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Ayr
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Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Ayr Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 4 Surface: Turf
Win: £16.80 Place: £5.90 £2.20 Exacta: £44.80 Trifecta: £172.60
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 3m1f
1st
Travelled strongly - towards rear - steady headway before 14th - led before last - ridden and kept on run-in (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding may have benefitted from the drop in grade on this occasion and that gelding does tend to run better at this time of year - which was noted; gelding was routine tested)(op 16/1 tchd 18/1)
11 G AVG
N W Alexander 170 lbs 14/1 Won
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2m4f 2m½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m½f
2nd
Midfield - headway after 5th - led before 9th - headed before last - no extra towards finish(op 7/4)
5 G AVG
Martin Todhunter 153 lbs 9/4 2
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2m5½f 2m4½f 2m7f 2m½f
3rd
Led - headed before 9th - lost ground after 13th - soon in rear - headway after 4 out - went third approaching last - no extra run-in(op 9/2)
6 G Poor
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 165 lbs 4/1 2.25
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2m½f 2m 1m7½f 2m 2m4½f
4th
In touch with leaders - bad mistake 5th - headway before 12th - soon pressed leader - hit and jockey dropped reins 2 out - weakening when mistake last(op 33/1)
7 G Good
James Moffatt 159 lbs 40/1 14
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2m1f 2m½f 2m4½f 2m 2m½f
99th
Pressed leader - lost ground after 9th - in rear when fell 4 out(op 25/1)
6 G Poor
William Young Jnr 146 lbs 40/1 -
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2m½f 2m½f 2m½f 2m½f 2m
99th
In touch with leaders - outpaced before 4 out - not fluent 3 out - soon weakened - pulled up after 2 out(op 18/1 tchd 20/1)
6 G AVG
R Mike Smith 150 lbs 16/1 -
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2m 2m4f 2m5f 2m4f 2m4f
99th
In rear - headway before 12th - prominent when awkward jump 14th - outpaced before 4 out - weakening when pulled up after 3 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown other than gelding made a bad mistake at last fence in back straight - which was noted; vet reported gelding to have an overreach on left-fore)(op 5/4)
5 G AVG
Olly Murphy 163 lbs 11/10F -
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