Result 14:40 · Doncaster

bet365 December Novices Chase

Grade 23mHeavy4yo+ · 6 ran

Result

Official · time 6m 15.70s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Southfield Royale (GB)	Wayne Hutchinson	N P Mulholland	—	3.00	3.25
2	Coologue (IRE)	Brian Hughes	C E Longsdon	13L	5.50	5.87
3	Weather Babe (GB)	Conor O'Farrell	D Pipe	20L	8.50	9.60
F	Smooth Stepper (GB)	Danny Cook	Sue Smith	—	10.0	11.5
F	Its A Close Call (IRE)	S Bowen	Paul Nicholls	—	2.88	3.20
PU	River Maigue (IRE)	Denis ORegan	Sophie Leech	—	26.0	41.4

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Smooth Stepper (GB)

6yo · 11-8 · OR 130

3P5721 J Danny Cook T Sue Smith —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Nov 15	Newcastle	2m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	1/9	—	4.50
27 Oct 15	Bangor-on-Dee	2m 4f 110y	Good	C4	2/7	9L	29.0
17 Apr 15	Ayr	3m 110y	Good	C3	7/11	36½L	21.0

2 wins from 7 · placed 4

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Coologue (IRE)

6yo · 11-5 · OR 139

4P13 J Brian Hughes T C E Longsdon —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Nov 15	Doncaster	2m 3f	Good	C3	3/11	2½L	4.50
27 Oct 15	Bangor-on-Dee	2m 4f 110y	Good	C4	1/7	—	8.00
17 Apr 15	Ayr	3m 110y	Good	C3	PU	—	11.0

1 win from 4 · placed 2

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Its A Close Call (IRE) t

6yo · 11-5

411 J S Bowen T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Oct 15	Chepstow	2m 7f 110y	Good	C4	1/7	—	3.50
16 Mar 15	Taunton	2m 3f	Good To Soft	C4	1/12	—	1.73
03 Jan 15	Wincanton	2m 5f 110y	Heavy	C4	4/11	50½L	2.75

2 wins from 3 · placed 2

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River Maigue (IRE) t

8yo · 11-5 · OR 135

3116 J Denis ORegan T Sophie Leech —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
21 Nov 15	Ascot	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	6/6	31L	34.0
21 Jun 15	Worcester	2m 7f	Good	C4	1/9	—	2.38
27 May 15	Cartmel	2m 5f	Good	C4	1/6	—	5.50

2 wins from 4 · placed 3

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Southfield Royale (GB) p

5yo · 11-5

220121 J Wayne Hutchinson T N P Mulholland —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
31 Oct 15	Wetherby	3m	Soft	C4	1/6	—	2.75
14 Oct 15	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Good	C4	2/6	½L	3.00
31 Mar 15	Huntingdon	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	1/8	—	1.61

2 wins from 6 · placed 5

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Weather Babe (GB) t,p

7yo · 10-12 · OR 134

124112 J Conor O'Farrell T D Pipe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 Oct 15	Cheltenham	3m 110y	Good	C2	2/7	1½L	26.0
01 Oct 15	Bangor-on-Dee	3m	Good	C4	1/3	—	2.38
24 Jul 15	Uttoxeter	2m 6f 110y	Good	C4	1/3	—	1.73

3 wins from 6 · placed 5

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