24 Nov 2011 14:45 Newbury
Winner: £11,000 (Penalty: £6,882); Distance: 2m 6f 110y; Class: 3; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good (Good to Soft in places).
Sportingbet Handicap Chase
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 13 |   | - | That'lldoboy (FR) (gelding, bay, 10 5) | 3403-41 / 6 | Jump (19) | D A Jacob | P F Nicholls The Sparkes Family | 11/2 | |
| in touch, headway to chase leaders 10th, went 2nd next, hit 4 out, led 3 out, 2 lengths ahead when hit last, hard driven flat, held on, all out | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 8 |   | HD | Zarrafakt (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 3) | 545/1PP- / 9 | Jump (250) | Jack Doyle | Miss E C Lavelle Mr G P MacIntosh | 5/1 | |
| held up towards rear, not fluent 8th, steady headway on outside 12th, chasing leaders 13th, hit 4 out, stumbled 3 out, went 2nd next, 2 lengths down last, closed on winner close home, just failed | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 7 |   | 23 L | Buffalo Bob (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 4) | 1465U-7 / 10 | Jump (15) | Mr C M Greene | K Bailey & M Nicholls The GFH Partnership | 15/2 | |
| led, mistake 4 out, ridden and headed 3 out, chased winner until 2 out, weakened befor elast | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5 |   | 10 L | Born Again (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 6) | 20/51-86 / 6 | Jump (25) | A P McCoy | J & A O'Neill Mr John P McManus | 10/1 | |
| towards rear, steady headway 12th, went modest 4th 4 out, stayed on same pace from next | ||||||||||
| 5th | 6 |   | 12 L | Leading Contender (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 5) | 312/U3U- / 11 | Jump (292) | James Best | P Hobbs & J White Mrs Joanna Peppiatt | 10/1 | |
| chased leadrs until slow 7th (water), soon lost place, pushed along before 9th, towards rear when mistakes 11th and 13th, hit 4 out, plugged on to modest 5th flat | ||||||||||
| 6th | 1 |   | 2 L | Piraya (FR) (Gelding, grey, 11 12) | 4PP0-63 / 9 | Jump (6) | T Scudamore | D Pipe T Neill | 9/1 | |
| chased leaders, ridden after 12th, weakened before next, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 7th | 10 |   | 15 L | Cottage Acre (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 10 13) | 41U-2P6 / 11 | Jump (20) | P J Brennan | T R George Mrs Sally White | 12/1 | |
| chased leader until 3rd, chased leaders until weakened 4 out, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 8th | 4 |   | 10 L | Forest Pennant (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 6) | 1232/00- / 9 | Jump (349) | W P Kavanagh | Mrs Caroline Keevil Mr Peter Hart | 25/1 | |
| chasing leadrs when blundered badly and rider lost iron briefly and lost place 2nd, behind and never travelled after, behind when mistake 8th, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 9th | 3 |   | 30 L | Rackham Lerouge (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 9) | 21/313-P / 8 | Flat (879), Jump (209) | B J Geraghty | N J Henderson Mrs Judy Wilson | 8/1 | |
| mid-division, headway on inside 12th, weakened before 4 out, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 10th | 11 |   | 31 L | Quocotiep (FR) (gelding, bay, 10 13) | 32122/6- / 7 | Jump (577) | Hadden Frost | D Pipe Taylor & Frosell | 16/1 | |
| hampered 2nd, always behind, ridden 11th, struggling after, tailed off | ||||||||||
| UR | 2 |   | - | Vino Griego (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 10) | 63234-5 / 13 | Jump (13) | J E Moore | G & J Moore Mr C E Stedman | ||
| PU | 12 |   | - | Danish Rebel (IRE) (Colt, bay, 10 8) | 39P21/4- / 8 | Flat (552), Jump (537) | T Molloy | Mrs L J Young Total Plumbing… | ||
| PU | 9 |   | - | Pavillon Bleu (FR) (Gelding, bay, 11 0) | 2PP43-5 / 9 | Flat (1929), Jump (22) | R Johnson | P Hobbs & J White Mrs Anona Taylor | ||
