Horse Alert

Winner: £13,200 (Penalty: £7,408); Distance: 2m 4f 19y; Class: 4; Eligibility: 5YO plus; Going: Heavy.

Vertem Very Different Stockbrokers Handicap Chase

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Gold Opera (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	1-4P55P / 12	Jump (48)	Lucy Alexander	N W Alexander Mr & Mrs William…	15/2
		tracked leaders, went 2nd 5 out, joined leader after 3 out, led next, driven clear after last, ridden out final 75 yards
2^nd	3	8 L	Asking Questions (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 9)	263611 / 6	Jump (7)	Harry Skelton	O Greenall & J Guerriero Salmon Racing	15/8
		pressed leader, led before 6 out, ridden after next, joined after 3 out, headed next, well held after last, finished tired
3^rd	5	3 L	Swing Hard (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 3)	2-33PP2 / 10	Jump (7)	Danny Cook	Mrs S J Smith D P Van Der Hoeven…	15/8
		led to before 6 out, lost place next, soon struggling, ridden to chase clear pair after 3 out, went left and saddle slipped last, rider continued without irons, kept on, no impression
4^th	2	19 L	Whitsundays (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 11)	322155 / 10	Jump (38)	B S Hughes	D McCain Jnr Mrs Lorraine Middleton	6/1
		tracked leaders, no impression in 3rd when ridden before 4 out, weakened from next
	4	-	Ascot De Bruyere (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	4241P-1 / 12	Jump (1)	Non Runner	J Ewart The Steel Bonnets	0/0
		NonRunner
	6	-	The Orange Rogue (IRE) (gelding, brown, 11 2)	1-5PPFP / 12	Jump (1)	Grant Cockburn	N W Alexander Mrs S Irwin	0/0
		NonRunner
PU	7	-	Valzan (FR) (gelding, bay, 10 8)	25979P / 6	Flat (760), Jump (74)	Tony Kelly	R Menzies Mary Thackray	5/1
		close up in rear, ridden and weakened before 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out