Randox Health Handicap Chase |
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| Cheltenham 15:30 £50,000 added, 4yo plus, 2m, Class 2  |
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| Saturday 22nd October 2016 | |
1 Fox Norton 5/2f
2 Sizing Platinum 10/1
3 Casino Markets 7/1
NR: Savello (IRE)
14 ran Distances: 11l, 9l, 6l
TIME 3m 51.00s (fast by 1.00s)
Fox Norton ran his rivals ragged to win for Neil Mulholland
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Fox Norton, sent off the well-backed 5/2 favourite, turned the two-mile £50,000 Randox Health Handicap Chase into a procession.
Third to Douvan in the last season's Racing Post Arkle Trophy, six-year-old Fox Norton had his 13 rivals in trouble rounding the home turn and galloped clear up the hill to win by 11 lengths from Sizing Platinum (Colin Tizzard/Aidan Coleman, 10/1). Casino Markets (Emma Lavelle/Tom Scudamore, 7/1) was nine lengths further back in third.
Mulholland, based near Bath, said: "We were very happy with Fox Norton. He worked really well recently and came here in great order.
"He has improved a lot over the summer and has got a lot stronger over the last year and a half.
"I would say we might come back for the Shloer Chase next month (Two miles, Grade Two, £75,000 on the third and final day of The Open, Sunday, November 13) as he likes the track here."
Fehily added: "That was really impressive. I gave him a breather coming down the hill to help him get up it and I thought the challengers would come back up behind me but I never saw any.
"He is going to have to go into conditions chases now. We will see what the handicapper does but it was a good performance today."
Randox Health Handicap Chase
£50,000.00 added, 4yo plus, 2m, Class 2
14 ran
Going: Good
| Pos | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | Fox Norton (FR) 5/2f | N D Fehily 11-1 |
N P Mulholland | 6 | |
| 2nd | 11 | Sizing Platinum (IRE) 10/1 | Aidan Coleman 10-9 |
C L Tizzard | 8 |
| 3rd | 9 | Casino Markets (IRE) 7/1 | T Scudamore 10-1 |
Miss E C Lavelle | 8 |
| 4th | 6 | Mr Fiftyone (IRE) 16/1 | P Townend 10-13 |
Mrs J Harrington | 7 |
| 5th | 2½ | Owen Na View (IRE) 25/1 | P J Brennan 10-0 |
F O'Brien | 8 |
| 6th | ½ | Ultragold (FR) 10/1 | Harry Cobden (3) 10-6 |
C L Tizzard | 8 |
| 7th | 1½ | Witness In Court (IRE) 33/1 | Wayne Hutchinson 10-13 |
D McCain Jnr | 9 |
| 8th | 14 | Always On The Run (IRE) 12/1 | A P Heskin 10-8 |
T R George | 6 |
| 9th | 1¼ | Devils Bride (IRE) 14/1 | Rachael Blackmore (5) 11-12 |
H de Bromhead | 9 |
| 10th | 2¾ | Dunraven Storm (IRE) 25/1 | R Johnson 11-5 |
P J Hobbs | 11 |
| 11th | 1½ | Rock The World (IRE) 8/1 | B J Geraghty 11-4 |
Mrs J Harrington | 8 |
| PU | Boondooma (IRE) 7/1 | Brendan Powell 11-7 |
Dr R D P Newland | 9 | |
| F | Minella Definitely (IRE) 100/1 | David Noonan (3) 10-0 |
N P Mulholland | 9 | |
| UR | Croco Bay (IRE) 33/1 | D A Jacob 11-1 |
B I Case | 9 | |
| NR | Savello (IRE) 14/1 | Bridget Andrews (5) 11-6 |
D Skelton | 10 |
