Exeter Races
Exeter
15:18
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
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | Wellwillya (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Helen Nelmes | 142 lbs | 25/1 | Won | 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) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | Lady Gwen (GB) | 7 M | AVG | Kim Bailey | 159 lbs | 6/1 | 2.75 | 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) | ||
| 3rd | 11 | My Mate Polly (GB) | 5 M | Poor | Bill Turner | 142 lbs | 100/1 | 1.25 | 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) | ||
| 4th | 12 | Mr Sociable (GB) | 9 G | Poor |
Philip Armson
(3)lbs
|
Chris Down | 139 lbs | 20/1 | 1 | Prominent - led 5th - headed 3 out - no extra and lost third run-in(op 22/1 tchd 25/1) | |
| 5th | 7 | John W Creasy (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Chris Honour | 154 lbs | 5/1 | 2.25 | Prominent - no impression from 2 out - lost fourth run-in(op 7/1) | ||
| 6th | 9 | Miss Marette (GB) | 8 M | Poor | Chris Down | 142 lbs | 17/2 | 0.2 | Prominent - no impression from 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 6/1) | ||
| 7th | 4 | Moorland Rambler (GB) | 7 G | Poor | Jane Williams | 163 lbs | 15/2 | 1.75 | Never better than midfield - slightly hampered 1st - some headway from 2 out(op 13/2) | ||
| 8th | 5 | Lelant (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Evan Williams | 160 lbs | 10/1 | 3.5 | Midfield - jumped left 1st - hampered 3rd - weakened 3 out(op 15/2) | ||
| 9th | 1 | Cabrakan (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Harriet Dickin | 168 lbs | 25/1 | 29 | Never better than midfield - bad mistake 4th - not fluent 6th - weakened 4 out(op 16/1) | ||
| 10th | 8 | Greystoke (GB) | 6 G | AVG |
Ellis Collier
(7)lbs
|
Jimmy Frost | 144 lbs | 33/1 | 13 | Midfield - jumped right and mistake 3rd - weakened before 4 out(tchd 28/1 and tchd 40/1) | |
| 99th | 2 | Move With The Beat (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Emma Lavelle | 168 lbs | 2/1F | - | 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) | ||
| 99th | 3 | Dunstall Rambler (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Tom George | 164 lbs | 11/1 | - | Towards rear - hampered 7th - bad mistake 5 out - struggling when mistake 4 out - mistake and unseated 2 out(op 8/1) |