Henrietta Knight Handicap Chase (Grade 3) 3m 3f 110y
- (4yo+, 3m 3f 110y, Class 1, 16 runners)
- Winner £28,475 2nd £10,685 3rd £5,350 4th £2,665 5th £1,340 6th £670
- Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
Weighed In:
- Winning time: 7m 39.90s
- Off time: 13:55:25
Full Result
| Pos | Dist | Horse | Trainer | Age | Weight | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 17 Monbeg Dude (IRE) | M Scudamore | 7 | 10-0 | J E Moore | 25/1 | |
| SP 25/1 Not fluent in rear, mistake 1st, blundered 15th and 17th, headway next, stayed on to chase leaders approaching 3 out, went 2nd approaching last, driven to lead narrowly run-in, stayed on well and on top close home | |||||||
| 2nd | nk | 12 Bradley | F M O'Brien | 8 | 10-12 | P J Brennan | 9/2f |
| SP 9/2f Mid-division on outside, headway to chase leaders 15th, led 2 out, joined last, narrowly headed run-in, every chance until no extra towards finish opened 11/2 £5000-£1000(x2) | |||||||
| 3rd | 2½ | 14 Viking Blond (FR) | N A Twiston-Davies | 7 | 10-11 b | S Twiston-Davies | 8/1 |
| SP 8/1 Led 2nd, headed 8th, chased leaderr, led again 10th, made most afte runtil headed 2 out, lost 2nd approaching last, stayed on same pace run-in opened 9/1 | |||||||
| 4th | 11 | 10 Any Currency (IRE) | M Keighley | 9 | 11-0 e | Aidan Coleman | 14/1 |
| SP 14/1 Chased leaders, ridden and every chance 3 out, no extra in 4th before last | |||||||
| 5th | 5 | 4 Problema Tic (FR) | D Pipe | 6 | 11-9 | T Scudamore | 10/1 |
| SP 10/1 Towards rear, headway approachuing 16th, chasing leaders when hit 3 out, weakened before next opened 8/1 £2400-£300 | |||||||
| 6th | 6 | 3 Chicago Grey (IRE) | G Elliott | 9 | 11-9 pt | R Johnson | 20/1 |
| SP 20/1 Mid-division, headway and chasing leaders when blundered badly 4 out, recovered to chase leaders on inside approaching next, ridden before blundered 2 out, soon weakened opened 25/1 £28000-£1000 | |||||||
| 7th | 13 | 8 Deal Done (FR) | D T Hughes | 8 | 11-4 b | B J Geraghty | 16/1 |
| SP 16/1 Chased leaders, mistake 14th, hit next, weakened from 3 out | |||||||
| 8th | 2½ | 2 Teaforthree (IRE) | Miss R Curtis | 8 | 11-11 | Patrick Corbett (10) | 15/2 |
| SP 15/2 Chased leader, led 8th until 10th chased leader until 15th, chased leaders, ridden and weakened well before 2 out opened 8/1 | |||||||
| 9th | 16 | 16 Fredo (IRE) | Ian Williams | 8 | 10-5 | Harry Skelton | 25/1 |
| SP 25/1 Mid-division, effort approaching 17th, weakened approaching 3 out | |||||||
| 10th | 1¼ | 11 Mon Mome (FR) | Miss V Williams | 12 | 11-0 | L Treadwell | 33/1 |
| SP 33/1 Mid-division, slow and ridden 14th, never on terms after | |||||||
| 11th | 45 | 1 Carruthers | M Bradstock | 9 | 11-12 | Matthew Batchelor | 25/1 |
| SP 25/1 Led until 2nd, chased leaders, lost place 16th, weakening when blundered 18th, tailed off opened 33/1 | |||||||
| PU | 7 Ashkazar (FR) | D Pipe | 8 | 11-6 | T J Murphy | 12/1 | |
| SP 12/1 Never travelled in rear, reminders after 4th, mistake 15th, tailed off 18th, soon pulled up opened 11/1 | |||||||
| PU | 6 Galaxy Rock (IRE) | Jonjo O'Neill | 8 | 11-6 b | A P McCoy | 13/2 | |
| SP 13/2 Raced wide in mid-division, weakened 18th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out £28000-£4000 | |||||||
| PU | 5 Harry The Viking | P F Nicholls | 7 | 11-7 | R Walsh | 11/2 | |
| SP 11/2 Chased leaders, blundered badly 17th, soon lost place, behind and pulled up 4 out opened 6/1 | |||||||
| PU | 15 King Fontaine (IRE) | J M Jefferson | 9 | 10-6 | Harry Haynes | 20/1 | |
| SP 20/1 In rear, hit 11th, tailed off and pulled up before 14th | |||||||
| PU | 13 Mostly Bob (IRE) | Mrs S Leech | 9 | 10-12 vt | James Best (5) | 50/1 | |
| SP 50/1 Towards rear, mistake 7th, struggling 11th, tailed off and pulled up before 14th | |||||||
| NR | 9 Poker De Sivola (FR) | Ferdy Murphy | 9 | 11-1 | R Thornton | ||
Betting Breakdown
Tote Win £40.00 Tote Place £6.10 £1.80 £2.50 £3.80 Straight Forecast £132.46 Exacta £236.50 Trifecta £0.00 Swingers 1&2 £54.00, 2&3 £8.00, 1&3 £214.30
Jackpot £65,769.68 carried forward to Cheltenham, 18th Nov
Placepot £195.70, Pool: £292363.75, 1090.31 winning tickets
Quadpot £146.60, Pool: £13920.41, 70.22 winning tickets
Analysis
MONBEG DUDE produced the best performance of his career, answering concerns over his stamina and jumping, then fighting off the persistent challenge of Bradley. He was held up in the early stages and wasn't perfect at his fences, but he cut through the pack on the final circuit and few horses will have travelled so sweetly on the run to the second-last fence at the end of a three-and-a-half-mile contest. It breifly looked as if his effort was going to fall apart when Jamie Moore first asked him to go to the front, but he ultimately just got the better of a battle with Bradley, who lost little in defeat. The runner-up jumped better than most of his rivals, several of whom blundered their chances away, and kept on all the way to the line despite leaning in slightly on the winner under pressure. Thorough stayer Any Currency was working hard from some way out but kept on better than most, but Galaxy Rock and Harry The Viking both proved major disappointments - the latter cooking his own goose with a jolting error early on the final circuit.