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Tuesday October 21 2008
Race Result Exeter 15:10 - Result
Richard Vines Best Mate Beginners' Chase
£12000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 1f 110y, Class 3, £7806 penalty, 10 ran
Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 4m 13.6s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Sir Harry Ormesher 11-2 R Thornton A King 5 12/1
  held up, headway 5th, challenged 4 out, soon ridden, led approaching last, driven out opened 12/1 touched 12/1
2 ¾ Straw Bear (USA) 11-2 A P McCoy N J Gifford 7 2/1
  held up, took closer order 7th, went 3rd after 4 out, stayed on run in, finished well final 50 yards opened 15/8 touched 9/4 £1000-£500 £800-£400
3 1¼ Pasco (SWI) 11-2 R Walsh P F Nicholls 5 6/4 f
  tracked leader, led 6th, ridden after 4 out, headed approaching last, no extra opened 13/8 touched 13/8 £5250-£3000 £1300-£800 £750-£500
4 10 Or Bleu (FR) 11-2 R Johnson P J Hobbs 6 12/1
  in touch, headway 5th, effort approaching 4 out, one pace from 3 out opened 10/1 touched 12/1
5 18 Gauvain (GER) 11-2 N Fehily C J Mann 6 5/1
  led 2nd, slow jump 5th, soon headed, prominent, ridden approaching 4 out, weakened 3 out opened 15/2 touched 15/2 £2400-£400
6 11 Mount Oscar (IRE) 11-2 J Tizzard R Rowe 9 25/1
  tracked leaders, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened opened 28/1 touched 33/1
7 29 Rodrigo Gonzales (IRE) 11-2 W Marston M Keighley 6 20/1
  always towards rear opened 25/1 touched 25/1
PU Knapp Bridge Boy 11-2 L Treadwell J R Payne 8 200/1
  led until 2nd, lost touch from 5th, tailed off and pulled up before last opened 150/1 touched 200/1
PU Major League (USA) 11-2 R Greene W S Kittow 6 200/1
  soon tailed off, blundered 8th, pulled up before next opened 150/1 touched 200/1
PU Sironi (IRE) 11-2 J E Moore G L Moore 8 100/1
  mistake 8th, always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out opened 100/1 touched 100/1