Wetherby
13:00
William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Novices' Handicap Chase
Wetherby Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 Distance: 2m3½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £4.34 Place: £1.90 £4.60 £1.50 Exacta: £44.90 Tricast: £249.88 Trifecta: £295.50
Non-Runners: Chosen Hero (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 9 Jumper Madrik (FR) 6 G Good Charlie Longsdon 156 lbs 100/30J Won Midfield - bad mistake 4th - not fluent 8th - ridden 4 out - went third 2 out - 4 lengths down last - stayed on run-in - led towards finish - won going away(op 11/4 tchd 5/2)
2nd 10 Time Was (IRE) 7 M Poor Philip Kirby 150 lbs 18/1 2.5 Towards rear - midfield 5th - went third 4 out - mistake but left in second 3 out - challenging when hit 2 out - 1 length down last - lost second briefly towards finish - kept on(op 10/1 tchd 20/1)
3rd 5 Empty Nest (IRE) 7 G AVG Mark Walford 163 lbs 4/1 1.25 Prominent - led 10th - faced challenge and not fluent 2 out - 1 length ahead last - no extra and lost two places towards finish(op 10/3)
4th 4 So Many Roads (GB) 8 G Poor Donald Whillans 166 lbs 5/1 13 In rear - no impression 3 out - mistake 2 out - stayed on run-in - went fourth final strides(op 9/2 tchd 11/2)
5th 1 Ileny Royale (FR) 7 G AVG Tim Vaughan 168 lbs 16/1 1 In rear - headway into midfield 8th - pressed leaders 4 out - hampered 3 out - lost third 2 out - soon weakened(op 18/1 tchd 14/1 and tchd 20/1)
6th 11 Thatsy (FR) 11 G Poor Lizzie Quinlan 148 lbs 33/1 2.25 Prominent - lost position 2nd - in rear 5th - lost touch 4 out - stayed on run-in(op 40/1)
7th 3 Diamond Mix (IRE) 5 G AVG Paul Robson 166 lbs 28/1 9.5 In touch with leaders - weakened after 3 out(tchd 25/1)
8th 8 Nedzor (IRE) 6 G Poor Henry Oliver 159 lbs 8/1 13 Prominent - lost position 5th - dropped to rear 8th - bad mistake 9th - weakened 4 out (jockey said gelding made several jumping errors and was never travelling; vet said gelding bled from nose)(op 9/1 tchd 11/1)
9th 6 Tenbobeachway (IRE) 7 G Poor Lucinda Russell 156 lbs 18/1 3.5 Led - not fluent 7th - headed 8th - weakened before 4 out - mistake 3 out(op 22/1)
99th 7 Hawkseye View (GB) 5 G Poor Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith 162 lbs 100/30J - Prominent - mistake 3rd - led 8th - headed 10th - disputing second when bad mistake and unseated 3 out(op 5/1 tchd 11/2)