Sandown Races
Sandown
14:35
Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices' Chase (GBB Race)
Sandown
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025
Distance: 2m4f
Type: Chase
Going: Heavy
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £4.34
Exacta: £6.50
Trifecta: £24.20
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Handstands (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | Ben Pauling | 161 lbs | 100/30 | Won | Made all - faced challenge and sustained duel with runner-up from 2 out - kept on well run-in - gamely | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Jango Baie (FR) | 5 G | Elite | Nicky Henderson | 161 lbs | 10/11F | 0.1 | Keen to post - travelled strongly - raced in second - challenging and sustained duel with winner from 2 out - kept on well final 110yds - just failed(op 8/11) | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Mark Of Gold (GB) | 7 G | Good | Gary & Josh Moore | 161 lbs | 22/1 | 17 | Raced in last but in touch with leaders - mistake 6th - not fluent 8th - went third 2 out - soon lost ground - weakened run-in(op 28/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Kalif Du Berlais (FR) | 4 G | Elite | Paul Nicholls | 157 lbs | 11/4 | 1.75 | Raced in third - disputing second 4 out - not fluent 3 out - struggling when not fluent and dropped to last 2 out - soon weakened(op 10/3) |