Chepstow
15:10
DragonBet Best Prices On Welsh Sport Handicap Chase
Chepstow Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 Distance: 2m3½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £17 Place: £5.90 £3.20 Exacta: £97.20 Trifecta: £902.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Billingsley (IRE) 11 G Poor Alastair Ralph 157 lbs 16/1 Won Disputed lead - ridden and clear with one other 3 out - left clear and 8 lengths ahead 2 out - reduced lead final 110yds - pushed out - always doing enough (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding may have appreciated the better ground on this occasion - which had been officially changed to good to soft)(op 14/1 tchd 18/1)
2nd 7 Abaya Du Mathan (FR) 13 G Poor David Pipe 142 lbs 7/1 4.75 Travelled strongly - prominent - went third 9th - ridden and no impression 3 out - left in second and 8 lengths down when hampered by faller 2 out - kept on run-in - always held(op 8/1 tchd 13/2)
3rd 2 Brulure Noire (IRE) 8 G AVG Richard J Bandey 167 lbs 13/2 1.25 Held up in rear - pushed along and no impression when hit 4 out - left in fourth 2 out - went third and kept on well run-in - not reach leaders(tchd 6/1)
4th 4 Walk In The Wild (FR) N/A AVG Gary Moore 159 lbs 3/1J 3 Prominent - mistake and dropped to midfield 4th - disputing third and pushed along when not fluent 4 out - soon outpaced - left in third and hampered by faller 2 out - lost third run-in (trainer's rep said gelding was unsuited by the good to soft ground on this occasion and would prefer a slower surface)(op 11/4)
99th 5 Grizzly James (FR) N/A Poor
Ned Fox (5)lbs
Venetia Williams 155 lbs 3/1J - Disputed lead - mistake 8th - ridden and went clear with winner 3 out - fell 2 out
99th 6 Faitque de L'Isle (FR) 10 G AVG Michael Scudamore 155 lbs 13/2 - Prominent - mistake and lost position 10th - dropped to last and beaten home turn - pulled up 4 out(op 7/1)
99th 1 Striking Out (GB) 9 G Poor Henry Oliver 161 lbs 9/2 - Held up in rear - pushed along and no impression when mistake and unseated 4 out(op 4/1)