Wetherby Races
Wetherby
15:25
Kenneth Shaw 75th Birthday Celebration Handicap Chase (Go North Red Rum Series Qualifier)
Wetherby
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024
Distance: 3m
Type: Chase
Going: Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.75
Place: £1.60 £2.20 £3.60
Exacta: £18.70
Tricast: £169.64
Trifecta: £153.30
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Val Dancer (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Mel Rowley | 160 lbs | 11/4F | Won | Made virtually all - briefly headed 6th - clear with one other before 4 out - pushed along when awkward jump 2 out - clear when good jump last - pushed out run-in - much reduced lead final 110yds - always doing enough(op 5/2 tchd 3/1) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Shighness (GB) | 7 M | AVG | Micky Hammond | 155 lbs | 6/1 | 2 | Held up in rear - slow jump 4th - mistake and dropped to last 9th - struggling after 11th - rallying but plenty to do 15th - switched right before 4 out - mistake 3 out - went second before last - kept on well run-in - nearest finish(op 10/1 tchd 5/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | One True King (IRE) | 10 G | Poor |
Toby McCain-Mitchell
(7)lbs
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Nigel Twiston-Davies | 161 lbs | 12/1 | 9.5 | Took keen hold - prominent - briefly led 6th - clear with one other before 4 out - no extra when slow jump 2 out - lost second before last - weakened run-in(tchd 11/1) | |
| 4th | 8 | Tom Cody (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Rebecca Menzies | 155 lbs | 7/2 | 1.5 | Held up in rear - pushed along and some headway after 15th - went third before 4 out - no impression from 3 out - hung left and weakened from 2 out(tchd 10/3) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Eaton Collina (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Kerry Lee | 164 lbs | 6/1 | 4.5 | In touch with leaders - midfield after 6th - headway 13th - pushed along and lost third before 4 out - weakening when slightly hampered before 2 out - finished tired(op 17/2 tchd 5/1) | ||
| 6th | 1 | Lord Of Kerak (GB) | N/A | Poor | Olly Murphy | 170 lbs | 6/1 | 25 | In touch with leaders on inner - lost position 13th - not fluent and reminder 14th - mistake 15th - soon lost position - struggling from 4 out - tailed off from 3 out (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 11/2 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 99th | 9 | Breaking The Ice (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | George Bewley | 152 lbs | 50/1 | - | Prominent - in touch with leaders after 6th - lost position 11th - dropped to rear and struggling after 12th - soon lost touch - pulled up before 15th(op 33/1) | ||
| 99th | 10 | Aire Valley Lad (GB) | 9 G | AVG | Sue Smith | 146 lbs | 12/1 | - | In touch with leaders on outer - dropped to midfield 4th - towards rear after 6th - pushed along and struggling after 10th - tailed off before 15th - soon pulled up (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 11/1 tchd 9/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Here Comes The Man (IRE) | N/A | AVG | Rose Dobbin | 155 lbs | 16/1 | - | Midfield on inner - headway and in touch with leaders after 6th - mistake 13th - lost position and weakened quickly before 4 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out - fatally injured(op 15/2) | ||
| 99th | 3 | Innovated (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Lizzie Quinlan | 168 lbs | 125/1 | - | Held up in rear - some headway 13th - reminder after 14th - struggling when mistake and unseated 15th(op 80/1) |