Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Cheltenham 11-03-2009 Coral Cup

Wednesday March 11 2009

Cheltenham 16:00 - Result

Coral Cup

£80000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 5f, Class 1, £45608 penalty, 27 ran

Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places

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Winning Time: 5m 13.5s

Pos.	Draw	Dist.	Horse	Wt	Jockey	Trainer	Age	SP
1			Ninetieth Minute (IRE)	10-3	P W Flood	T J Taaffe	6	14/1
		held up towards rear, headway after 6th, hit 2 out, soon led, kept on well, ridden out opened 14/1 touched 14/1 £10000-£600 Each Way £28000-£2000 Each Way £14000-£1000 Each Way £7000-£500
2		1½	Mirage Dore (FR)	10-0	Mrs R Dobbin (3)	Miss Lucinda V Russell	6	14/1
		held up towards rear, headway on outer approaching 7th, ridden in 4th after 2 out, stayed on well from last, held towards finish opened 14/1 touched 16/1
3		½	Pause And Clause (IRE)	10-0	Jack Doyle (3)	Miss E C Lavelle	5	9/1
		in touch, ridden approaching 3 out, close 4th 2 out, stayed on under pressure opened 12/1 touched 12/1
4		7	Star of Angels	10-0	H Frost (3)	D Pipe	5	40/1
		mid-division, headway approaching 7th, ridden when mistake 2 out, stayed on opened 50/1 touched 50/1
5		1	Kawagino (IRE)	10-0	W P Kavanagh (3)	J W Mullins	9	66/1
		mid-division, ridden when hit 3 out, stayed on approaching last, not paced to reach leaders opened 66/1 touched 66/1
6		7	Kirbybroguelantern (IRE)	10-0	A P Cawley (3)	T Hogan	8	33/1
		chased leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, close 3rd 2 out, no extra approaching last opened 33/1 touched 33/1
7		1¼	Copsale Lad	10-0	R J Killoran (5)	N J Henderson	12	100/1
		prominent, led after 3rd, ridden and headed after 2 out, no extra opened 100/1 touched 100/1
8		hd	Dancing Tornado (IRE)	10-3	D J Casey	M Hourigan	8	20/1
		held up behind, ridden and steady progress from 3 out, hit 2 out, kept on, not paced to get on terms opened 20/1 touched 20/1
9		6	Convincing	10-0	N P Madden	J J Murphy	6	100/1
		held up towards rear, stayed on past beaten horses from after 2 out, never a threat opened 100/1 touched 100/1
10		½	The Polomoche (IRE)	10-8	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson	6	6/1 f
		in touch, ridden when hit 3 out, weakened after next opened 13/2 touched 13/2 £32500-£5000 £12000-£2000 £6000-£1000 (x2)
11		¾	Onnix (FR)	10-3	F Keniry	F Doumen	7	33/1
		never better than mid-division opened 40/1 touched 40/1
12		½	Thundering Star (SAF)	10-0	Harry Skelton (5)	P F Nicholls	6	33/1
		held up towards rear, ridden and some progress into mid-division 3 out, stayed on same pace from next opened 33/1 touched 33/1
13		hd	Psycho (IRE)	10-8	D N Russell	A J Martin	8	7/1
		held up towards rear, headway after 7th, soon ridden, went right and weakened last opened 6/1 touched 15/2 £10000-£1300 Each Way £28000-£4000 Each Way £26000-£4000 Each Way £10000-£1500 Each Way £6500-£1000 (x2)
14		12	Tisfreetdream (IRE)	10-0	O Nelmes	P A Pritchard	8	100/1
		in touch, ridden after 3 out, weakened 2 out opened 100/1 touched 100/1
15		2	Franchoek (IRE)	11-4	A P McCoy	A King	5	16/1
		in touch until 6th, soon in rear opened 16/1 touched 16/1 £8000-£500
16		7	Chief Yeoman	10-2	A Coleman	Miss V Williams	9	25/1
		mid-division until weakened approaching 2 out opened 25/1 touched 25/1
17		2½	Great Endeavour (IRE)	10-0	T J Murphy	D Pipe	5	10/1
		raced keenly in touch, effort approaching 3 out, weakened before 2 out, went left last opened 10/1 touched 11/1
18		4½	Door Boy (IRE)	10-0 (+3)	D F O'Regan	J Howard Johnson	6	33/1
		mid division, ridden after 3 out, weakened after next, hampered last opened 33/1 touched 33/1 £28000-£1000 Each Way
19		3	Lough Derg (FR)	11-12	T Scudamore	D Pipe	9	16/1
		led until after 3rd, behind from after 6th opened 20/1 touched 20/1
20		5	Ambobo (USA)	10-2	P Townend (3)	M Brassil	9	12/1
		mid-division until weakened after 7th opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £12000-£1000 Each Way £10000-£800 £20000-£2000 Each Way
21		19	Serabad (FR)	10-11	P J Brennan	P Bowen	5	25/1
		hampered on bend approaching 5th, always in rear opened 25/1 touched 25/1
22		nk	Gee Dee Nen	10-0	S E Durack	Jim Best	6	20/1
		always towards rear opened 20/1 touched 20/1
23		27	Larkwing (IRE)	10-3	P Carberry	E McNamara	8	22/1
		hit 5th, always behind opened 22/1 touched 25/1 £12500-£500
24		1¾	Pierrot Lunaire (USA)	11-2	R Walsh	P F Nicholls	5	14/1
		mid-division until weakened approaching 3 out opened 14/1 touched 14/1 £10000-£700 (x3)
25		2¾	Swordsman (GER)	10-0	C Bolger	C Gordon	7	150/1
		chased leaders until 5th, soon behind opened 150/1 touched 150/1
26		4	Pouvoir (FR)	10-0	W Hutchinson	A King	6	25/1
		always towards rear, virtually pulled up run in opened 28/1 touched 28/1
27		9	Doubly Guest	10-0	Felix De Giles (3)	N J Henderson	5	100/1
		chased leaders, blundered 6th, weakened next opened 100/1 touched 100/1

Non-Runners
NR			Altilhar (USA)	10-0	J E Moore	G L Moore	6

Tote Win: Ł13.60 Tote Place: Ł2.90,Ł3.80,Ł3.60,Ł9.60
Straight Forecast: Ł169.99 Tricast: Ł1898.68 Exacta: Ł123.00 Trifecta: Ł2093.30
Swingers:1&2:Ł17.00, 2&3:Ł11.50, 1&3:Ł22.90

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 typically fast and furious affair and more joy for Ireland as NINETIETH MINUTE swept into the lead turning into the straight and held on gamely. The Polomoche, heavily backed in the morning, looked sure to win at the top of the hill cruising in behind long-time leader and stable-mate Copsale Lad but found nothing when let down. Mirage Dore ran a cracker, picking his way through tiring horses to snatch second place with Pause and Clause arriving late for third and Star of Angels also making late progress for fourth.