Race Result Chepstow Sat, 25th Feb, 2012

Going - Soft (Heavy in places).

Placepot Pool - £78,388.19 Winning Units - 472.34 Dividend - £121.10. Quadpot Pool - £6,594.63 Winning Units - 1176.65 Dividend - £4.10. Place Six Dividend - £25.44. Place Five Dividend - £3.37.

Smith & Williamson Handicap Chase of £3600.00 5-y-o plus

2m. 110yds. Hcap Chase 1st - £2339.00, 2nd - £687.00, 3rd - £343.00, 4th - £172.00 OFF 16:55. 8 Ran.

1st		Lady Willa (IRE) 11-9 (Mr T J C Seegar) (Morning price: 11/4 3/1 5/1) SP 4/1 Tote Win £4.90 Place £1.50	M Gillard T J Phelan(3)
		with leader, led narrowly 2nd, made rest, hard pressed 3 out, ridden and stayed on under pressure flat
2nd	2L	Kinkeel (IRE) 10-3 (Group 1 Racing (1994) Ltd) (Morning price: 11/2 5/1) SP 11/2 Place £2.40	A Carroll Matthew Batchelor
		led to 2nd, remained in touch, went 2nd after 7th, effort 3 out, kept on same pace, ridden and held flat
3rd	2.5L	Hector's House (GB) 10-7 (Iwantaracehorse Com) (Morning price: 4/1 7/2 3/1 11/4) SP 5/2fav Place £1.30	Mrs N S Evans Brendan Powell(5)
		tracked leaders, not fluent back straight, headway on outside before 5 out, soon chased leading pair, ridden and kept on flat, no impression
4th	29L	Bringewood Belle (GB) 11-5 (Mr J L Needham) (Tongue Strap) (Morning price: 4/1 7/2) SP 7/2	J Needham R T Dunne(5)
		chased leaders, reminder after 4th, ridden 5 out, stayed on to go moderate 4th 3 out, never toubled leaders
5th	3.75L	Wishes Or Watches (IRE) 9-7 (The Peter Partnership) (Morning price: 14/1 16/1) SP 16/1	J Upson Thomas Garner(7)
		prominent, disputed lead 2nd until after 7th, outpaced 5 out, weakened 3 out
6th	5L	Paddy The Yank (IRE) 10-8 (Piddle Valley Racing Club & N R Mitche) (Cheekpiece) (Morning price: 9/2 5/1 11/2) SP 9/1	N R Mitchell J W Farrelly
		prominent on outside, lost place after 7th, soon behind
7th	3.25L	Jack Rio (IRE) 10-0 (Mrs Laura Young) (Morning price: 25/1 20/1) SP 20/1	Laura J Young W Kennedy
		tracked leaders on inside, hit 7th, outpaced 5 out, weakened 3 out
8th	8L	Russellstown Boy (IRE) 10-5 (Mr R S Herbert) (Morning price: 14/1) SP 25/1	Mrs P Ford Mr O Garner(7)
		in rear, blundered and reminder 4th, struggling after 7th, never dangerous

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