Newbury
13:20
Get Best Odds Guaranteed At BetVictor Veterans' Handicap Chase (Leg 3 Stayers' Vets' Chase Series)
Newbury Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 Distance: 3m2f Type: Chase Going: Heavy Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £11 Place: £4.40 £1.80 Exacta: £28.30 Tricast: £160.19 Trifecta: £162.10
Non-Runners: Cyclop (unsuitable ground), Secret Reprieve (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Highland Hunter (IRE) 11 G AVG Fergal O'Brien 168 lbs 10/1 Won Pressed leader - led narrowly 8th - 5 lengths ahead 4 out - shaken up after 2 out - stayed on(op 13/2)
2nd 2 Fortescue (GB) 11 G Poor Henry Daly 159 lbs 9/4 4.25 Prominent - went second 17th - stayed on from 3 out - not pace to challenge(op 3/1)
3rd 3 Omar Maretti (IRE) 10 G AVG Alex Hales 156 lbs 13/2 9 In touch with leaders - prominent from 7th - went second after 11th - lost second 17th - stayed on(op 15/2)
4th 9 Copperhead (GB) 10 G AVG Joe Tizzard 137 lbs 2/1F 2.5 In touch with leaders - lost position when awkward jump 11th - headway 17th - stayed on but not pace to challenge(op 5/2 tchd 85/40)
5th 5 Musical Slave (IRE) 12 G AVG Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 154 lbs 12/1 4.75 Held up in rear but in touch with leaders - struggling 17th - no impression from 4 out(op 8/1)
99th 6 Commodore (FR) 10 G Poor Venetia Williams 152 lbs 6/1 - Led - pressed leader when headed 8th - lost second 11th - weakened 15th - pulled up before 17th (vet reported gelding lost his right-fore shoe)(op 11/2 tchd 13/2)
99th 8 Amateur (IRE) 12 G AVG John & Rhys Flint 149 lbs 18/1 - Held up in rear but in touch with leaders - disputing third when hit 16th - weakened after 17th - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)