Doncaster
15:15
Virgin Bet Grimthorpe Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Doncaster Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2023 Distance: 3m2f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £19 Place: £5.80 £2 Exacta: £69 Tricast: £476.81 Trifecta: £393.50
Non-Runners: Does He Know (self certificate)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Midfield - headway 6th - ridden after 13th - led after 2 out - faced sustained challenge run-in - kept on (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the apparent improvement in form)(op 25/1)
11 G AVG Seamus Mullins 142 lbs 18/1 Won
2nd
Prominent - went second 3rd - led 12th - ridden and headed after 2 out - made sustained challenge run-in - kept on(op 11/4)
9 G Poor Nigel Twiston-Davies 143 lbs 3/1 0.3
3rd
Led - jumped right - headed but close up 12th - ridden after 14th - no extra approaching last(op 9/1)
N/A Poor Brian Ellison 151 lbs 8/1 10
4th
Raced in second - hit 1st - lost second but prominent 3rd - ridden before 3 out - weakened 2 out(tchd 7/2)
9 G AVG Charlie Longsdon 149 lbs 100/30 13
5th
Held up in rear - headway 10th - ridden before 4 out - weakened after 3 out(op 8/1 tchd 13/2)
8 G Good Philip Hobbs 152 lbs 9/1 0.3
6th
Held up in rear - mistake 3rd - headway 3 out - weakened after 2 out - burst blood vessel (vet said gelding bled from nose)(op 7/4)
10 G AVG Stuart Coltherd 144 lbs 15/8F 6.5
7th
Towards rear of midfield - not fluent 9th - ridden after 11th - weakened 15th - behind when mistake 3 out
N/A AVG Tom Lacey 145 lbs 25/1 .5