when not fluent last(tchd 5/1 and tchd 13/2)
5 G Poor
Fergal O'Brien 163 lbs 11/2 6
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2m1½f 2m2½f 2m7½f 2m5½f 2m4f
5th
Prominent - ridden 4 out - weakened after 3 out(tchd 11/2)
7 G AVG
Sean Curran 161 lbs 5/1 13
2m2f 2m6f 2m5½f 2m7½f 3m½f
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99th
In rear - struggling from 9th - tailed off when pulled up 4 out(op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
10 G AVG
Phillippa Taylor 149 lbs 20/1 -
3m3½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 3m2½f
2m5½f 2m7½f 2m4f
99th
Didn't jump with fluency - prominent - lost position 5th - rallied 8th - lost position 9th - mistake and pulled up 11th (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 3/1)
N/A Poor
Jonjo O'Neill 156 lbs 11/4F -
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