Newbury

Hooorrrrraaayyy It's Christmas Queens Arms Handicap Chase

Distance: 2m92y

Going: Good To Soft

Prize: £11,618

Runners: 5

Winning time: 4m 11.10s (slow by 13.10s)

Age: 4yo+

Class: Class 3

5 Javert Allen

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Jane Williams

Age: 5

Weight: 10st 8lbs

OR: 120

SP: 9/5

Jumped well - disputed lead - led clearly before 3rd - ridden run-in - always doing enough(op 11/8)

2 2¼

2 Harper's Brook

J: Kielan Woods

T: Dan Skelton

Age: 8

Weight: 11st 10lbs

OR: 136

SP: 22/1

In touch with leaders - headway going easily and went second 2 out - ridden but no extra inside final 110yds(op 14/1)

3 1 3¼

4 Bourbali

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Joe Tizzard

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 4lbs

OR: 130

SP: 8/1

Disputed lead - raced in second before 3rd - not fluent 5th - lost second 2 out - ridden run-in - kept on but no match for first two(op 13/2)

4 12 15¼

1 General Medrano

J: Ben Jones

T: Emma Lavelle

Age: 7

Weight: 12st 1lbs

OR: 141

SP: 11/8F

Raced in last - not fluent 4th - hit 8th - headway home turn - outpaced 2 out - jumped left last - no extra run-in(op 2/1 tchd 9/4)

3 Primoz

J: Derek Fox

T: Lucinda Russell

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: 131

SP: 9/2

Towards rear - fell 3 out(tchd 5/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £2.80

Tote place: £1.40 £5

Exacta: £25.70

Trifecta: £88.20

CSF: £25.62