Doncaster Races
Doncaster
15:05
Off The Fence On youtube.com/attheraces Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Doncaster
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024
Distance: 3m2f
Type: Chase
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £3
Place: £1.50 £3
Exacta: £13.70
Trifecta: £42.90
Non-Runners: Tom Cody (unsuitable ground), Trincomalee (suspended from running), Val Dancer (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Fenland Tiger (GB) | 8 G | Good | Sam England | 158 lbs | 2/1F | Won | In touch with leaders - headway and pressed leader 10th - led going easily 14th - shaken up when jumped right last - pushed out - comfortably(op 15/8 tchd 7/4) | ||
| 2nd | 8 | Betterforeveryone (GB) | 8 G | AVG | Alan King | 156 lbs | 7/1 | 3.5 | In touch with leaders - not fluent 3rd - bad mistake 5 out - rallied 3 out - soon went second - kept on but no match for winner(tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Iberio (GER) | 7 G | AVG | Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | 163 lbs | 100/30 | 13 | Didn't jump with fluency - held up in last - headway and prominent 10th - lost position when slow jump 14th - reminder before 5 out - outpaced when hung left 4 out - rallied and went third 2 out - no chance when eased final 110yds (jockey said gelding hung left-handed from 4f out)(tchd 11/4) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Lyrical Genius (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Charlie Longsdon | 163 lbs | 100/30 | 13 | Led - slow jump and briefly headed 3rd - mistake 4th - jumped left 9th - not fluent and headed 14th - jumped left 3 out - soon lost second - mistake and lost third 2 out - soon weakened(op 18/5) | ||
| 99th | 6 | Marco Island (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | Anthony Honeyball | 158 lbs | 4/1 | - | Took keen hold - raced in second - not fluent 2nd - briefly led 3rd - mistake 4th - lost position just before 10th - mistake and dropped to last 13th - not fluent and stumbled 14th - soon pulled up - blood in nostrils (vet reported gelding had bled from the nose)(op 9/2 tchd 11/2) |