Horse Alert

16 Dec 2011 14:30 Ascot

Winner: £30,000 (Penalty: £16,881); Distance: 2m 3f; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Soft.

totepool Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (Registered As Noel Novices' Chase)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	4	-	Zaynar (FR) (gelding, grey, 11 0)	0-37332 / 8	Flat (1271), Jump (14)	J Reveley	Nick Williams Men In Our Position	7/2
		jumped left at some fences, made all, joined and bumped 9th, came clear from 12th, kept on strongly and well in command from 3 out
2^nd	5	9 L	Kumbeshwar (GB) (gelding, bay, 10 8)	22-2801 / 9	Flat (360), Jump (16)	Wayne Hutchinson	A King Kelso Lowflyers…	7/2
		tracked leading pair until 10th, went 3rd again 4 out, driven and one pace after next, stayed on to 2nd final 150 yards, never any chance with winner
3^rd	2	1 L	Frascati Park (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 4)	118-011 / 8	Jump (19)	Sam Twiston-Davies	N A Twiston-Davies Mr Barry Connell	7/2
		tended to jump left, tracked leading pair in 4th, chased winner after 10th, hit next, no impression when went left and stumbled 3 out, went left last 2, weakened to 3rd final 150 yards
4^th	3	10 L	Micheal Flips (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	404-621 / 11	Jump (48)	Nick Scholfield	Andrew Turnell John P McManus	11/2
		held up in rear, 5th and no impression when mistake 2 out, went modest 4th before last
5^th	6	15 L	Pacha Du Polder (FR) (gelding, bay, 10 8)	921-1 / 12	Flat (449), Jump (41)	Ruby Walsh	P F Nicholls The Stewart Family	11/2
		held up in last pair, slow 12th, never on terms, weakened 4 out, tailed off
6^th	1	1 L	Chablais (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 4)	1/1-1 / 6	Jump (25)	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson Mr & Mrs R Kelvin…	5/1
		took keen hold, jumped left, chased winner, challenged and went left 9th, dropped to 3rd after next, went badly left and lost 3rd 4 out, well beaten when blundered last, tailed off