Full Result 4.40 Cheltenham | 16 April 2008

Cheltenham Collection Novices' Chase

(Class 2) (5yo+) (3m1f56yds) 3m1½f New Good To Soft 21 fences

1st £11,271.60 2nd £3,330 3rd £1,665 4th £833.40 5th £415.80 6th £208.80

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	1. Beat The Boys (IRE) 3/1 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies	Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies	7	118	129	118	137	–
gr g Portrait Gallery (IRE) - Portia's Delight (IRE) (The Parson)
Tracked leaders, challenged 8th, slight advantage 10th, hit 15th, came clear 2 out, comfortably (op 9-2)

2 10	2. Joe Lively (IRE) 7/4F Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard	Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard	9	118 b	143	110	127	–
b g Flemensfirth (USA) - Forest Gale (IRE) (Strong Gale)
With leaders, not fluent 2nd, led 8th, narrowly headed 8th but stayed with winner, hit 12th and 14th, blundered 4 out, challenged next, beaten 2 out but stayed on for clear 2nd (tchd 6-4 tchd 15-8 in places)

3 20 [30]	5. The Langer (IRE) 100/1 Liam Treadwell Simon Lewis	Liam Treadwell Simon Lewis	8	115	96	91	105	–
b g Saddlers' Hall (IRE) - Minigirls Niece (IRE) (Strong Gale)
In rear, hampered 4th, blundered 5th, well behind 4 out, stayed on after 3 out and ran on run-in to take poor 3rd close home (op 80-1)

4 ½ [30½]	3. Petit Lord (FR) 2/1 R Walsh Paul Nicholls	R Walsh Paul Nicholls	6	118	135	93	107	–
ch g Lord Of Men - Petite Majeste (FR) (Riverquest)
Tracked leaders, hit 4th, ridden and effort 16th, went 3rd 4 out but never in contention, soon weakened, lost moderate 3rd last strides (op 6-4)

5 2½ [33]	6. Palmers Peak (IRE) 25/1 Warren Marston Martin Keighley	Warren Marston Martin Keighley	9	110	111	83	95	–
b g Arctic Lord (IRE) - Shahreza (Nishapour)
Soon led, narrowly headed approaching 10th, stayed with leaders until ridden 16th, weakened 4 out (op 28-1 tchd 33-1)

6 dist [63]	4. Michael Muck 9/1 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls	Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls	6	115 t	123	54	75	–
b g Overbury (IRE) - Country Choice (IRE) (Paean)
In touch, blundered 4th, hit 12th, blundered 14th, lost touch 15th, tailed off (op 14-1)

6 ran Off time: 4:40:00 Winning time: 6m 40.34s (slow by 15.34s) Total SP: 110%
1st owner: New Club Ladies (Beat The Boys) 1st breeder: Denis Beary
2nd owner: R E Dimond (Joe Lively)
3rd owner: Simon T Lewis (The Langer)
Tote win: £4.10 PL: £2 £1.40 Ex: £10.80 CSF: £8.63

4:40 Cheltenham 16 Apr 2008

Cheltenham Collection Novices' Chase