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

6 Torn And Frayed

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 8½

1 Eldorado Allen

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

4 Rapper

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 2¾ 32¼

8 First Lord De Cuet

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

7 Diol Ker

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)

3 Bennys King

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)

Smarty Wild

J: Ben Jones

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Age: 10

Weight: 10st 5lbs

OR: 127

SP: -

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