Sandown
15:00
Grand Military Gold Cup (A Chase For Military Amateurs') (Sponsored By The Army Sport Control Board)
Sandown Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 Distance: 3m Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £2.10 Place: £1.10 £1.40 £2.30 Exacta: £4.10 Trifecta: £24.30
Non-Runners: D'Jango (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Broken Halo (GB) 9 G AVG Paul Nicholls 170 lbs 11/10F Won Took keen hold - towards rear - headway and prominent 11th - led going best 4 out - good jump 2 out - another good jump last - ridden and kept on well run-in
2nd 8 Almazhar Garde (FR) 10 G AVG Charlie Longsdon 161 lbs 9/4 5 Towards rear - mistake 8th - headway 12th - prominent when not fluent 16th - went second just before 2 out - kept on run-in - no match for winner(op 2/1)
3rd 7 Tallow For Coal (IRE) 6 G AVG Jamie Snowden 166 lbs 10/1 27 Midfield - in touch with leaders 3rd - pressed leader 3 out - soon ridden - lost second just before 2 out - weakened approaching last (vet said gelding lost his left-fore shoe)(op 9/1)
4th 6 Rolling Dylan (IRE) N/A Poor Philip Hobbs 168 lbs 8/1 23 Prominent - briefly led 4th - dropped to midfield 11th - blundered 13th - well behind but stayed on before 2 out - went modest fourth last(op 15/2)
5th 1 Texard (FR) 9 G AVG David Pipe 171 lbs 28/1 .75 Always towards rear - minor headway from 3 out(op 22/1 tchd 33/1)
6th 5 Red Happy (FR) 7 G AVG David Pipe 166 lbs 14/1 4.5 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - jumped right 9th - lost ground 16th - ridden after 4 out - weakened from 3 out(tchd 12/1)
7th 9 Diable De Sivola (FR) 12 G Poor Will Ramsay 163 lbs 25/1 44 Led - slow jump 2nd - briefly headed 4th - headed 4 out - soon pressed leader - ridden and weakened from 3 out - lost fourth and weakened approaching last - finished tired(op 33/1)
8th 10 Roc D'Apsis (FR) N/A Poor W Worthington 161 lbs 150/1 30 Prominent on outer - slow jump 2nd - dropped to midfield 3rd - dropped to rear 10th - mistake 16th - nearly lost jockey 17th - tailed off(op 80/1)
99th 2 Abaya Du Mathan (FR) 13 G Poor David Pipe 166 lbs 150/1 - Always towards rear - pulled up 4 out(op 100/1)