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digibet.com Beginners' Chase

Chepstow · 20 January 2012
  • TypeChase
  • ClassClass 4
  • Distance2m 3f 110y
  • GoingHeavy
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners6

Cristal Bonus (FR) (4/9F) won the digibet.com Beginners' Chase at Chepstow on 20 January 2012, beating Simply Wings (IRE) by 25 lengths under R Walsh for trainer Paul Nicholls. 6 ran on Heavy going over 2m 3f 110y; the winning time was 5m 16.86s (slow by 33.86s). The winner was the favourite.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 6 — The market

Winner Cristal Bonus (FR)
SP: 4/9 favKTB Rating 140B J: R Walsh T: Paul Nicholls
Won by 25 lengths
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st Cristal Bonus (FR) 6g R Walsh Paul Nicholls 11-0 —140B 5:16.86 2,599.20 4/9 fav
2nd Simply Wings (IRE) 8g 25 Tom Scudamore Richard Lee 11-0 123111B 5:23.11 763.20 4/1
3rd Lupita (IRE) t 8m 13 Brendan Powell(5) Derrick Scott 10-2 7994C 5:26.36 381.60 100/1
4th Basford Bob (IRE) 7g 2 Alan O'Keeffe Jennie Candlish 11-0 116106C 5:26.86 190.80 15/2
F Penn Da Benn (FR) 9g — Christian Williams Bernard Llewellyn 11-0 114— — — 25/1
PU Autumn Haze (GB) 7g — Mr Byron Moorcroft(5) Phillip Dando 10-9 —— — — 50/1

Winning time 5m 16.86s (slow by 33.86s)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (4 of 6 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 digibet.com Beginners' Chase at Chepstow in 2012?
Cristal Bonus (FR) won the digibet.com Beginners' Chase at Chepstow on 20 January 2012, ridden by R Walsh and trained by Paul Nicholls.
What was the finishing order of the 2012 digibet.com Beginners' Chase at Chepstow?
1st Cristal Bonus (FR) (4/9F), 2nd Simply Wings (IRE) (4/1), 3rd Lupita (IRE) (100/1).
What price was the winner of the 2012 digibet.com Beginners' Chase at Chepstow?
Cristal Bonus (FR) returned a starting price of 4/9F.
How many horses ran in the 2012 digibet.com Beginners' Chase at Chepstow?
6 horses ran in the 2012 digibet.com Beginners' Chase at Chepstow.
What was the winning time of the 2012 digibet.com Beginners' Chase at Chepstow?
The winning time was 5m 16.86s (slow by 33.86s).

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