Chepstow
16:25
Carl Pyne 60th Birthday Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Chepstow Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 Distance: 2m7½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 3 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.50 Place: £1.70 £1.70 £3.30 Exacta: £19.40 Tricast: £194.42 Trifecta: £151.10
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Destroytheevidence (GB) 7 G AVG Kim Bailey 160 lbs 7/2F Won Prominent - pressed leader 2 out - soon ridden - led after last - edged left final 110yds - stayed on(op 6/1)
2nd 8 Haiti Couleurs (FR) 7 G Elite Rebecca Curtis 152 lbs 4/1 2 Midfield - headway home turn - pressed leader 5 out - led 4 out - faced challenge from 2 out - mistake last - soon headed - no extra when short of room final 110yds(tchd 5/1)
3rd 5 Beachcomber (FR) 6 G AVG Jonjo & A J O'Neill 157 lbs 16/1 10 Held up in rear - midfield 8th - headway after 5 out - went third before 2 out - stayed on but no match for first two(op 10/1 tchd 18/1)
4th 9 Moon Hunter (GB) 7 G AVG Henry Daly 150 lbs 11/1 1.75 Midfield - towards rear 4th - pushed along from 8th - headway after 5 out - disputing fourth 4 out - stayed on(op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
5th 2 Isaac Des Obeaux (FR) 7 G AVG Paul Nicholls 163 lbs 9/2 3.75 Prominent - led 5 out - pressed leader when headed 4 out - mistake 3 out - weakened gradually from 2 out(op 10/3)
6th 6 Goshhowposh (IRE) 7 G AVG Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 156 lbs 9/2 7.5 Midfield - dropped to rear 8th - some headway after 5 out - mistake 4 out - outpaced from 3 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake 4 out)(op 7/2)
7th 4 Lord Snootie (IRE) 7 G Poor Christian Williams 157 lbs 12/1 7.5 Held up in rear - some headway home turn - weakened 3 out(op 16/1 tchd 18/1)
99th 7 G A Henty (GB) 7 G Poor Dan Skelton 154 lbs 17/2 - Led - pressed leader when headed 3rd - weakened quickly 5 out - pulled up 3 out (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than it being a more competitive race on this occasion; vet said gelding had been struck into on his right hind)(tchd 13/2)
99th 1 Sea Music (IRE) 6 G AVG Emmet Mullins 164 lbs 28/1 - Jumped right on occasions - pressed leader - led 3rd - headed 5 out - soon weakened - pulled up 3 out (jockey said gelding slipped)(op 18/1)