Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Cheltenham 11-03-2009 Rsa Chase

Wednesday March 11 2009

Cheltenham 14:40 - Result

Rsa Chase

£170000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 110y, Class 1, £96917 penalty, 15 ran

Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places

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Winning Time: 6m 22.9s

Pos.	Draw	Dist.	Horse	Wt	Jockey	Trainer	Age	SP
1			Cooldine (IRE)	11-4	R Walsh	W P Mullins	7	9/4 f
		mid-division, headway 9th, went 2nd 12th, hit 15th, led soon after 2 out, stormed clear from last, readily opened 3/1 touched 3/1 £20000-£6000 £10000-£3000 £3000-£900 (x4) £15000-£5000 £12000-£4000 £9000-£3000 £6000-£2000 £3000-£1000 (x2) £16500-£6000 £11000-£4000 £5500-£2000 (x8) £25000-£10000 £10000-£4000 (x2) £7500-£3000 (x2) £5000-£2000 (x14) £2500-£1000 £9000-£4000
2		16	Horner Woods (IRE)	11-4	R M Power	Mrs J Harrington	7	66/1
		held up, hit 3rd, headway after 4 out, ridden after 3 out, chased winner approaching last, soon no chance opened 50/1 touched 66/1
3		9	Massini's Maguire (IRE)	11-4	R Johnson	P J Hobbs	8	10/1
		chased leaders, ridden after 3 out, held from next, rallied to regain 3rd flat opened 10/1 touched 10/1 £11000-£1000
4		4	Carruthers	11-4	Matthew Batchelor	M Bradstock	6	13/2
		made most, hit 8th, blundered badly 3 out, soon ridden, headed after 2 out, weakened opened 7/1 touched 15/2 £10000-£1200 £21000-£3000 Each Way
5		1	Casey Jones (IRE)	11-4	P Carberry	N Meade	8	16/1
		held up behind, lost touch after 4 out, stayed on approaching last, finished well, behind tired horses opened 12/1 touched 16/1
6		nk	What A Friend	11-4	S Thomas	P F Nicholls	6	13/2
		held up mid-division, nudged along 11th, ridden in 4th after 15th, weakened 2 out opened 11/2 touched 7/1 £7500-£1000 £14000-£2000 £6500-£1000 £10000-£1600
PU			Ballyfitz	11-4	P J Brennan	N A Twiston-Davies	9	16/1
		in touch, struggling 10th, behind from 12th, pulled up before 4 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1 £10000-£500 Each Way £36000-£2000 Each Way £8000-£500 Each Way
PU			Gone To Lunch (IRE)	11-4	A P McCoy	J Scott	9	7/1
		chasing leaders when stumbled very badly and lost place 9th, never recovered, pulled up before 4 out opened 8/1 touched 8/1 £10000-£1200 £6000-£720 £4000-£500 £7500-£1000 £14000-£2000 £7000-£1000
PU			Hold Em (IRE)	11-4	G Lee	W K Goldsworthy	7	66/1
		hit 10th, always in rear, tailed off and pulled up before 14th opened 66/1 touched 66/1
PU			Killyglen (IRE)	11-4	D F O'Regan	J Howard Johnson	7	12/1
		mid-division, hit 3rd, mistake 10th, ridden after 12th, not fluent next, soon weakened, pulled up before 4 out opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £24000-£2000 Each Way
PU			Lightning Strike (GER)	11-4	A Coleman	Miss V Williams	6	28/1
		prominent, led 5th until next, mistake 10th, jumped right from next, weakened approaching 4 out, tailed off when pulled up flat opened 33/1 touched 33/1
PU			Lodge Lane (IRE)	11-4	Christian Williams	V R A Dartnall	8	33/1
		not always fluent in rear, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out opened 33/1 touched 33/1 £16500-£500
PU			The Market Man (NZ)	11-4	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson	9	14/1
		in touch, ridden after 15th, soon weakened, pulled up before 3 out opened 14/1 touched 14/1
F			Siegemaster (IRE)	11-4	D N Russell	D T Hughes	8	16/1
		chasing leaders when fell 8th opened 20/1 touched 20/1 £10000-£500 Each Way
F			Bohemian Lass (IRE)	10-11	J Cullen	W Harney	6	150/1
		fell 2nd opened 125/1 touched 150/1

Tote Win: Ł3.40 Tote Place: Ł1.50,Ł15.70,Ł3.30
Straight Forecast: Ł199.11 Exacta: Ł263.30 Trifecta: Ł774.30
Swingers:1&2:Ł36.50, 2&3:Ł121.00, 1&3:Ł6.20

Jackpot: £72,548.90 Pool:£102,181.65 1.00 winning tickets Placepot: £753.20 Pool:£882,016.69 854.79 winning tickets Quadpot: £33.40 Pool:£42,680.19 943.94 winning tickets

Analysis: A hugely impressive winner COOLDINE, who tracked all the moves, avoided the fallers under Ruby Walsh's skilful handling and simply swept past the leaders heading to the last to win just as he liked. Rank outsider Horner Woods looked a brief danger turning for home but was one-paced up the hill while Massini's Maguire plugged on gamely to snatch third after long-time leader Carruthers made a mess of the final flight.