Aintree
14:30
William Hill Handicap Chase (Registered As The Freebooter Handicap Chase) (Premier Handicap) (GBB)
Aintree Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 Distance: 3m1f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £10.40 Place: £2.80 £4.50 £2.50 Exacta: £221.30 Tricast: £1262.99 Trifecta: £2113.70
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 11 Cruz Control (FR) 8 G Good Tom Lacey 150 lbs 9/1 Won Made all - not fluent and stumbled badly 14th - hit 4 out - kept on well - ridden out(op 15/2)
2nd 2 Sam Brown (GB) 13 G AVG Anthony Honeyball 163 lbs 20/1 1 Prominent - lost position but in touch with leaders 8th - outpaced and dropped to rear after 15th - headway after 2 out - disputing fourth last - stayed on run-in - went second towards finish(tchd 22/1)
3rd 10 Forward Plan (IRE) 9 G AVG Anthony Honeyball 148 lbs 13/2 1.25 Midfield - slightly hampered 4 out - headway but not clear run after 3 out - went second after 2 out - stayed on but lost second towards finish(op 6/1)
4th 4 Kinondo Kwetu (GB) 8 G Good Sam England 158 lbs 25/1 5.5 Midfield - steady headway from 13th - went second after 4 out - lost second after 2 out - no extra from last(op 22/1)
5th 3 Twig (GB) 9 G Good Ben Pauling 156 lbs 8/1 2.75 Prominent - hit 3 out - no extra approaching last (vet said gelding showed signs of post-race ataxia)(op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
6th 6 Kilbeg King (IRE) N/A Good Anthony Honeyball 154 lbs 9/2 1.75 Jumped slightly right throughout - in touch with leaders - outpaced from 3 out(op 11/2)
7th 5 Crebilly (IRE) 7 G AVG Jonjo O'Neill 157 lbs 9/2 2 Midfield - hit 1st - headway from 14th - disputing third after 3 out - weakened approaching last(op 4/1)
8th 9 The King Of Ryhope (GB) 8 G AVG Dan Skelton 151 lbs 7/2F 1.75 Held up in rear - headway after 4 out - in touch with leaders 2 out - weakened before last (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 4/1)
9th 12 Now Where Or When (IRE) 9 G Poor S R B Crawford 146 lbs 50/1 0.1 Midfield - dropped to rear after 11th - weakened after 2 out(tchd 66/1)
10th 7 Falco Blitz (IRE) 10 G AVG E McNamara 153 lbs 25/1 23 Held up in rear - headway into midfield 13th - weakened 3 out - tailed off(op 20/1)
99th 8 Erne River (IRE) 10 G AVG Nick Kent 151 lbs 20/1 - Prominent - not fluent 5th - mistake 4 out - weakened after 3 out - pulled up before last(op 25/1)
99th 1 Fugitif (FR) 10 G AVG Richard Hobson 168 lbs 33/1 - Held up in rear - headway after 11th - weakened after 15th - pulled up after 4 out(op 25/1)
99th 13 Demnat (FR) 8 G AVG Venetia Williams 144 lbs 14/1 - Prominent - weakened quickly after 12th - pulled up after 14th(tchd 16/1)