Warwick

John Sumner Memorial Veterans' Handicap Chase (Leg 9 Of The Stayers' Veterans' Chase Series)

Distance: 3m
Going: Good To Soft
Prize: £15,609
Runners: 6
Winning time: 6m 18.00s (slow by 23.00s)
Age: 9yo+
Class: Class 2
1
J:Sam Twiston-Davies T:Nigel Twiston-Davies
Age:10 Weight:10st 3lbs
OR:125 SP:100/30
In touch with leaders - slow jump 1st - went second 3 out - led before last - pushed along and went clear run-in - comfortably(op 7/2 tchd 3/1)
2
J:Freddie Gingell(3) T:Joe Tizzard
Age:10 Weight:12st 0lbs
OR:150 SP:15/8F
Disputed lead - led overall 5 out - headed before last - soon no extra - no chance with winner run-in(tchd 9/4)
3 21 29½
J:Stan Sheppard T:Henry Daly
Age:10 Weight:10st 13lbs
OR:135 SP:9/2
Disputed lead - headed 5 out - outpaced when lost second 3 out - weakened before last(op 5/1)
4 32¼
J:Jack Tudor T:David Pipe
Age:10 Weight:10st 2lbs
OR:124 SP:3/1
In touch with leaders - not fluent 3rd - outpaced 5 out - struggling from 2 out
PU
J:Adam Wedge T:Evan Williams
Age:10 Weight:10st 2lbs
OR:124 SP:33/1
Raced in last - mistake 2nd - bad mistake 10th - soon detached - hit 13th - soon pulled up (jockey said gelding jumped poorly)(op 18/1 tchd 16/1)
UR
J:Miss Heidi Palin(7) T:Dan Skelton
Age:13 Weight:10st 13lbs
OR:135 SP:12/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - lost ground and dropped to rear before 12th - hit then unseated 13th(tchd 14/1)
NR
jockey silk Smarty Wild
J:Ben Jones T:Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Age:10 Weight:10st 5lbs
OR:127 SP: -
NR
jockey silk Empire Steel
J:Ryan Mania T:Sandy Thomson
Age:10 Weight:11st 7lbs
OR:143 SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £4.34
Tote place: £2.10 £1.50
Exacta: £9.60
Trifecta: £27.40
Tricast: £25.97
CSF: £10.36