Horse Alert

03 Dec 2012 13:10 Plumpton

Winner: £9,000 (Penalty: £5,848); Distance: 2m 4f; Class: 3; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Soft.

Jill's Big Birthday Beginners' Chase

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	6	-	Opening Batsman (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	3511-60 / 13	Jump (44)	N D Fehily	H Fry The Twelfth Man…	20/1
		took keen hold, tracked leaders, went right 7th, 3rd and not fluent 3 out, chased leader and went right 2 out, led last, driven out
2^nd	3	¾ L	Hawkes Point (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	135/125- / 10	Jump (234)	D A Jacob	P F Nicholls Mr C G Roach	11/8
		tracked leader, challenged 9th, led narrowly 10th, headed 3 out, led again before 2 out, driven between last 2, headed last, stayed on same pace flat
3^rd	5	2¼ L	Off The Ground (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	444210- / 10	Jump (268)	D Elsworth	Miss E C Lavelle Off The Ground	13/2
		held up in rear, blundered 4th, outpaced after 3 out, staying on when went left 2 out, went 4th approaching last, stayed on to one paced 3rd final stride
4^th	7	SHD	Pateese (FR) (mare, bay, 11 0)	86071-3 / 10	Flat (434), Jump (205)	R Johnson	P Hobbs & J White Mr D A Rees	2/1
		tracked leading pair, outpaced in 4th after 3 out, rallying to 3rd when mistake last, one pace flat, lost 3rd final stride
5^th	1	5 L	Ballylifen (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	2223-22 / 7	Jump (14)	Conor O'farrell	M R Channon Mr Toby Cole	14/1
		led, slow 4th, mistake 6th, blundered and headed 10th, ridden to lead again narrowly 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, weakened before last
	2	-	Escort'men (FR) (gelding, chestnut, 11 0)	6/2U5-F6 / 8	Flat (1203), Jump (23)	Nick Scholfield	A Middleton Macable Partnership

FE	4	-	Kuilsriver (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 0)	62022-1 / 8	Jump (204)	D F O'Regan	N J Gifford Mrs T Brown