138/1 winner for M Chapman

I dunno but I think it was Market Rasen and I was working there that day .

................... And I retired in 2010

Sounds about right.

2015 sparra marra.

Since win flat: 194 runs 3123 days
Since win jumps: 97 runs 1754 days

Cheers, rico. Just the eight years then!

really, same price??? 

I was daft enough once to have a horse with him (didn't keep it long there). Just could not get on with the guy at all, the way he worked etc never took owners view into consideration etc, chrged what he liked when he liked almost, rant over

L'Es Fremantle was 162.17 when it won at Rasen on 8 November 2018.

In the old days there would have been a second half of an M C Chapman Bank Holiday each way double running somewhere. Looks like those days are over though. Perhaps he hasn't actually got two horses any more.

The industry SP was 80/1 for L'Es Fremantle, same as today.

At last it seems we have the right answer, so thank you screaming.

3:10
Market Rasen
8 Nov 2018
Bet & Watch At 188bet.co.uk Handicap Chase
(Class 5) (0-100, 4yo+) (2m5f89yds) 2m5½f Good 14 fences
1st £3,898.80 2nd £1,144.80 3rd £572.40 4th £350 5th £350 6th £350 7th £350



Result
Analysis
My Ratings
Past Winners
POS. (DRAW)   
HORSE / SP
TRAINER / JOCKEY
AGE    WGT    OR    TS    RPR    MR   
1

Runner Jacket
9. L'Es Fremantle  (FR) 80/1
Rachael McDonald 5
Michael Chapman
7    99 Out-of-Handicaps 5    69    49    77    –   
Held up in rear, jumped slowly 1st, headway approaching 4 out, chased leading pair 3 out, no impression until switched left run-in and stayed on final 100yds, strong run to lead near finish (trainer said, as to the apparent improvement in form, the gelding seems to act at Market Rasen) (op 100/1)
2
¾
Runner Jacket
2. Follow The Swallow  (IRE) 7/1
Lilly Pinchin 7
Graeme McPherson
10    115 tb    95    74    101    –   
Raced keenly, held up, headway into midfield 5th, closed 10th, went 2nd 4 out, led 3 out, continually pressed, stayed on under pressure run-in, headed and no extra near finish (op 8/1 tchd 10/1)
3
nk [1]
Runner Jacket
1. Overtoujay  11/1
Harry Teal 7
Charles Pogson
8    1111 p    101    80    108    –   
Prominent, jumped slowly 1st, led 7th, headed 3 out, continued to challenge, stayed on under pressure run-in, no extra near finish (op 8/1)

i remember that. did me head in

was on the 2 in front over the last, saw the donkey back in 3rd and just kept piling it on the other 2 as that thing couldnt win. if i remember rightlyit was 80 and so was the trainer

The sad thing is I'm pretty sure he was a grail pick but I must've missed that race because there was one every 5 mins.

I keep backing those grail rags and the one time I miss a race they win.

You would miss your head if it wasn't attached

matt chapman tipped a 138/1 winner ,well done matt!

In his golden era (when he had a handful of winners a year) I always looked out for his horses at Cartmel as he seemed to target the course. I did consider Smart Connections because he has ran ok on a couple of occasions but screwed it up by having small lay at lowish odds on him to win with a small back in the 4 place market. Seemed smart pre-race

I remember an interview with Chapman decades ago in which he described a dream he'd had. It apparently involved him training winners at a track by the seaside.

When he woke up, he decided that the track in question was Cartmel, hence the reason he sends horses there.

he got that wrong. should have sent them to doughville. practically on the beach