2025-01-17 Market Rasen 14:35
Market Rasen

Unibet Veterans' Handicap Chase (2024 Veterans' Chase Series Final)

Distance: 2m7f191y

Going: Good To Soft

Prize: £38,580

Runners: 8

Winning time: 6m 24.40s (slow by 26.40s)

Age: 10yo+

Class: Class 2

6 Copperhead

J:Freddie Gingell(3) T:Joe Tizzard

Age:11 Weight:10st 8lbs

OR:133 SP:7/2J

Jumped right on occasions - led narrowly or disputed lead - led clearly 6th - ridden after 2 out - hit last - stayed on(op 10/3 tchd 3/1)

2 1¼

1 Sam Brown

J:Chad Bament(10) T:Anthony Honeyball

Age:13 Weight:12st 0lbs

OR:153 SP:11/2

Led narrowly or disputed lead - raced in second when headed 6th - 4 lengths down last - stayed on(op 6/1 tchd 13/2)

3 14 15¼

8 Smarty Wild

J:Sean Houlihan T:Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Age:11 Weight:10st 2lbs

OR:127 SP:12/1

Held up in rear - headway 4th - in touch with leaders 5th - went third 12th - mistake 2 out - soon weakened(op 10/1 tchd 9/1)

4 13 28¼

2 Eldorado Allen

J:Brendan Powell T:Joe Tizzard

Age:11 Weight:11st 10lbs

OR:149 SP:7/2J

Led narrowly or disputed lead - prominent when headed before 4th - weakened gradually after 12th(tchd 4/1)

5 1¾ 30

7 Fortescue

J:Hugh Nugent(3) T:Henry Daly

Age:11 Weight:10st 5lbs

OR:130 SP:9/2

Never going well - in rear - not fluent 7th - lost touch when hampered by faller 12th - no chance but stayed on from 2 out(op 4/1)

4 Cloudy Glen

J:Charlie Deutsch T:Venetia Williams

Age:12 Weight:11st 4lbs

OR:143 SP:14/1

Held up in rear - headway from 7th - prominent after 9th - struggling when fell 12th(op 12/1)

5 Empire Steel

J:Ryan Mania T:Sandy Thomson

Age:11 Weight:11st 3lbs

OR:142 SP:5/1

In touch with leaders - weakened after 12th - pulled up after 2 out(op 6/1 tchd 9/2)

3 Remastered

J:David Noonan T:David Pipe

Age:12 Weight:11st 5lbs

OR:144 SP:18/1

Led narrowly or disputed lead - prominent when headed 3rd - slow jump and lost position 4th - soon struggling - detached from 6th - soon pulled up (vet reported gelding was found to have an irregular heartbeat)(tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £4.50

Tote place: £1.40 £2 £2.60

Exacta: £26.80

Trifecta: £204.20

Tricast: £205.39

CSF: £23.29