always handy, switched right 2 out, led last, ridden clear flat, stayed on
5 19:20 Huntingdon 12 Jan 2024
Weatherbys Racing Bank Handicap Chase (Class 5) (5YO plus)
2m 7f 129y Good to Soft (Soft In Places)
not fluent 1st, prominent on outside, steadied 2nd, closed 6th, led 2 out, headed last, no impression on winner flat, kept on
led, jumped left 4 out, ridden after 3 out, headed 2 out, no extra flat
prominent until 3rd, chased leaders, mistake 6th, badly bumped and left 4th 11th, closed 15th, mistake 2 out, no extra last
not jump well in rear, behind 10th, hampered next, tack issues and pulled up before 12th
chased leaders, slow and lost place 4th, ridden before 9th, not fluent 10th, pulled up after 12th
held up in rear, took keen hold, not much room 6th, closed 8th, 4th when fell 11th
Previous winners
| Year | Going | Ran | Winner | Draw | Age | Weight | OR | Form | Last run | Trainer (Distance) | Jockey | SP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Good to Soft | 9 | Smoking Pigeon | 9 | 11 10 | 101 | 4323F-3 | 18 days | F O'Brien (110 miles) | Connor Brace | 4/ 1 | 6:09.32 | |
| 2022 | Soft | 9 | Freddy Fanatapan | 7 | 11 0 | 91 | P44-554 | 36 days | W Kittow (194 miles) | David Noonan | 10/ 3 | 6:26.10 | |
| 2019 | Good | 9 | Arthur's Reuben | 6 | 10 9 | 86 | 45-P433 | 33 days | J Candlish (114 miles) | Jonathan Burke | 3/ 1 | 5:59.35 | |
| 2018 | Soft | 8 | Fly Home Harry | 9 | 12 2 | 107 | 824-21P | 53 days | C Longsdon (79 miles) | Paul O'Brien | 7/ 1 | 6:31.60 | |
| 2017 | Good to Soft | 10 | The Jugopolist | 10 | 10 4 | 83 | 333142 | 12 days | J Cornwall (51 miles) | Benjamin Poste | 7/ 1 | 6:23.60 | |
| 2016 | Heavy | 6 | Arbeo | 10 | 11 12 | 104 | 133-4P4 | 17 days | Mrs D Grissell (77 miles) | Marc Goldstein | 6/ 5 | 6:39.90 | |
| 2015 | Soft | 6 | Arbeo | 9 | 11 9 | 102 | P6P-84P | 45 days | Mrs D Grissell (77 miles) | Marc Goldstein | 2/ 1 | 6:36.10 |