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Winner: £11,000 (Penalty: £7,148); Distance: 1m 7f 212y; Class: 4; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good.

Bernard Hart's Finishing Strongly 70th Birthday Novices' Handicap Chase

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Dark Mahler (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	3/P64- / 13	Jump (229)	Nick Scholfield	Miss E C Lavelle Mr C Helfferich	4/1
		left chasing clear leader 1st, mistake 8th, closed next, led after 3 out, clear from next, stayed on
2^nd	3	14 L	Legal Ok (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 7)	839-8PP / 10	Jump (36)	C Gethings	S Edmunds Mr P York	4/1
		led, soon clear, not fluent 3rd or 6th, reduced lead 9th, mistake 4 out, headed after next, soon beaten
3^rd	5	28 L	Fingers Crossed (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	76282-4 / 7	Jump (185)	R P McLernon	P R Webber Cropredy Lawn Racing…	7/1
		2nd when hit 1st, slithered and almost fell, chased leaders, mistake 6th, closed 9th, 3rd and well held from 4 out
4^th	4	12 L	Cervin (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 6)	547-5 / 5	Flat (446), Jump (68)	Alan Johns	Tim Vaughan Mr D W Fox	10/1
		in rear, struggling 5th, well behind from next, left at the 9th, blundered badly 3 out
UR	2	-	Its A Sting (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	2PP5/3F / 9	Jump (11)	L P Aspell	O Sherwood Mr Mark Burton	11/4
		held up in rear, jumped left 1st, headway 8th, going quite well and pressing for 2nd when blundered and unseated rider 9th
UR	6	-	Go On Henry (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 13)	45U-341 / 10	Jump (21)	Mr Ed Bailey	M Sheppard P J & S E Bailey	4/1
		stumbled and unseated rider 1st
PU	7	-	Robin Why Not (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 10)	46PP-8P / 8	Jump (35)	Danny Cook	N J Hawke Mr Kieran Johns	18/1
		in rear, blundered 1st, mistake next, soon behind, mistake 8th, pulled up before 4 out