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Beginners' Chase

Hereford · 5 January 2005
  • TypeChase
  • ClassClass 4
  • Distance2m 3f
  • GoingSoft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners11

Graphic Approach (IRE) (10/11F) won the Beginners' Chase at Hereford on 5 January 2005, beating Wrags To Riches (IRE) by 11 lengths under A P McCoy for trainer Charles Egerton. 11 ran on Soft going over 2m 3f; the winning time was 4m 53.90s (slow by 20.90s). The winner was the favourite.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 11 — The market

Winner Graphic Approach (IRE)
SP: 10/11 favKTB Rating 114C J: A P McCoy T: Charles Egerton
Won by 11 lengths
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Graphic Approach (IRE) 7g A P McCoy Charles Egerton 11-3 123114C 4:53.90 4,881.50 10/11 fav
2nd Wrags To Riches (IRE) 8g 11 Chris Honour(5) Jimmy Frost 10-7 11491C 4:56.65 1,502 8/1
3rd Robber Baron (IRE) 8g 4 Jim Culloty Henrietta C Knight 11-3 —97C 4:57.65 751 5/1
4th Major Euro (IRE) 8g 1 Robert Thornton S J Gilmore 11-3 10396C 4:57.90 375.50 20/1
5th Downpour (USA) 7g nk David Dennis Ian Williams 11-3 —95C 4:57.96 — 9/2
6th Gola Supreme (IRE) t 10g 16 Richard Johnson Richard Lee 11-3 —80C 5:01.96 — 10/1
7th Achilles Wings (USA) 9g 26 Seamus Durack Karen George 11-3 —80C 5:08.46 — 50/1
8th Gaye Trigger (GB) 7g 9 Paul W Flynn John Spearing 11-3 —80C 5:10.71 — 66/1
9th Nazimabad (IRE) 6g Christian Williams Evan Williams 11-3 —— — — 150/1
10th Silver Samuel (NZ) t 7g Tom Siddall S A Brookshaw 11-3 71— — — 66/1
11th Walking Sunday (IRE) 7g John McNamara Kim Bailey 11-3 —— — — 125/1

Winning time 4m 53.90s (slow by 20.90s)

Non-runners Pollensa Bay (vet's certificate)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (8 of 11 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 Hereford in 2005?
Graphic Approach (IRE) won the Beginners' Chase at Hereford on 5 January 2005, ridden by A P McCoy and trained by Charles Egerton.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Hereford?
1st Graphic Approach (IRE) (10/11F), 2nd Wrags To Riches (IRE) (8/1), 3rd Robber Baron (IRE) (5/1).
What price was the winner of the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Hereford?
Graphic Approach (IRE) returned a starting price of 10/11F.
How many horses ran in the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Hereford?
11 horses ran in the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Hereford. Non-runners: Pollensa Bay (vet's certificate).
What was the winning time of the 2005 Beginners' Chase at Hereford?
The winning time was 4m 53.90s (slow by 20.90s).

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