Horse Alert

20 Dec 2013 13:30 Ascot

Winner: £11,000 (Penalty: £6,882); Distance: 2m 1f; Class: 3; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Soft.

Shooting Star Chase Novices' Limited Handicap Chase

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Bellenos (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 5)	1235P-7 / 7	Jump (21)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton Mr and Mrs J D…	9/2
		jumped well, held up in last pair, smooth headway to 3rd after 8th, went 2nd on bit approaching 2 out, led 2 out, soon hung right, clear before last, driven out
2^nd	5	6 L	Rio De Sivola (FR) (gelding, black, 11 0)	33-581 / 7	Jump (30)	A P McCoy	Nick Williams Miss V J Nicholls	15/8
		led, hit 4 out, headed 2 out, chased winner, held when switched left before last
3^rd	3	2¼ L	Double Handful (GER) (colt, black, 11 2)	675-132 / 9	Flat (791), Jump (180)	David Bass	Mrs L Hill Les Cross, Teresa…	16/1
		jumped right, tracked leaders, mistake 6th, outpaced 9th, stayed on again from 2 out, went 3rd before last
4^th	6	9 L	Captain Paulie (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 10 10)	43P-135 / 10	Jump (29)	Adam Wedge	Evan Williams Mr R E R Williams	10/1
		tracked leaders, weakened 3 out, left modest 4th at the last
5^th	2	7 L	Orabora (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 3)	24/1F3-6 / 8	Jump (33)	R Johnson	P Hobbs & J White Dr V M G Ferguson	11/2
		tracked leaders, jumped slowly 7th, went 2nd next, dropped to 3rd approaching 2 out, weakened to 4th when blundered badly last, eased
6^th	4	4 L	Marcus Antonius (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 1)	1P/3162 / 10	Flat (148), Jump (24)	L P Aspell	J R Boyle K C Partnership	16/1
		held up in rear, plugged on in 6th but never involved
PU	7	-	Getting Ready (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 10)	3C143/8- / 7	Jump (396)	Sam Twiston-Davies	N A Twiston-Davies The I O U Partnership

PU	8	-	Pasture Bay (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 9)	322-15P / 9	Jump (66)	Conor Shoemark	F O'Brien Mr Richard A Thomas