Sentence examples for at the second fence from inspiring English sources

Nicholls' No Need For Alarm, a fancy for the Arkle Trophy, fell at the second fence after starting at 2-7 in the extended two-mile novice chase, won by Soeur Fontenail.

"I said to Paul today to do the same, and Paul said: 'No, I want to go to the outside.' "They went such a gallop today that Paul was on the outside, on his own and I think at about halfway the horse started to enjoy it and at the second fence down the back, he put in as big a jump as I ever saw around here and he landed running".

At the second fence, 75% of the injected bromide and less than 3% of ethanol remained in the plume.

Midnight Chase set the early pace and there was drama at the second fence when What A Friend, part-owned by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, fell.

Jimmy Carr was a rank amateur as a tax-dodger to fall at the first fence.

Tatenen, the favourite, went at the third fence, hitting the obstacle hard, but Ruby Walsh emerged unscathed from that tumble.

But it will be a big surprise if this initiative is a faller at the first fence.

So it hasn't fallen at the first fence but longer-term effects remain to be seen," he said.

Ornais tumbled at the fourth fence, breaking its neck, while Dooneys Gate fell at the sixth, Becher's Brook, breaking its back.

Kauto Star, who was odds-on to achieve his third Gold Cup victory, made a monumental blunder at the eighth fence that Ruby Walsh seemed unlikely to survive.

Iron Man, age eight, weight 10-3 Unseated athehe third fence in last year's race, which was no surprise, as he had unseated and fallen in two previous attempts over these fences.