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Gg.com Beginners' Chase

Hexham · 17 March 2005
  • TypeChase
  • ClassClass 4
  • Distance2m 110y
  • GoingSoft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners9

Cusp (GB) (40/1) won the Gg.com Beginners' Chase at Hexham on 17 March 2005, beating Tribal Dispute (GB) by 5 lengths under Dougie Costello for trainer C W Thornton. 9 ran on Soft going over 2m 110y; the winning time was 4m 29.90s (slow by 36.90s). The 8/11 favourite, Tribal Dispute (GB), finished 2nd, beaten 5 lengths.

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

Winner Cusp (GB)
SP: 40/1KTB Rating 87C J: Dougie Costello T: C W Thornton
Won by 5 lengthsFav: Tribal Dispute (GB) 8/11 · 2nd
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Cusp (GB) 5m Dougie Costello(7) C W Thornton 9-3 —87C 4:29.90 3,831.75 40/1
2nd Tribal Dispute (GB) 8g 5 Russ Garritty Tim Easterby 11-0 112104C 4:31.15 1,179 8/11 fav
3rd Ameras (IRE) 7m 13 Mr C Storey(3) Sandy Forster 10-1 —72C 4:34.40 589.50 22/1
4th Ipledgeallegiance (USA) 9g nk David O'Meara N Waggott 11-0 —85C 4:34.46 294.75 22/1
5th Wilful Lord (IRE) 8g 9 Kenny Johnson John Wade 11-0 7271C 4:36.71 — 10/1
6th Moscow Dancer (IRE) 8g 5 Neil Mulholland P Monteith 11-0 —67C 4:37.96 — 10/3
7th Rockerfella Lad (IRE) 5g 7 Paul Robson Martin Todhunter 10-10 6063C 4:39.71 — 40/1
8th Charlies Memory (GB) 6g 23 Alan Dempsey Michael Easterby 10-11 —64C 4:45.46 — 22/1
PU Cyborg De Sou (FR) 7g — N Hannity Geoffrey Harker 11-0 —— — — 7/1

Winning time 4m 29.90s (slow by 36.90s)

Notes First fence in back straight omitted.

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 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 Gg.com Beginners' Chase at Hexham in 2005?
Cusp (GB) won the Gg.com Beginners' Chase at Hexham on 17 March 2005, ridden by Dougie Costello and trained by C W Thornton.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 Gg.com Beginners' Chase at Hexham?
1st Cusp (GB) (40/1), 2nd Tribal Dispute (GB) (8/11F), 3rd Ameras (IRE) (22/1).
What price was the winner of the 2005 Gg.com Beginners' Chase at Hexham?
Cusp (GB) returned a starting price of 40/1.
How many horses ran in the 2005 Gg.com Beginners' Chase at Hexham?
9 horses ran in the 2005 Gg.com Beginners' Chase at Hexham.
What was the winning time of the 2005 Gg.com Beginners' Chase at Hexham?
The winning time was 4m 29.90s (slow by 36.90s).

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