Newton Abbot
14:45
Racing To School Reaches 250 000 Novices' Handicap Chase
Newton Abbot Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 Distance: 2m½f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £2 Place: £1.10 £1.50 Exacta: £3.40 Trifecta: £8.20
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Prominent - not fluent 5th - led 9th - good jump 4 out - went clear going easily before 2 out - pushed along approaching last - easily(op 5/6 tchd 4/5)
5 G AVG Dan Skelton 163 lbs EvensF Won
2nd
Led - headed 9th - outpaced when awkward jump 3 out - bit short of room before 2 out - kept on run-in - went second post - no match for winner(op 9/4 tchd 11/4)
8 G Poor Katy Price 149 lbs 5/2 11
3rd
Prominent - outpaced 3 out - rallied and chased clear leader 2 out - no impression approaching last - lost second post (vet said gelding lost his left-fore shoe)(op 12/1)
5 G Poor Tom Gretton 168 lbs 6/1 0.05
4th
Prominent - outpaced before 2 out - weakened last(op 17/2 tchd 8/1)
10 G Poor Ryan Chapman 145 lbs 9/1 1.75
99th
Raced wide - prominent - awkward jump 3rd - slow jump 4th - jumped badly left and dropped to rear 5th - slow jump and pulled up 9th (jockey said mare jumped poorly)(op 12/1)
10 M Poor Linda Blackford 148 lbs 16/1 -
99th
Held up in rear - not fluent and flashed tail 3rd - outpaced 8th - lost touch 9th - pulled up before 2 out(op 66/1 and tchd 100/1)
6 M Poor Nikki Evans 144 lbs 50/1 -
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