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gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E

Towcester · 7 January 2005
  • TypeChase
  • ClassClass 4
  • Distance2m5½f
  • GoingGood To Soft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners7

Researcher (GB) (9/4) won the gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E at Towcester on 7 January 2005, beating Ashfield Orchestra (IRE) by 17 lengths under Sam Thomas for trainer Venetia Williams. 7 ran on Good To Soft going over 2m5½f; the winning time was 6m 10.10s (slow by 54.10s). The 85/40 favourite, Prayerful (GB), finished 3rd, beaten 17½ lengths.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 7 — The market

Winner Researcher (GB)
SP: 9/4 J: Sam Thomas T: Venetia Williams
Won by 17 lengthsFav: Prayerful (GB) 85/40 · 3rd
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Researcher (GB) 6m Sam Thomas Venetia Williams 11-2 110— 6:10.10 3,997.50 9/4
2nd Ashfield Orchestra (IRE) 9m 17 Miss Isabel Tompsett(7) M Brown 10-9 —— 6:13.88 1,230 18/1
3rd Prayerful (GB) 6m ½ Andrew Thornton R H Alner 11-2 90— 6:13.99 615 85/40 fav
4th Another Conquest (GB) 6m ½ Richard Young(3) Seamus Mullins 10-13 94— 6:14.10 307.50 13/2
5th Rakassa (GB) 7m 16 Mr J A Jenkins(7) H J Manners 10-9 —— 6:17.66 — 9/2
6th Dontnock'Er (IRE) 7m 30 Benjamin Hitchcott Bob Buckler 11-2 72— 6:24.32 — 10/1
PU Panhandle (GB) 11m — Robert Stephens(7) Richard Mitchell 10-9 —— — — 25/1

Winning time 6m 10.10s (slow by 54.10s)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (0 of 7 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 gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E at Towcester in 2005?
Researcher (GB) won the gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E at Towcester on 7 January 2005, ridden by Sam Thomas and trained by Venetia Williams.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E at Towcester?
1st Researcher (GB) (9/4), 2nd Ashfield Orchestra (IRE) (18/1), 3rd Prayerful (GB) (85/40F).
What price was the winner of the 2005 gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E at Towcester?
Researcher (GB) returned a starting price of 9/4.
How many horses ran in the 2005 gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E at Towcester?
7 horses ran in the 2005 gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E at Towcester.
What was the winning time of the 2005 gg.com Mares' Only Beginners' Chase Class E at Towcester?
The winning time was 6m 10.10s (slow by 54.10s).

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