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Exeter
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Happy Retirement Victor And Gerald Dartnall Novices' Handicap Chase
Exeter Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 Distance: 2m1½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £26 Place: £5.40 £2.30 £14.30 Exacta: £195.90 Tricast: £14040.12 Trifecta: £3668.80
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m2½f 2m3f 2m3f 2m5½f 2m2½f
1st
Raced in last - headway from 5 out - soon in touch with leaders - ridden 3 out - mistake 2 out - challenging last - led run-in - won going away (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had improved for switching to chasing from hurdling)(op 40/1 tchd 50/1)
7 G AVG
Helen Nelmes 142 lbs 25/1 Won
2m 2m3f 2m3f 2m5½f 2m5½f
2m½f 2m 2m2½f 2m4f 2m1f
2nd
Kept away from others at start - led - raced in second 5th - led again 3 out - faced challenge approaching last - headed and no extra run-in(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
7 M AVG
Kim Bailey 159 lbs 6/1 2.75
2m 2m1f 2m 2m
2m 2m1f 2m 2m1f 2m
3rd
Took keen hold - midfield - carried left 1st - not fluent 3rd - headway from 4 out - kept on well and went third run-in(op 66/1 tchd 80/1)
5 M Poor
Bill Turner 142 lbs 100/1 1.25
2m4f 2m4f 2m2f 2m7½f
2m4f 2m1½f 2m5f 2m4f 2m3½f
4th
Prominent - led 5th - headed 3 out - no extra and lost third run-in(op 22/1 tchd 25/1)
9 G Poor
Chris Down 139 lbs 20/1 1
2m4f 2m4f
2m½f 2m6f 2m2½f 2m7½f 3m
5th
Prominent - no impression from 2 out - lost fourth run-in(op 7/1)
7 G AVG
Chris Honour 154 lbs 5/1 2.25
2m7½f 2m 2m4f 2m3½f 2m3½f
1m7f 2m1f 2m2½f 2m4f 2m½f
6th
Prominent - no impression from 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 6/1)
8 M Poor
Chris Down 142 lbs 17/2 0.2
2m 2m2f 2m3f 2m
2m½f 2m3f 3m 2m4f 2m3f
7th
Never better than midfield - slightly hampered 1st - some headway from 2 out(op 13/2)
7 G Poor
Jane Williams 163 lbs 15/2 1.75
3m 2m2½f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m4f
2m3½f 2m6½f 2m5f 2m5f 2m½f
8th
Midfield - jumped left 1st - hampered 3rd - weakened 3 out(op 15/2)
7 G Poor
Evan Williams 160 lbs 10/1 3.5
2m3½f 3m1f 2m5½f 3m 2m5f
2m4f 2m2½f 1m4f 2m 2m1f
9th
Never better than midfield - bad mistake 4th - not fluent 6th - weakened 4 out(op 16/1)
6 G AVG
Harriet Dickin 168 lbs 25/1 29
1m1f
2m 2m2½f 2m1f 2m2½f 3m2½f
10th
Midfield - jumped right and mistake 3rd - weakened before 4 out(tchd 28/1 and tchd 40/1)
6 G AVG
Jimmy Frost 144 lbs 33/1 13
2m1f 2m2½f 2m2½f
2m3f 2m3½f 2m4½f 2m½f
99th
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - bad mistake 7th - soon dropped to rear - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at 6th last fence)(op 9/4)
5 G AVG
Emma Lavelle 168 lbs 2/1F -
2m6½f 3m 2m5f 2m7f 2m4f
2m½f 2m3½f 2m½f 2m1½f 2m1f
99th
Towards rear - hampered 7th - bad mistake 5 out - struggling when mistake 4 out - mistake and unseated 2 out(op 8/1)
7 G AVG
Tom George 164 lbs 11/1 -
2m 2m 1m7½f 2m 1m7½f