Leicester Races
Leicester
14:05
William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap Chase
Leicester
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Distance: 2m6½f
Type: Chase
Going: Heavy
Class: Class 5
Surface: Turf
Win: £3
Place: £1.60 £1.80
Exacta: £8.90
Trifecta: £23.50
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Val Dancer (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Mel Rowley | 168 lbs | 2/1F | Won | Pressed leader - prominent 8th - joined leaders 13th - led 4 out - faced challenge 3 out - soon clear with one other - pushed along and went clear before last - stayed on(op 5/2) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Royal Mer (FR) | 7 G | AVG | David Pipe | 162 lbs | 3/1 | 16 | Held up in rear - steady headway and in touch with leaders before 5th - pressed winner 3 out - soon went clear with winner - lost ground before last - weakened run-in(tchd 10/3) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Justshortofabubble (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Grace Harris | 158 lbs | 7/2 | 3.75 | Raced in last - steady headway before 4 out - went third 2 out - weakening when not fluent last(op 3/1 tchd 11/4) | ||
| 4th | 6 | Bignorm (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Rosemary Gasson | 142 lbs | 8/1 | .5 | Didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - joined leader 8th - weakened before 2 out(op 9/1 tchd 15/2) | ||
| 99th | 3 | File Illico (FR) | 9 G | Poor | Jonjo O'Neill | 159 lbs | 5/1 | - | Led - joined 8th - headed 4 out - weakened after 3 out - pulled up before last(op 11/2 tchd 6/1) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Moon Eagle (IRE) | 7 M | Poor | Tom Gretton | 152 lbs | 40/1 | - | Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - mistake and lost ground 12th - weakened before 14th - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out(op 16/1 tchd 14/1) |