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Sporting Index Beginners' Chase

Chepstow · 21 January 2005
  • TypeChase
  • ClassClass 4
  • Distance3m 2f 110y
  • GoingHeavy
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners9

Sixo (IRE) (3/2F) won the Sporting Index Beginners' Chase at Chepstow on 21 January 2005, beating Sonnant (FR) by 3 lengths under Timmy Murphy for trainer M C Pipe. 9 ran on Heavy going over 3m 2f 110y; the winning time was 7m 30.70s (slow by 58.70s). The winner was the favourite.

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

Winner Sixo (IRE)
SP: 3/2 favKTB Rating 106C J: Timmy Murphy T: M C Pipe
Won by 3 lengths
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Sixo (IRE) 8g Timmy Murphy M C Pipe 11-5 —106C 7:30.70 3,900 3/2 fav
2nd Sonnant (FR) 6g 3 Noel Fehily Charlie Mann 11-5 115102C 7:31.45 1,200 5/1
3rd Jamerosier (FR) p 8g 14 Andrew Thornton Mrs L C Taylor 11-5 10287C 7:34.95 600 14/1
4th Were In Touch (IRE) t 7g 10 R Walsh Paul Nicholls 11-5 —75C 7:37.45 300 5/2
5th Ashfield Orchestra (IRE) 9m 22 Miss Isabel Tompsett(7) M Brown 9-12 —51C 7:42.95 — 33/1
6th Change Agent (GB) 9g 3½ David Dennis Robin Dickin 11-5 —72C 7:43.82 — 50/1
PU General Duroc (IRE) 9g — Tony Evans(3) Richard Phillips 10-13 —— — — 9/1
PU Twenty To Eight (GB) 9g — Mr Geoff Barfoot-Saunt(5) Tracey Barfoot-Saunt 10-9 —— — — 80/1
PU Hardy Russian (IRE) 8g — Keiran Burke(10) Patrick Rodford 9-13 —— — — 100/1

Winning time 7m 30.70s (slow by 58.70s)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (6 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 Sporting Index Beginners' Chase at Chepstow in 2005?
Sixo (IRE) won the Sporting Index Beginners' Chase at Chepstow on 21 January 2005, ridden by Timmy Murphy and trained by M C Pipe.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 Sporting Index Beginners' Chase at Chepstow?
1st Sixo (IRE) (3/2F), 2nd Sonnant (FR) (5/1), 3rd Jamerosier (FR) (14/1).
What price was the winner of the 2005 Sporting Index Beginners' Chase at Chepstow?
Sixo (IRE) returned a starting price of 3/2F.
How many horses ran in the 2005 Sporting Index Beginners' Chase at Chepstow?
9 horses ran in the 2005 Sporting Index Beginners' Chase at Chepstow.
What was the winning time of the 2005 Sporting Index Beginners' Chase at Chepstow?
The winning time was 7m 30.70s (slow by 58.70s).

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