Ffos Las

Amroth Bay Caravan Park "West Wales National" Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Distance: 2m7f177y
Going: Good
Prize: £9,242
Runners: 8
Winning time: 6m 27.95s (slow by 42.95s)
Age: 5yo+
Class: Class 3
1
Age: 9
Weight: 12st 0lbs
OR: 133
SP: 10/1
Jumped well - led - headed 9th - led again 10th - faced challenge 4 out - ridden and hung left before 2 out - kept on well run-in - reduced lead towards finish - always doing enough(op 14/1 tchd 16/1)
2
Age: 8
Weight: 10st 9lbs
OR: 114
SP: 3/1
In touch with leaders - prominent 10th - pressed leader home turn - lost position gradually after 2 out - hit last - kept on run-in(op 4/1)
3
Age: 7
Weight: 11st 3lbs
OR: 122
SP: 15/2
Held up in rear - slow jump 1st - steady headway after 13th - went third home turn - kept on from 2 out - not pace to challenge(op 6/1)
4 12 16¼
Age: 8
Weight: 10st 6lbs
OR: 111
SP: 8/1
Held up in rear - some headway but outpaced home turn - kept on from 3 out - never on terms(op 6/1)
5 40 56¼
Age: 11
Weight: 10st 7lbs
OR: 112
SP: 16/1
Held up in rear - steady headway from 13th - went fourth home turn - slow jump 4 out - soon weakened - tailed off
PU
Age: 12
Weight: 10st 11lbs
OR: 116
SP: 8/1
Prominent - led 9th - headed 10th - lost ground quickly after 14th - soon eased - pulled up before 4 out(op 11/2)
PU
Age: 10
Weight: 11st 5lbs
OR: 124
SP: 11/1
Prominent - lost position 10th - dropped to rear 14th - soon lost touch - weakened 3 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 9/1)
PU
Age: 9
Weight: 10st 7lbs
OR: 112
SP: 9/4F
In touch with leaders - bad mistake and jockey dropped reins briefly 9th - reminders with one circuit to go - mistake and lost ground 10th - dropped to last 11th - soon struggling - slow jump and lost touch 13th - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at last fence on penultimate circuit and jumped poorly thereafter; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 5/2)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £11
Tote place: £2.70 £1.40 £2.40
Exacta: £41.60
Trifecta: £312
Tricast: £240.03
CSF: £40.51