BetBright Chase |
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| Grade 3 Handicap, Kempton Park £100,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m, Class 1 |
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| Saturday 22nd February 2014 | |
1 Bally Legend 28/1
2 Bury Parade 15/2
3 Tour Des Champs 9/2F
13 ran Distances: 1¼l, 1l, nk
TIME 6m 11.00s (slow by 13.00s)
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Caroline Keevil, who is based near Shaftesbury in Dorset, prepared Bally Legend to the minute as he stayed on strongly through the pack to lift the £100,000 Grade Three handicap at odds of 28-1.
Although not an event to attract the likes of Desert Orchid, Rhyme 'n' Reason or Rough Quest any more, the victory for the consistent nine-year-old was of great importance to his connections and there were tears shed in the winner's enclosure.
"I'm still shaking - that's my biggest winner by a long shot," said Keevil.
"I've had him since a wild three-year-old. As a small trainer, you have some highs and lots of lows, but whenever I'm at my lowest ebb, Bally Legend pulls it out of the bag.
"This was the target. He is entered in the Byrne Group Plate, but Cheltenham is only two weeks away and it might be a big greedy.
"The fields around us are lakes and the gallops have been damaged, but days like this help you shrug it off."
Jockey Ian Popham said: "Annacotty winning the Feltham Chase here on Boxing Day was my first Grade One, but this is right up there. I've had a lot of problems with injury (breaking his pelvis twice) but Caroline and Martin Keighley have always stood by me."
Paul Nicholls' Bury Parade was shut off when challenging before the final fence and finished a length and a quarter behind.
His trainer said: "He won't go left-handed but after running well off top-weight there, he would deserve a chance in a Grade One, maybe in the Punchestown Gold Cup."
Betbright Chase (Grade 3)
£100,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m, Class 1
13 ran
Going: Soft (Heavy on bend adjacent to lake)
| Horse Trainer |
Jockey Weight |
SP Distance |
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| 1 |
Bally Legend Mrs Caroline Keevil |
Ian Popham 10st 12lbs |
28 - 1 Winner |
| 2 |
Bury Parade P F Nicholls |
N Fehily 11st 12lbs |
15 - 2 1 1/4 length |
| 3 |
Tour Des Champs N A Twiston-Davies |
Sam Twiston-Davies 10st 1lbs |
9 - 2 1 length |
| 4 |
Midnight Appeal A King |
R Thornton 10st 13lbs |
14 - 1 Neck |
| 5 |
Ardkilly Witness Dr R D P Newland |
L Aspell 10st 10lbs |
7 - 1 1 1/2 length |
| 6 |
Niceonefrankie Miss V Williams |
Aidan Coleman 10st 11lbs |
8 - 1 1 1/2 length |
| 7 |
Planet Of Sound P J Hobbs |
R Johnson 11st 8lbs |
10 - 1 12 lengths |
| 8 |
Standing Ovation D Pipe |
C O'Farrell 10st 7lbs |
10 - 1 2 lengths |
| 9 |
Jump City P F Nicholls |
Harry Derham 10st 6lbs |
16 - 1 4 lengths |
| 10 |
Grandioso P F Nicholls |
D A Jacob 11st 7lbs |
7 - 1 10 lengths |
| 11 |
Baile Anrai D Skelton |
Harry Skelton 10st 6lbs |
12 - 1 4 lengths |
| 12 |
Whats Happening T R George |
P J Brennan 10st 12lbs |
16 - 1 3/4 length |
| PU |
Bless The Wings A King |
W Hutchinson 11st 3lbs |
16 - 1 |
