Perth
14:20
GS Group Balnakeilly Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Perth Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.20 Place: £1.60 £1.80 Exacta: £9.90 Trifecta: £36.50
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Ioupy Collonges (FR) 7 G Good Paul Nicholls 161 lbs 11/5F Won Made virtually all - ridden 2 out - faced challenges last - kept on well(op 9/4 tchd 5/2)
2nd 6 Travail d'Orfevre (FR) 8 G AVG N W Alexander 143 lbs 7/2 1.25 Held up in rear - headway and went third before 3 out - pecked on landing last - went second inside final 110yds - no match for winner(tchd 10/3)
3rd 2 Bleu d'Enfer (FR) 6 G Poor S R B Crawford 161 lbs 17/2 1 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - went second 4 out - pressed winner last - no extra and lost second inside final 110yds(op 13/2)
4th 1 Findthetime (IRE) 9 G AVG Stuart Coltherd 164 lbs 11/1 14 Didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - switched right before 3 out - weakened before 2 out(op 17/2 tchd 12/1)
5th 4 Carrigeen Castle (IRE) 8 G AVG Micky Hammond 160 lbs 6/1 3 Disputed lead early - in touch with leaders after 1st - not fluent 4 out - weakened before 2 out(op 17/2)
6th 5 Clonakilty (IRE) 8 G AVG Olly Murphy 160 lbs 3/1 52 Didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - pressed leader 3rd - lost ground before 4 out - soon weakened - tailed off (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 11/4 tchd 16/5)