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boylesports.com Gold Cup (A Handicap Chase) Grade 3

(Class 1) (4yo+) 2m5f omsNew Soft 17 fences
1st £85,530 2nd £32,085 3rd £16,065 4th £8,010 5th £4,020 6th £2,010
pedigree Pedigrees
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boylesports.com Gold Cup (A Handicap Chase) Grade 3, 2m5f - Soft, Class 1 4yo+
boylesports.com Gold Cup (A Handicap Chase) Grade 3, 2m5f - Soft, Class 1 4yo+
pedigree Pedigrees
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Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
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1   
6 114 p 149 156 163 right
b g Turgeon (USA) right - Northine (FR) right (Northern Treat) right
Held up in rear, hit 6th, headway 12th, went 2nd after 3 out, slight lead last, driven and ran on strongly run-in (op 7-1)
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2 
8 1011 142 148 156 right
b g Lord Americo (IRE) right - Andarta right (Ballymore) right
Chased leader, hit 6th, led 12th, hit next, mistake 4 out, ridden and hit 2 out, headed and not fluent last, kept on gamely but always held by winner (op 11-1 tchd 12-1)
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3  [5]
5 114 t 149 151 158 right
ch g Mansonnien (FR) right - Vikosa (FR) right (Nikos) right
Blundered 2nd, chased leaders, ridden and quicken into contention approaching 2 out, no impression on leaders soon after (op 4-1 tchd 9-2 in a place)
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4  5 [10]
9 108 139 136 142 right
ch g Lycius (USA) right - Black Fighter (USA) right (Secretariat) right
Chased leaders, ridden from 3 out and stayed on same pace (tchd 16-1)
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5  ½ [10½]
10 119 157 154 160 right
b g Bob Back (USA) right - Baden (IRE) right (Furry Glen) right
Chased leaders, ridden to dispute 2nd after 3 out, weakened from next (tchd 11-1)
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6  7 [17½]
5 102 133 123 129 right
b g Indian River (FR) right - Anais Du Berlais (FR) right (Dom Pasquini) right
Chased leaders, mistake 4 out, weakened from next (op 25-1)
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7  9 [26½]
10 111 146 126 136 right
gr g Over The River (FR) right - Solo Rose right (Roselier) right
Hit 1st, mistake 3rd, headway 8th, mistake 4 out, still travelling ok after next, soon beaten (tchd 7-1)
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8  13 [39½]
7 110 145 112 122 right
gr g First Trump right - Amalancher (USA) right (Alleged) right
Hit 2nd, in rear, mistake 8th, headway next, chasing leaders when hit 11th, not fluent next, weakened 3 out (tchd 11-2)
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9  4 [43½]
5 119 t 154 117 124 right
b g Vaguely Pleasant (FR) right - Tantatura (FR) right (Akarad) right
Behind, some headway and ridden 10th, weakened 4 out, blundered next
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10  5 [48½]
6 97 Out-of-Handicaps 6 p 131 89 96 right
b g Poliglote right - Strictly Cool (USA) right (Bering) right
Always towards rear
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11  dist [78½]
8 114 p 149 69 79 right
b g Red Ransom (USA) right - Shortfall right (Last Tycoon) right
Hit 4th, always towards rear, tailed off (op 66-1)
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PU   
6 105 136 right
b g Luso right - Bid For Fun (IRE) right (Auction Ring) right
Led until headed 12th, stayed pressing leader 4 out to next, weakened rapidly soon after, pulled up before last
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