Worcester
17:30
Paul Matthews 60th Birthday Celebration Handicap Chase
Worcester Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 Distance: 2m½f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £15.20 Place: £3.70 £4.20 £2.40 Exacta: £224.80 Tricast: £1052.73 Trifecta: £996.80
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Jumped slightly right - disputed lead - led clearly 6th - pushed along from 3 out - jumped right last - kept on well run-in(op 10/1 tchd 16/1)
7 G AVG Jamie Snowden 144 lbs 14/1 Won
2nd
Held up in rear - headway 4 out - pressed leaders 3 out - went second and 3 lengths down last - stayed on(op 10/1 tchd 17/2)
7 G AVG Warren Greatrex 157 lbs 12/1 2
3rd
Midfield - jumped left and bumped rival 1st - hit 2nd - not fluent 5 out - headway and prominent 4 out - not fluent 3 out - outpaced 2 out - stayed on and went third run-in(op 7/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2)
5 G Poor Nigel Twiston-Davies 146 lbs 11/2 5.5
4th
Prominent - went second after 5 out - lost second last - weakened run-in(op 6/1 tchd 5/1 and tchd 8/1)
7 G Poor Donald McCain 163 lbs 15/2 4.75
5th
Held up in rear - headway into midfield 5 out - went third 4 out - mistake 2 out - lost position and jumped left last - weakened run-in(op 50/1 tchd 100/1)
7 G AVG Rob Summers 168 lbs 80/1 1.5
6th
Midfield - jumped right and bumped rival 1st - headway and prominent 3rd - not fluent 4 out - weakened 3 out(op 9/1 tchd 11/2)
6 G AVG Joe Tizzard 162 lbs 6/1 14
7th
Disputed lead - led clearly 4th - joined 5th - lost position 6th - lost second after 5 out - weakened 4 out(op 12/1)
9 G Poor Neil King 161 lbs 17/2 3.75
8th
Towards rear of midfield - dropped to rear 5 out - soon weakened(op 14/1 tchd 20/1)
10 G Poor Mark Weatherer 146 lbs 18/1 22
99th
Got loose beforehand - towards rear of midfield - not fluent 6th - weakened after 5 out - in rear when pulled up before 3 out(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
9 G AVG Matt Sheppard 146 lbs 11/1 -
99th
Prominent - jumped right on occasions - pecked on landing 1st - mistake and dropped to midfield 3rd - weakened and lost touch after 5 out - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding made a respiratory noise)(op 13/2 tchd 5/1 and tchd 15/2)
6 G Poor Neil Mulholland 145 lbs 11/2 -
99th
In touch with leaders - awkward jump 5th - weakened before 4 out - in rear when pulled up before 3 out(op 14/1 tchd 16/1)
7 G Poor Karen Jewell 146 lbs 12/1 -
99th
Held up in rear - bit short of room when not fluent 5 out - headway going easily before 4 out - pushed along when bad mistake 3 out - 8 lengths down when bad mistake and unseated last(tchd 4/1)
5 G Poor Gary Brown 157 lbs 9/2F -