Result 13:50 · Ascot

Howden Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Class 2Handicap2m 3fGood To Soft4yo+ · 9 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 45.61s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Etalon (IRE)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	—	19.0	21.5
2	Scarface (IRE)	Brendan Powell	Joe Tizzard	2½L	13.0	16.0
3	Issam (FR)	Callum Pritchard	T Symonds	2½L	6.00	7.08
4	Bad (FR)	Ben Jones	B Pauling	15½L	3.50	3.53
5	The Famous Five (FR)	Charlie Deutsch	Venetia Williams	33½L	9.00	10.4
6	Here Comes Georgie (GB)	Lee Edwards	Dylan Cunha	42L	8.00	10.0
F	General Medrano (IRE)	S Bowen	Emma Lavelle	—	7.50	8.76
PU	Matterhorn (FR)	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls	—	17.0	19.9
PU	Rare Edition (IRE)	David Bass	C E Longsdon	—	7.00	8.32

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Matterhorn (FR) t

7yo · 12-0 · OR 147

1P9921 J Harry Cobden T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
25 May 25	Uttoxeter	2m 4f	Good	C2	1/8	—	5.00
21 Apr 25	Plumpton	2m 1f	Good	C2	2/10	2¼L	23.0
22 Mar 25	Newbury	2m 4f	Good	C2	9/9	68½L	12.0

7 wins from 16 · placed 10

Won 1 of 1 at around this trip

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Bad (FR) b

6yo · 11-11 · OR 144

11P515 J Ben Jones T B Pauling —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Nov 25	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	5/12	7L	19.0
19 Oct 25	Kempton Park	2m 2f	Good	C3	1/5	—	2.50
26 Apr 25	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Good	C2	5/9	4¾L	21.0

3 wins from 18 · placed 10

7 runs here without a win

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Etalon (IRE) t,p11

8yo · 11-7 · OR 140

P41529 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Nov 25	Newbury	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C3	9/10	42¾L	13.0
26 Oct 25	Fontwell Park	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	2/7	1¾L	13.0
17 May 25	Bangor-on-Dee	2m 1f 110y	Good	C2	5/5	63L	2.75

5 wins from 20 · placed 10

2 runs at around this trip without a win

First time in a tongue strap and cheekpieces

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Issam (FR) t

7yo · 11-0 · OR 136

463121 J Callum Pritchard T T Symonds —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Nov 25	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	1/6	—	2.88
13 Feb 25	Sandown Park	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	2/4	nk	2.50
13 Jan 25	Exeter	2m 3f	Soft	C3	1/6	—	8.00

5 wins from 15 · placed 11

Won 4 of 6 at around this trip

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General Medrano (IRE)

8yo · 11-3 · OR 136

428046 J S Bowen T Emma Lavelle —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Nov 25	Newbury	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C3	6/10	19¼L	5.00
01 Nov 25	Ascot	2m 1f	Good	C1	4/10	4L	6.50
03 Apr 25	Aintree	2m	Good To Soft	C1	10/14	32L	15.0

4 wins from 23 · placed 12

1 run here without a win

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Scarface (IRE) b11

8yo · 11-2 · OR 135

40212P J Brendan Powell T Joe Tizzard —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Nov 25	Newbury	2m 6f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	PU	—	13.0
08 Nov 25	Wincanton	3m 1f	Good	C1	2/7	9½L	5.00
19 Apr 25	Newton Abbot	2m 5f	Heavy	C3	1/11	—	5.00

6 wins from 30 · placed 17

Course winner: 1 win from 7 here

First time in blinkers

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Rare Edition (IRE)

8yo · 10-13 · OR 132

124F24 J David Bass T C E Longsdon —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Nov 25	Newbury	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C3	4/10	12¾L	12.0
25 Oct 25	Kelso	2m 1f	Good	C3	2/5	7L	3.25
01 Mar 25	Doncaster	2m 110y	Good	C2	F	—	4.20

6 wins from 17 · placed 10

3 runs here without a win

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Here Comes Georgie (GB) t

7yo · 10-10 · OR 129

831362 J Lee Edwards T Dylan Cunha —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Nov 25	Doncaster	2m 3f	Good To Soft	C3	2/7	½L	15.0
07 Nov 25	Exeter	2m 1f 110y	Good	C1	6/6	83½L	23.0
17 Sep 25	Kelso	2m 5f	Good	C2	3/8	6½L	3.75

6 wins from 20 · placed 10

Course winner: 1 win from 1 here

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The Famous Five (FR)

7yo · 10-4 · OR 123

731522 J Charlie Deutsch T Venetia Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Feb 25	Newbury	2m 110y	Soft	C3	2/5	nk	2.25
09 Feb 25	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	2/5	3¾L	5.50
18 Jan 25	Haydock Park	2m 110y	Soft	C3	5/7	22¼L	3.50

3 wins from 12 · placed 8

1 run at around this trip without a win

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