2025-03-30 Ascot 16:30
Ascot

Sodexo Live! Veterans' Handicap Chase (Leg 4 of The Stayers' Veterans' Chase Series)

Distance: 2m7f180y

Going: Good

Prize: £18,211

Runners: 6

Winning time: 5m 57.33s (slow by 2.33s)

Age: 10yo+

Class: Class 2

3 Numitor

J:James Bowen T:Heather Main

Age:11 Weight:11st 5lbs

OR:138 SP:11/2

Pressed leader - lost ground after 8th - headway after 3 out - led after 2 out - ridden and kept on well run-in(tchd 5/1 and tchd 6/1)

2 3¼

1 Two For Gold

J:Ciaran Gethings T:Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls

Age:12 Weight:12st 0lbs

OR:147 SP:11/2

In rear - headway before 6th - soon in touch with leaders - not fluent 12th - outpaced after 3 out - rallied and went second last - kept on(op 6/1 tchd 13/2)

3 6½ 9¾

2 Authorized Art

J:Tom Cannon T:Gary & Josh Moore

Age:10 Weight:11st 8lbs

OR:141 SP:9/1

Prominent - led 12th - mistake 13th - headed after 14th - led again 4 out - headed after 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 8/1)

4 3¾ 13½

5 Deise Aba

J:Adam Wedge T:Alexandra Dunn

Age:12 Weight:10st 11lbs

OR:130 SP:10/1

Led - not fluent and headed 12th - led again after 14th - headed 4 out - soon rallied - weakened approaching last(op 14/1)

5 24 37½

4 Credo

J:Harry Cobden T:Anthony Honeyball

Age:10 Weight:11st 3lbs

OR:136 SP:100/30

Pressed leader - lost ground after 4th - in rear before 7th - soon detached - some headway after 14th - not fluent 4 out - soon weakened(op 3/1)

7 Northern Poet

J:James Davies T:Nick Gifford

Age:10 Weight:10st 2lbs

OR:121 SP:6/4F

Didn't always jump with fluency and raced lazily at times - in rear - detached before 9th - pulled up after 4 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown; vet examined the gelding during routine testing and had nothing to report)(op 11/8 tchd 13/8)

Bretney

J:Sam Twiston-Davies T:Henry Daly

Age:10 Weight:10st 6lbs

OR:125 SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £6.50

Tote place: £3.10 £2.50

Exacta: £30.30

Trifecta: £164.40

CSF: £34.19