Wetherby
13:35
William Hill Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Wetherby Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 Distance: 3m Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.34 Place: £2.20 £2.20 Exacta: £15.20 Trifecta: £14.90
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Fontaine Collonges (FR) 10 M Good Venetia Williams 143 lbs 100/30 Won Prominent - joined leader 11th - led 13th - faced challenge 3 out - ridden after 3 out - kept on well and went clear after 2 out(op 18/5 tchd 4/1)
2nd 3 Empire Steel (IRE) 11 G AVG Sandy Thomson 156 lbs 7/2 14 In touch with leaders - mistake 14th - went second after 5 out - challenging when not fluent 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 4/1)
99th 1 Does He Know (GB) 10 G AVG Kim Bailey 168 lbs 15/2 - Prominent - in touch with leaders before 7th - outpaced when not fluent 13th - soon struggling - tailed off when pulled up before 4 out(op 6/1 tchd 8/1)
99th 4 Karl Philippe (FR) 9 G AVG Fergal O'Brien 146 lbs 11/4F - Towards rear but in touch with leaders - hit 5th - reminder after 14th - soon weakened - pulled up before 4 out - bled from the nose (vet said gelding bled from the nose)(op 10/3)
99th 2 Into Overdrive (GB) 10 G AVG Mark Walford 158 lbs 11/2 - Led - joined 11th - headed 13th - lost second and weakened quickly after 5 out - eased and pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding weakened quickly)(op 4/1 tchd 5/1)
99th 6 Houston Texas (IRE) N/A AVG Nicky Richards 142 lbs 6/1 - In touch with leaders - slow jump and dropped to last 3rd - detached after 8th - pulled up after 10th (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 11/2)