Horse Alert

28 Dec 2009 13:25 Leicester

Winner: £8,000 (Penalty: £5,204); Distance: 2m; Class: 4; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Soft (Heavy places)(Chase: Good, Soft places).

Ladbrokes.com Novices' Handicap Chase

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	9	-	Pistolet Dove (IRE) (Gelding, brown, 10 9)	9183/99 / 22	Jump (25)	R P Flint	P Hobbs & J White Cheltenham Racing…	11/1
		held up, raced keenly, pushed along briefly and lost place 5th, headway 7th, led 3 out, ridden clear from last
2^nd	1	8 L	Circus of Dreams (GB) (Gelding, bay, 11 12)	403-6P4 / 10	Jump (35)	S P Jones	O Sherwood Mr David Knox	10/1
		held up, headway 4th, went 2nd 6th, challenging when left in lead 4 out, headed 3 out, no extra last
3^rd	2	6 L	Blossom King (FR) (Gelding, bay, 11 11)	P53412 / 8	Flat (1145), Jump (19)	D F O'Regan	T R George Miss Daisy Hitchins	5/2
		led, joined when slithered on landing and headed 4 out, ridden and edged right after 2 out, weakened flat
4^th	5	1½ L	Gabreselassie (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 6)	297-P43 / 7	Jump (16)	N D Fehily	Jonjo & A O'Neill Mr John P McManus	7/2
		chased leaders, went 2nd approaching 4th until 6th, outpaced approaching 4 out, stayed on flat
5^th	4	1¼ L	Fidelis (IRE) (Gelding, grey, 11 7)	02-3345 / 8	Jump (35)	L Heard	B De Haan Mr & Mrs Nicholas…	8/1
		held up, headway approaching 5th, hit 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out
6^th	7	Dist	Alfatrix (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 2)	6P23-25 / 8	Jump (53)	W Kennedy	N P Mulholland Mr P G Gray And…	9/2
		chased leader to 3rd, hampered next, reminders 7th, weakened after next, tailed off
PU	3	-	Orana Conti (FR) (filly, bay, 11 8)	7P-PPF1 / 8	Jump (19)	T J Phelan	Mark Gillard Mr T J C Seegar

PU	6	-	See Me Soon (GB) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	35S-9PP / 6	Jump (10)	Jimmy McCarthy	M Sheppard Mr G Snell

	8	-	Safe Investment (USA) (Gelding, bay, 10 12)	324843 / 11	Flat (299), Jump (2)	Non Runner	B N Pollock Mr Alan Hill