Hexham

Harry Douglas Estate Agency Handicap Chase

Distance: 3m41y
Going: Good To Soft
Prize: £5,255
Runners: 10
Winning time: 7m 8.16s (slow by 1m 0.16s)
Age: 5yo+
Class: Class 5
1
Age: 9
Weight: 10st 13lbs
OR: 85
SP: 9/4F
Towards rear on inner - steady headway 3 out - led and edged left run-in - ridden out(tchd 5/2)
2 3
Age: 9
Weight: 11st 10lbs
OR: 96
SP: 10/1
Prominent - not fluent 6th - not fluent 4 out - outpaced before last - rallied and went second inside final 110yds(op 14/1)
3 1 4
Age: 8
Weight: 11st 8lbs
OR: 94
SP: 11/1
Pressed leader - led before 2 out - headed run-in - soon no extra(tchd 10/1)
4
Age: 7
Weight: 11st 0lbs
OR: 86
SP: 6/1
Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - headway after 4 out - outpaced before last - rallied final 110yds(op 9/2)
5 nk
Age: 12
Weight: 10st 2lbs
OR: 74
SP: 18/1
Held up in rear - headway after 2 out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 22/1 tchd 16/1)
6 16 21½
Age: 8
Weight: 11st 8lbs
OR: 94
SP: 20/1
Led narrowly - headed before 2 out - weakened after last(op 16/1)
7 6 27½
Age: 8
Weight: 11st 1lbs
OR: 87
SP: 7/1
Held up in rear - brief headway 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 8/1)
8 58 85½
Age: 11
Weight: 12st 0lbs
OR: 100
SP: 11/2
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders on outer - steady headway 6th - hit 7th - hit 13th - weakened 3 out - tailed off (trainer's rep said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding was unsuited by the Going - which was officially described as Good to Soft - Good in places on this occasion and in their opinion was riding slower than described and would prefer a faster surface - which was noted; vet had nothing to report)(op 13/2)
UR
Age: 10
Weight: 11st 1lbs
OR: 87
SP: 12/1
In rear - hampered 1st - hit and unseated 8th(op 8/1)
F
Age: 6
Weight: 10st 2lbs
OR: 74
SP: 9/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - fell 4 out(op 11/1)
NR
jockey silk Halfway House Lad
Age: 6
Weight: 10st 9lbs
OR: 81
SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £3.25
Tote place: £1.10 £3.50 £3.10
Exacta: £33.50
Trifecta: £250.80
Tricast: £209.98
CSF: £25.75