Full Result 2.32 Chepstow | 5 December 2020

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(Class 3) (0-135, 4yo+) (2m7f131yds) 2m7½f Heavy 16 fences 2 omitted

1st £7,017.84 2nd £2,060.64 3rd £1,030.32 4th £515.16 5th £350 6th £350

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	9. Ask Me Early (IRE) 9/4F Sean Bowen Harry Fry	Sean Bowen Harry Fry	6	1010	122	46	130	–
gr g Ask - Cotton Ali (IRE) (Ala Hounak)
Made virtually all, not fluent and briefly headed 4th, faced strong challenge from 3 out, ridden and went clear after last, stayed on (op 5/2 tchd 11/4)

2 5½	3. Lord Napier (IRE) 7/1 James Bowen Peter Bowen	James Bowen Peter Bowen	7	116	132	51	133	–
b g Galileo (IRE) - Jacqueline (IND) (King Charlemagne)
Tracked leaders, close up when hit 4 out, soon ridden, stayed on run-in, went second final 110yds, no match for winner (op 8/1 tchd 13/2)

3 1¼ [6¾]	2. Thomas Macdonagh 16/5 Page Fuller Jamie Snowden	Page Fuller Jamie Snowden	7	117 t	133	51	133	–
b g Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) - Taqreem (IRE) (Nashwan)
Tracked leaders, made strong challenge from 4 out, ridden after 2 out, every chance last, soon held, no extra when lost second final 110yds (op 5/2 tchd 10/3)

4 1½ [8¼]	7. Good And Hardy (IRE) 6/1 Tom Broughton ⁷ Fergal O'Brien	Tom Broughton ⁷ Fergal O'Brien	7	109 p	128	45	126	–
b g Westerner - Kilganey Maid (IRE) (Rudimentary)
In touch with leaders, went fourth and ridden after 4 out, stayed on run-in, always held (op 7/1 tchd 11/2 and tchd 15/2)

5 7½ [15¾]	1. Burrows Park (FR) 9/2 Miss Lucy Turner ⁷ Venetia Williams	Miss Lucy Turner ⁷ Venetia Williams	8	111	134	43	125	–
b g Astarabad (USA) - La Vie De Boitron (FR) (Lavirco)
Jumped left throughout, tracked leaders, prominent after 2nd, disputing third when mistake 10th, ridden after 4 out, soon outpaced, stayed on but well held run-in (op 11/2)

6 27 [42¾]	5. Lies About Milan (IRE) 15/2 Jack Tudor ³ Fergal O'Brien	Jack Tudor ³ Fergal O'Brien	9	111	130	14	94	–
b g Milan - The Millers Tale (IRE) (Rashar)
In touch with leaders, pushed along home turn, ridden after 4 out, weakened after 3 out, tailed off (op 11/2)

PU	8. Small Farm (IRE) 66/1 James Davies Charlie Mann	James Davies Charlie Mann	8	1011 p¹	123	–	–	–
b g Westerner - Eastertide (IRE) (Alphabatim)
In touch with leaders, mistake 4th, lost touch before 7th, pulled up before 8th (op 50/1 tchd 40/1)

7 ran Off time: 2:33:23 Winning time: 6m 33.18s (slow by 44.18s) Total SP: 113%
Non-runners: Jammy George (unsuitable ground), St Barts (unsuitable ground)
1st owner: The Dare Family (Ask Me Early) 1st breeder: Barry Lynch
2nd owner: F Lloyd (Lord Napier)
3rd owner: Sperling, Coomes, Davies, Hague, Collins (Thomas Macdonagh)
Tote win: £2.90 PL: £2 £2.80 Ex: £16.10 CSF: £17.61 Tricast: £48.95 Trifecta: £77.50

The last fence in the home straight omitted; damaged

2:32 Chepstow 5 Dec 2020

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