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3:55 Uttoxeter 6 Apr 2024

Brian Cooke Retirement Celebration Handicap Chase

(Class 4) (0-115, 5yo+) 3m Heavy 13 fences 5 omitted
1st £4,700.09 2nd £2,162.70 3rd £1,081.35

Error

Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1   
5 111 tp 104 86 118
b g Free Port Lux - Boscraie (FR) (Martaline)
Raced in last, went second 8th, led 3 out (usual 5 out), going easily and went clear 2 out (usual 3 out), pushed along briefly last (usual 2 out), easily (op 6/4)
2  71
8 120 p 115 32 60
br g Presenting - Pink Mist (IRE) (Montelimar)
Raced in second, led before 8th, headed when mistake 3 out (usual 5 out), soon lost ground and weakened, tired jump 2 out (usual 3 out), tailed off (tchd 6/5)
3  20 [91]
10 1111 p 112 9 37
b g Shantou (USA) - Alexander Road (IRE) (Kaldounevees)
Led, not fluent and briefly headed 4th, headed before 8th, soon ridden and flashed tail, slow jump and lost touch 9th, weakened 3 out (usual 5 out), tired jump and almost fell last (usual 2 out), tailed off (an inquiry was held to consider whether jockey should have pulled up prior to gelding making a bad mistake at last fence; vet said that having performed a post race examination during routine testing there was nothing to report; jockey said gelding had raced lazily throughout the race but he maintained that he had sufficient momentum and, in fact, was gaining on Not Sure in front of him going into final fence but on entering the wings gelding decelerated rapidly, stalling and as a result landed on fence; his explanation was noted) (op 4/1)
The first and last fence in the home straight were omitted throughout the fixture
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