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Uttoxeter
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bet365 Midlands Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Uttoxeter Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 Distance: 4m2f Type: Chase Going: Heavy Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £22.90 Place: £5.50 £2.50 £1.70 Exacta: £200.10 Tricast: £633.84 Trifecta: £1693.30
Non-Runners: Inis Oirr (self certificate)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m2f 3m1f 3m 3m4½f 3m5f
1st
Jumped right on occasions - in touch with leaders on outer - prominent after 6th - joined leader after 9th - jumped badly right 18th - not fluent 4 out - soon ridden and outpaced - rallied and challenging after 2 out - led just after last - kept on well (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that he could offer no explanation other than gelding travelled better on this occasion)(tchd 16/1)
8 G AVG
Nigel Twiston-Davies 158 lbs 18/1 Won
4m 3m5½f 3m½f 3m½f 4m2½f
3m 3m 3m5f 3m2f 4m2½f
2nd
Midfield - in touch with leaders 5 out - ridden 2 out - 2 lengths third last - stayed on and went second towards finish(op 5/1 tchd 13/2)
8 G Poor
W P Mullins 168 lbs 6/1 1.75
4m2½f 4m 3m1½f 3m 3m2f
3m1f 3m 3m 3m5f 3m4½f
3rd
Led - headed and prominent before 2nd - pressed leader 20th - led after 5 out - good jump and 3 lengths ahead 3 out - ridden and reduced lead after 2 out - headed just after last - edged left run-in - weakened and lost second towards finish - lost left-front shoe (vet said mare lost her left-fore shoe)(op 11/2)
8 M AVG
Emma Lavelle 149 lbs 5/1 .5
4m 3m2½f 3m1½f 3m1f 3m2½f
2m7½f 3m2f 3m 3m 3m6½f
4th
Towards rear - headway on outer before 5 out - not fluent 4 out - disputing second 3 out - weakened from last(op 5/1)
9 G AVG
Fergal O'Brien 153 lbs 11/2 5
4m 2m7f 3m 3m 3m
3m5f 3m1f 2m6½f 3m 3m
5th
Prominent - led before 2nd - joined after 9th - headed after 5 out - disputing second when mistake 3 out - soon weakened(op 10/1 tchd 12/1)
10 G AVG
Jamie Snowden 154 lbs 11/1 9
3m 2m6½f 3m 3m
2m7f 3m5f 3m4½f 3m3½f 4m1½f
6th
Held up in rear - headway after 5 out - weakened after 3 out - bled from the nose (vet said mare bled from nose)(tchd 28/1)
8 M AVG
Andy Irvine 139 lbs 25/1 2.5
3m1f 3m1½f 3m5f 3m3½f 3m
2m3½f 3m 3m6½f 3m4½f 3m6½f
7th
Midfield - lost position and dropped to rear 17th - ridden and struggling after 5 out - stayed on after 2 out(tchd 28/1)
10 G AVG
Robert Walford 139 lbs 25/1 3.5
3m1½f 3m2f 3m5f 3m1f
3m 3m6½f 2m7½f 3m 3m
8th
Prominent - weakened after 4 out(op 11/1)
10 G AVG
Harry Fry 153 lbs 12/1 1.5
3m½f 3m 3m2½f 3m
4m2f 3m4f 3m3½f 3m4½f 3m6½f
9th
Prominent - lost position 19th - soon outpaced and struggling(op 25/1)
11 G AVG
Paul Nicholls 152 lbs 22/1 8.5
-
3m 4m2f 3m½f 3m3½f 3m5f
10th
Held up in midfield - weakened 4 out (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the particularly testing conditions on this occasion)(tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1)
8 G Good
Charlie Longsdon 153 lbs 15/2 17
-
2m6½f 3m 3m 3m4½f 2m6½f
11th
Towards rear - some headway after 5 out - weakened 3 out(op 9/1)
10 G AVG
Denis Gerard Hogan 139 lbs 15/2 47
2m5f 3m5f
2m4f 3m 2m4f 3m6½f 3m4½f
99th
Midfield - mistake 15th - hit 5 out - soon weakened - pulled up before last (jockey said gelding stopped quickly; vet said gelding showed signs of post-race heat stress)(tchd 5/1)
8 G AVG
Jonjo O'Neill 158 lbs 9/2F -
4m 3m2f 3m6½f 4m2f 3m2f