Bobby Renton Handicap Chase |
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| Wetherby 16:00 £10,000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110y, Class 3  |
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| Wednesday 12th October 2016 | |
1 Lord Wishes 7/1
2 Pair Of Jacks 11/2
3 Degooch 9/1
10 ran Distances: 1l, nk, ¾l
TIME 4m 49.30s (slow by 4.30s)
Lord Wishes times it right to take Bobby Renton
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Lord Wishes came with a tremendous late run to claim the feature Bobby Renton Handicap Chase on the opening afternoon of Wetherby's new season.
Trained by James Ewart in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, the nine-year-old had been freshened up by a 77-day break.
Ridden by Nick Scholfield, was was taking his record on Lord Wishes to two wins from just two rides, victory looked unlikely all the way up the straight.
Degooch took over from The Grey Taylor at the fourth-last and had everything else in trouble two fences later.
He got in tight to the final fence, though, which allowed Pair Of Jacks, who had been briefly outpaced, a chance to pounce as Brian Hughes appeared to have timed it perfectly.
However, just as that one hit the front Scholfield began to get a real tune out of Lord Wishes and the 7/1 chance won going away by a length.
"Two-mile-three is a bare minimum for him these days," said Scholfield.
"There's just a bit of rising ground from the second-last to the line and that made all the difference.
"He's a very good jumper. He'd had a little break but he was very fit."
Bobby Renton Handicap Chase
£10,000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110y, Class 3,
10 ran
Going: Good
| Pos | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | Lord Wishes (IRE) 7/1 | Nick Scholfield 11-9 |
J Ewart | 9 | |
| 2nd | 1 | Pair Of Jacks (IRE) 11/2 | B Hughes 11-11 |
J M Jefferson | 8 |
| 3rd | nk | Degooch (IRE) 9/1 | Brendan Powell 10-13 |
J Farrelly | 7 |
| 4th | ¾ | Art Of Logistics (IRE) 9/2j | R Johnson 11-12 |
P J Hobbs | 8 |
| 5th | 3½ | Off The Ground (IRE) 12/1 | Mr J Nailor (7) 11-7 |
C E Longsdon | 10 |
| 6th | 3¾ | Presenting Junior (IRE) 6/1 | Thomas Dowson (7) 11-3 |
M Todhunter | 9 |
| 7th | nk | The Grey Taylor (IRE) 9/2j | T Scudamore 11-10 |
B Ellison | 7 |
| 8th | 11 | Ashcott Boy 33/1 | David Noonan (3) 11-5 |
N P Mulholland | 8 |
| 9th | 11 | Alderbrook Lad (IRE) 22/1 | Finian O'Toole (5) 11-6 |
Micky Hammond | 10 |
| F | Fell 1st | Gurkha Brave (IRE) 8/1 | P J Brennan 11-2 |
Karen McLintock | 8 |
