Horse Alert

Winner: £5,500 (Penalty: £3,768); Distance: 2m 7f 110y; Class: 4; Eligibility: 5YO plus; Going: Good to Soft (Good in places ).

Royal Bath & West Beginners' Chase

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	7	-	Fin Vin de Leu (GER) (colt, bay, 10 12)	7046F2 / 5	Flat (501), Jump (23)	D A Jacob	C J Mann R Curry, Cathy…	7/1
		tendency to jump left, with leader until led after 3rd, clear 3 out, stayed on well
2^nd	5	11 L	Patsy Finnegan (GB) (Gelding, bay, 11 0)	5111/22 / 11	Jump (20)	R Thornton	A King The Wasp Partnership	9/4
		chased leading pair, went 2nd 10th, blundered 12th, ridden next, held when not fluent 3 out, beaten when blundered next
3^rd	2	6 L	Earth Planet (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 0)	R8-284F / 11	Jump (21)	R Mahon	P F Nicholls Mr M D Hammond	4/1
		close up, mistake 5th, went 3rd before 11th, ridden after 4 out, stayed on same pace before next
4^th	4	12 L	Gotoyourplay (IRE) (gelding, chestnut, 11 0)	12 / 11	Jump (63)	Nick Scholfield	Andrew Turnell Major Patrick Darling	16/1
		close up, 4th when hit 11th, weakened 4 out, beaten when blundered 2 out
5^th	1	12 L	Ballydonagh (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	P3231P/ / 8	Jump (1054)	Jack Doyle	Mrs E Bishop Mrs M J Arnold	100/1
		held up in 6th and off the pace, pushed along from 11th, never on terms, tailed off
6^th	8	36 L	Iheardu (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 12)	4P1U35 / 7	Jump (18)	A Thornton	N P Mulholland Wellcroomed T/a…	50/1
		badly hampered 1st, in rear and never on terms after, tailed off
UR	3	-	Erzen (IRE) (Colt, bay, 11 0)	220P-84 / 6	Flat (864), Jump (97)	S Thomas	Miss V Williams David Cliff & Venetia…

PU	6	-	Persian Run (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	2-053P2 / 8	Jump (21)	J Tizzard	C L Tizzard Gale Force One