2025-03-21 Ffos Las 15:40
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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 Top Of The Bill

J:Jordan Nailor T:Nigel Twiston-Davies

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 1½

5 Lilting Verse

J:Fern O'Brien(7) T:Fergal O'Brien

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 2¾ 4¼

3 Livin On Luco

J:Sean Houlihan T:Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

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

8 Balkardy

J:Isabel Williams(3) T:Evan Williams

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

6 Diol Ker

J:Adam Wedge T:Evan Williams

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

4 Classic Concorde

J:Connor Brace T:David Brace

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)

2 Take Your Time

J:Jay Tidball(5) T:Paul Nicholls

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)

7 Rouge de L'Quest

J:Ben Jones T:Rebecca Curtis

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