Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Cheltenham 10-03-2009 Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy

Tuesday March 10 2009

Cheltenham 14:05 - Result

Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy

£170000 added, 5yo plus, 2m, Class 1, £96917 penalty, 17 ran

Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places

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Winning Time: 4m 00.9s

Pos.	Draw	Dist.	Horse	Wt	Jockey	Trainer	Age	SP
1			Forpadydeplasterer (IRE)	11-7	B J Geraghty	T Cooper	7	8/1
		always prominent, hit 4th,led 7th to 8th, led when hit 3 out, driven flat, just held on opened 8/1 touched 8/1 £10000-£1000 Each Way (x2) £5000-£500 Each Way £24000-£3000 Each Way
2		s.h	Kalahari King (FR)	11-7	G Lee	Ferdy Murphy	8	8/1
		held up towards rear, mistake 9th, travelling well after 3 out, headway and switched right after 2 out, chased winner soon after last, ran on well, not quite get there opened 11/1 touched 11/1 £22000-£2000 £20000-£2000 Each Way £5000-£500
3		5	Planet of Sound	11-7	R Johnson	P J Hobbs	7	10/1
		held up towards rear, mistake 1st, not fluent 7th, mistake 8th and pushed along, headway approaching 2 out, not pace of front 2 final 100 yards opened 10/1 touched 10/1 £10000-£1000
4		3¼	Made In Taipan (IRE)	11-7	D N Russell	T Mullins	7	20/1
		led to 7th, led 8th, hit 9th, headed 3 out, still every chance approaching last, faded flat opened 20/1 touched 20/1
5		1¾	Tartak (FR)	11-7	P J Brennan	T R George	6	10/1
		mid-division, raced keenly, not fluent 1st, headway when squeezed out after 8th, 3rd after 2 out, hit last, not much room on landing, faded flat opened 11/1 touched 11/1 £22000-£2000 £11000-£1000
6		nse	Gauvain (GER)	11-7	N Fehily	C J Mann	7	33/1
		in rear, mistake 1st, not fluent 2nd, squeezed along from 4 out, headway after 2 out, kept on flat, never troubled leaders opened 33/1 touched 33/1
7		1	Cornas (NZ)	11-7	D Jacob	Nick Williams	7	33/1
		mid-division, hampered 3rd, headway on outer approaching 3 out, close 3rd and going well when stumbled 2 out, ridden before last, weakened flat opened 33/1 touched 33/1
8		nk	I'msingingtheblues (IRE)	11-7	Christian Williams	P F Nicholls	7	9/1
		in touch, not fluent 4th, handy next, one pace and beaten before last opened 8/1 touched 9/1 £18000-£2000 £10000-£1100 £9000-£1000
9		2¾	Follow The Plan (IRE)	11-7	J Cullen	O McKiernan	6	16/1
		tracked leaders, hampered on bend before 4th, mistake 3 out, driven when stumbled 2 out, weakened approaching last opened 16/1 touched 16/1
10		10	Calgary Bay (IRE)	11-7	A P McCoy	Miss H C Knight	6	15/2
		mid-division, hit 8th, still going well before 3 out, no real headway, eased from 2 out opened 7/1 touched 8/1 £4000-£500 Each Way
11		9	Panjo Bere (FR)	11-7	J E Moore	G L Moore	6	40/1
		in touch, hampered 3rd, ridden 9th, weakened approaching 3 out opened 33/1 touched 40/1
12		1	Cool Operator	11-7	D F O'Regan	J Howard Johnson	6	125/1
		held up in rear, not fluent 5th, well behind when mistake 3 out opened 100/1 touched 125/1
13		1	Cheating Chance (IRE)	11-7	M D Grant	Andrew Turnell	8	150/1
		held up in rear, mistake and reminders 7th, well behind 3 out opened 150/1 touched 200/1
14		4½	Golden Silver (FR)	11-7	P Townend	W P Mullins	7	14/1
		tracked leaders, mistake 2nd, every chance 3 out, weakened under pressure from 2 out opened 14/1 touched 14/1 £28000-£2000 Each Way
15		18	Bringbackthebiff (NZ)	11-7	A J Mcnamara	E J O'Grady	7	33/1
		in touch, hampered 3rd, struggling 4 out, soon weakened, well behind when mistake 3 out opened 33/1 touched 33/1
PU			Original (FR)	11-7	J M Davies	M Rolland	7	16/1
		in rear, ridden and struggling to keep up 4th, slow jump next, soon pulled up opened 16/1 touched 16/1
F			Tatenen (FR)	11-7	R Walsh	P F Nicholls	5	4/1 f
		chased leader 1st, fell 3rd opened 4/1 touched 4/1 £9000-£2000 (x2) £4500-£1000 (x6) £20000-£5000 £4000-£1000 (x8)

Non-Runners
NR			I'm So Lucky	11-7	T Scudamore	D Pipe	7

Tote Win: Ł8.30 Tote Place: Ł2.60,Ł3.80,Ł4.10
Straight Forecast: Ł65.24 Tricast: Ł653.40 Exacta: Ł72.60 Trifecta: Ł916.00
Swingers:1&2:Ł12.20, 2&3:Ł14.70, 1&3:Ł16.00

Jackpot: £36,528.20 carried forward to Cheltenham, 11th Mar Placepot: £122.50 Pool:£967,922.25 5,766.52 winning tickets Quadpot: £4.40 Pool:£42,321.22 7,033.06 winning tickets

Analysis: FORPADYDEPLASTERER was a a smart winner even though favourite Tatenen tipped up early on. Always in the leading three, he jumped to the front two from home and was always just holding Kalahari King, who finished with a real rattle. Planet of Sound arrived late on the scene to make the frame but never threatened the winner.