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Beginners' Chase

Folkestone · 3 January 2005
  • TypeChase
  • ClassClass 4
  • Distance3m 1f
  • GoingGood To Soft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners9

Too Forward (IRE) (3/2F) won the Beginners' Chase at Folkestone on 3 January 2005, beating I Hear Thunder (IRE) by 7 lengths under Mick Fitzgerald for trainer Mark Pitman. 9 ran on Good To Soft going over 3m 1f; the winning time was 6m 41.70s (slow by 39.70s). The winner was the favourite.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 9 — The market

Winner Too Forward (IRE)
SP: 3/2 favKTB Rating 108C J: Mick Fitzgerald T: Mark Pitman
Won by 7 lengths
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Too Forward (IRE) 9g Mick Fitzgerald Mark Pitman 11-5 —108C 6:41.70 4,342 3/2 fav
2nd I Hear Thunder (IRE) 7g 7 Benjamin Hitchcott Bob Buckler 11-5 111100C 6:43.26 1,336 5/1
3rd What A Man (IRE) 8g 8 Jamie Moore Gary Moore 11-5 —91C 6:45.03 668 17/2
4th El Viejo (IRE) 8g 19 Andrew Thornton L Wells 11-5 —74C 6:49.26 334 12/1
5th King Georges (FR) 7g 1½ Jodie Mogford J C Tuck 11-5 11174C 6:49.59 — 13/2
PU Concert Pianist (GB) 10g — Marcus Foley Peter Winkworth 11-5 —— — — 12/1
F Bob Ar Aghaidh (IRE) 9g — Andrew Tinkler Colin Tinkler 11-5 —— — — 11/2
PU Kappelhoff (IRE) 8g — Mattie Batchelor Lydia Richards 11-5 64— — — 66/1
PU Stanwick Gypsy (GB) 7m — Dave Crosse(3) Sarah Humphrey 10-6 —— — — 40/1

Winning time 6m 41.70s (slow by 39.70s)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (5 of 9 runners have a figure). GB & Irish racing only · figures as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record of the race, not a forecast.

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Quick answers

Who won the Beginners' Chase at Folkestone in 2005?
Too Forward (IRE) won the Beginners' Chase at Folkestone on 3 January 2005, ridden by Mick Fitzgerald and trained by Mark Pitman.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Folkestone?
1st Too Forward (IRE) (3/2F), 2nd I Hear Thunder (IRE) (5/1), 3rd What A Man (IRE) (17/2).
What price was the winner of the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Folkestone?
Too Forward (IRE) returned a starting price of 3/2F.
How many horses ran in the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Folkestone?
9 horses ran in the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Folkestone.
What was the winning time of the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Folkestone?
The winning time was 6m 41.70s (slow by 39.70s).

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