Full Result 4.00 Fontwell | 16 March 2019

bet365 Handicap Chase

(Class 5) (0-100, 5yo+) (3m1f210yds) 3m2f Soft 19 fences

1st £3,313.98 2nd £973.08 3rd £486.54 4th £350 5th £350 6th £350

bet365 Handicap Chase, 3m2f - Soft, Class 5 5yo+

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	4. Cap Horner (FR) 3/1 James Best Seamus Mullins	James Best Seamus Mullins	7	117	95	50	104	–
gr g Apsis - Rapsodie Sea (FR) (April Night)
Settled in midfield, effort to close 14th, led 15th going well, 3 lengths clear when hit 2 out, good jump last and driven out flat (trainer said, as to the apparent improvement in form, the gelding had benefitted from a drop in class and the testing conditions) (op 5/1)

2 3¼	6. Goring One (IRE) 4/1 Rex Dingle ⁵ Anna Newton-Smith	Rex Dingle ⁵ Anna Newton-Smith	14	103 p	82	34	88	–
b g Broadway Flyer (USA) - Brigette's Secret (Good Thyne)
Settled in midfield, ridden along 14th, driven and outpaced in 3rd home bend, responded well to pressure to chase winner 2 out, kept on but always held from last (op 5/1)

3 3½ [6¾]	2. Hepburn 9/4F Leighton Aspell Ali Stronge	Leighton Aspell Ali Stronge	6	1112 tp	100	49	102	–
b m Sixties Icon - Mighty Splash (Cape Cross)
Tracked leaders, going well in 2nd when slow 16th, soon ridden along and dropped to 5th approaching 3 out, kept on to go 3rd approaching last, plugged on (vet reported the mare had lost its left-fore shoe) (op 2/1 tchd 5/2)

4 4½ [11¼]	3. Mr Stubbs (IRE) 10/1 Nick Scholfield Paul Henderson	Nick Scholfield Paul Henderson	8	1110	98	43	99	–
b g Robin Des Pres (FR) - Crystal Stream (IRE) (Dr Massini)
Held up, mistake 6th, headway into 2nd approaching 3 out, soon ridden and outpaced by winner 2 out, slow jump last, plugged on (op 5/1)

5 17 [28¼]	7. Canyouhearmenow (IRE) 8/1 Marc Goldstein Diana Grissell	Marc Goldstein Diana Grissell	8	100 1 tp	74	–	56	–
b g Trans Island - First Of April (IRE) (Presenting)
Led or disputed lead until headed by winner 15th, ridden and dropped to 4th approaching 3 out, weakened from 2 out (op 9/1 tchd 7/1)

6 24 [52¼]	5. Spock (FR) 16/1 Miss Lorna Brooke ⁷ Lady Susan Brooke	Miss Lorna Brooke ⁷ Lady Susan Brooke	14	102	83	–	39	–
b g Lost World (IRE) - Quark Top (FR) (Perrault)
Led or disputed lead until 13th, dropped to last 16th, soon behind and struggling (tchd 20/1)

PU	1. Royals And Rebels (IRE) 11/2 Hugh Nugent ⁵ Charlie Mann	Hugh Nugent ⁵ Charlie Mann	9	117 tb	100	–	–	–
b g Robin Des Pres (FR) - Native Deal (IRE) (Be My Native)
Held up, slow 7th and pushed along soon after, ridden along 10th, detached and pulled up before 14th (jockey said gelding was never travelling) (tchd 9/2)