Result 17:05 · Chepstow

John Ayres Memorial Handicap Chase

Class 2Handicap2m 3f 110ySoft4yo+ · 10 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 58.80s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	The Bay Birch (IRE)	S Bowen	M Sheppard	—	21.0	32.0
2	Caid du Lin (FR)	Charlie Hammond	Dr Richard Newland	2¾L	15.0	18.0
3	Activial (FR)	J J Burke	Tom George	7¾L	9.00	10.5
4	Theo (IRE)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Dr Richard Newland	12¼L	5.50	6.00
5	Aintree My Dream (FR)	James Best	Milton Harris	13L	26.0	30.0
6	Templehills (IRE)	Edward Austin	Jonjo O'Neill	14¼L	8.50	9.34
7	Charbel (IRE)	David Bass	Kim Bailey	14½L	3.50	3.88
8	Marracudja (FR)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	22½L	7.50	8.43
9	Doitforthevillage (IRE)	Paddy Brennan	Paul Henderson	23¾L	6.50	8.20
10	Whisper (FR)	James Bowen	Sam Thomas	26L	21.0	28.5

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Whisper (FR)

11yo · 11-12 · OR 158

221257 J James Bowen T Sam Thomas —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 May 19	Haydock Park	2m 7f	Good	C2	7/9	32½L	11.0
26 Dec 17	Kempton Park	3m	Soft	C1	5/8	21¾L	8.00
02 Dec 17	Newbury	3m 2f	Good To Soft	C1	2/20	nk	9.00

4 wins from 14 · placed 8

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Charbel (IRE)

8yo · 11-11 · OR 157

2135P6 J David Bass T Kim Bailey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Apr 19	Sandown Park	2m 6f 110y	Good	C1	6/7	65L	5.00
14 Mar 19	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	PU	—	41.0
16 Feb 19	Ascot	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C1	5/6	22L	26.0

7 wins from 24 · placed 14

Course winner: 1 win from 1 here

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Activial (FR)

9yo · 11-3 · OR 149

212660 J J J Burke T Tom George —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Apr 19	Aintree	2m 5f	Soft	C1	20/27	83¼L	17.0
12 Mar 19	Cheltenham	3m 1f	Soft	C1	6/24	7¼L	41.0
26 Jan 19	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	6/11	19½L	9.00

2 wins from 16 · placed 9

Won 1 of 4 at around this trip

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Caid du Lin (FR) t,p

7yo · 10-10 · OR 145

P21027 J Charlie Hammond T Dr Richard Newland —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Apr 19	Aintree	2m	Good	C1	7/7	49¼L	21.0
31 Mar 19	Ascot	2m 1f	Good	C2	2/4	hd	4.00
15 Mar 19	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C1	13/19	23L	26.0

3 wins from 22 · placed 13

3 runs at around this trip without a win

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The Bay Birch (IRE) t

8yo · 10-13 · OR 145

UP1711 J S Bowen T M Sheppard —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Apr 19	Haydock Park	2m 5f 110y	Good	C2	1/7	—	8.00
23 Mar 19	Bangor-on-Dee	3m	Soft	C3	1/8	—	8.50
09 Mar 19	Sandown Park	3m	Soft	C3	7/11	28¾L	13.0

5 wins from 34 · placed 12

Won 2 of 5 at around this trip

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Theo (IRE) h

9yo · 10-9 · OR 141

426922 J Sam Twiston-Davies T Dr Richard Newland —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Oct 19	Kelso	2m 1f	Soft	C2	2/6	1L	9.50
16 Sep 19	Worcester	2m 110y	Good	C2	2/6	¾L	4.00
12 Apr 19	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Good	C1	9/13	48½L	12.0

9 wins from 38 · placed 16

Won 4 of 18 at around this trip

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Doitforthevillage (IRE) t

10yo · 10-8 · OR 140

312303 J Paddy Brennan T Paul Henderson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Apr 19	Aintree	2m 5f	Soft	C1	3/27	9¼L	26.0
14 Mar 19	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	11/22	19½L	17.0
22 Feb 19	Warwick	2m 4f	Good	C2	3/8	2¼L	4.00

7 wins from 30 · placed 16

Course winner: 1 win from 3 here

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Marracudja (FR) t

8yo · 10-6 · OR 138

763283 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
25 Apr 19	Perth	2m	Good	C3	3/6	6¾L	2.50
15 Mar 19	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C1	8/19	11½L	12.0
27 Dec 18	Wetherby	1m 7f	Good To Soft	C2	2/7	nse	3.25

5 wins from 25 · placed 15

1 run here without a win

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Templehills (IRE) h,t

8yo · 9-10 · OR 135

4FP805 J Edward Austin T Jonjo O'Neill —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Mar 19	Warwick	3m	Good	C2	5/5	50¾L	7.00
14 Mar 19	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	10/22	19L	101.0
27 Dec 18	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C2	8/11	37½L	21.0

6 wins from 22 · placed 8

Won 3 of 9 at around this trip

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Aintree My Dream (FR) t

9yo · 10-1 · OR 133

FP183P J James Best T Milton Harris —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Sep 19	Newton Abbot	2m 110y	Good	C3	PU	—	7.00
29 May 19	Cartmel	2m 5f	Soft	C4	3/5	15¾L	3.50
11 May 19	Haydock Park	2m 4f 110y	Good	C2	8/8	36L	15.0

5 wins from 17 · placed 9

Won 3 of 7 at around this trip

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