3:20
Cheltenham
16 Mar 2012
Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase Grade 1
(Class 1) (3m2f70yds) 3m2½f New Good 22 fences
1st
£284,750 2nd
£106,850 3rd
£53,500 4th
£26,650 5th
£13,400 6th
£6,700
Error
Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
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Jockey
Trainer
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Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
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9 | 1110 | 167 | 167 | 171 | – |
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Sadler's Wells (USA) |
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Hit 1st and 3rd, in rear next, mistake and pushed along 7th, hit 11th, headway and mistake 18th, staying on but only 6th when hit 3 out, rallied under pressure from 2 out, driven to press leaders last, led soon after, kept on gamely (op 15-2 tchd 7-1, 10-1 in places) | ||||||||||
7 | 1110 | 160 | 165 | 168 | – |
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Black Sam Bellamy (IRE) |
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Tracked leaders, not fluent 15th, outpaced 17th, jumped slowly 4 out, good progress to chase leader after 3 out, led approaching 2 out, hard driven, joined last, soon headed and dropped to 3rd, rallied for 2nd close home | ||||||||||
7 | 1110 | 182 | 165 | 168 | – |
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Cadoudal (FR) |
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Tracked leaders, disputed 2nd 4 out, hit 3 out and dropped to close 3rd, rallied and hit 2 out, driven to challenge last, soon one pace under pressure and one pace into 3rd close home (op 2-1) | ||||||||||
8 | 1110 | 166 | 161 | 161 | – |
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Bob Back (USA) |
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In touch until hit 6th and dropped to rear, hit 11th, headway 16th, chased leaders 4 out, disputed 3rd next, not fluent 2 out, weakened before last (op 13-2) | ||||||||||
8 | 1110 | 153 | 160 | 160 | – |
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Flemensfirth (USA) |
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Tracked leader 6th, challenged from 13th until led 4 out, headed approaching 2 out, weakened last (vet said gelding returned distressed) (tchd 28-1) | ||||||||||
9 | 1110 | 147 | 152 | 152 | – |
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Leading Counsel (USA) |
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Chased leaders, hit 9th, weakened after 4 out, mistake next and no chance after (tchd 80-1) | ||||||||||
10 | 1110 | 163 | 144 | 147 | – |
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Midnight Legend |
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Led, hit 6th and 13th, headed and blundered 4 out, weakened and hit 3 out | ||||||||||
9 | 1110 | 152 | 131 | 128 | – |
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Presenting |
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Chased leaders from 8th, disputed 3rd from 11th and disputing 2nd 4 out, weakened next | ||||||||||
11 | 1110 | 145 | 119 | 114 | – |
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Flemensfirth (USA) |
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Not fluent 1st, hampered 2nd, always in rear | ||||||||||
9 | 1110 t | 151 | 114 | 108 | – |
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Kayf Tara |
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Hampered 2nd, blundered 3rd, in rear, some progress 13th, soon weakened (op 80-1 tchd 66-1) | ||||||||||
9 | 1110 b | 165 | – | – | – |
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Alflora (IRE) |
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In touch when fell 2nd | ||||||||||
12 | 1110 t | 183 | – | – | – | |||||
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Village Star (FR) |
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Prominent early, lost place 7th, hit 8th and weakened, pulled up before 10th (jockey said gelding was not stretching out) (op 4-1 tchd 9-2) | ||||||||||
9 | 1110 | 160 | – | – | – |
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Sir Harry Lewis (USA) |
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Always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out (op 22-1) | ||||||||||
9 | 1110 | 164 | – | – | – |
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Accordion (IRE) |
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Never really travelling, driven and little response 12th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out, broke blood vessel (trainer said gelding bled from the nose) (tchd 9-1) | ||||||||||
- 14 ran Off time: 3:20:00 Winning time: 6m 36.19s (fast by 9.81s) Total SP: 121%
- Non-runners: Quel Esprit (self certificate)
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1st owner:
John P McManus (Synchronised)
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2nd owner:
Simon Hunt (The Giant Bolster)
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3rd owner:
Robert Waley-Cohen (Long Run)
- Tote win: £8 PL: £1.80 £14 £1.30 Ex: £707.80 CSF: £327.95 Tricast: £1,013.92 Trifecta: £6,358.40 Pool: £39,697.45 - 4.62 winning units