Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Cheltenham 11-03-2009 Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Wednesday March 11 2009

Cheltenham 16:40 - Result

Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle

£80000 added, 4yo only, 2m 110y, Class 1, £45608 penalty, 22 ran

Going: Good to Soft

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Winning Time: 4m 05.s

Pos.	Draw	Dist.	Horse	Wt	Jockey	Trainer	Age	SP
1			Silk Affair (IRE) (ex5)	10-4	T J O'Brien	M G Quinlan	4	11/1
		mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, soon tracking leaders, challenged last, soon led, ran on well opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £14000-£1000 £7000-£500 Each Way
2		3	Ski Sunday	11-1	S E Durack	Tim Vaughan	4	20/1
		pulled hard, held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, switched right and bumped after last, ran on to take 2nd final 100 yards, not troubled winner opened 20/1 touched 20/1
3		¾	Saticon	11-1	W Hutchinson	A King	4	20/1
		mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, hanging left when hit last, ran on flat opened 18/1 touched 20/1
4		1¾	Alexander Severus (IRE)	10-13	A J Mcnamara	E J O'Grady	4	5/2 f
		mid-division, smooth headway approaching 3 out, led after 2 out, not fluent last, soon headed, faded and lost 2 places final 100 yards opened 7/2 touched 7/2 £8000-£2000 (x2) £4000-£1000 £3600-£900 £35000-£10000 £17500-£5000 £14000-£4000 (x2) £7000-£2000 (x3) £3500-£1000 (x2) £20000-£6000 £10000-£3000 £21000-£7000 £15000-£5000 £9000-£3000 £6000-£2000 (x9) £3000-£1000 (x6) £2400-£800 £5500-£2000 (x4) £2750-£1000
5		½	Indian Groom (IRE)	10-13	D F O'Regan	J Howard Johnson	4	33/1
		in touch, disputing 4th when blundered last, stayed on opened 40/1 touched 40/1
6		2	Mr Thriller (FR)	11-10	T Scudamore	D Pipe	4	14/1
		in touch, disputing 2nd when hit 2 out, not much room soon after, stayed on same pace last opened 14/1 touched 16/1 £80000-£5000 Each Way
7		½	Tobago Bay	10-6	J Goldstein	Miss S West	4	80/1
		led, hit 2 out, soon headed, no extra last opened 80/1 touched 80/1
8		2½	Helium (FR)	10-13	L Treadwell	N J Gifford	4	25/1
		held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, not reached leaders, stayed on same pace last opened 33/1 touched 33/1
9		3½	Ruff Diamond (USA)	10-3	G Lee	J S Moore	4	100/1
		held up in rear, slow 3rd, headway approaching 2 out, never in contention opened 100/1 touched 100/1
10		8	Giorgio Quercus (FR)	10-13	Felix De Giles (3)	N J Henderson	4	28/1
		mid-division, raced keenly, mistake 3rd, headway on outside before next, beaten before last, weakened flat opened 28/1 touched 33/1
11		3¾	Resounding Glory (USA)	10-7	P J Brennan	R A Fahey	4	50/1
		held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, never reached leaders and no impression opened 50/1 touched 50/1
12		½	Kahsabelle (FR)	10-2	A Coleman	Miss V Williams	4	50/1
		prominent, jumped right and bumped 1st, weakened after 5th opened 50/1 touched 50/1
13		7	Woolfall Treasure	10-3	J E Moore (3)	G L Moore	4	16/1
		mid-division, not fluent 3rd, headway before next, weakened well before 3 out, mistake 2 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1
14		5	Ronaldo Des Mottes (FR)	11-0	T J Murphy	D Pipe	4	11/1
		in touch, raced keenly, jumped left and bumped 1st, beaten when blundered 2 out, weakened opened 10/1 touched 11/1
15		3¼	Flag Of Honour (IRE)	10-10	P W Flood	D T Hughes	4	16/1
		raced keenly, soon well placed, weakened after 3 out and eased opened 22/1 touched 25/1 £15000-£600 Each Way
16		2¾	Higgy's Boy (IRE)	10-12	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson	4	12/1
		not fluent 2nd, always towards rear opened 12/1 touched 12/1
17		½	Amore Mio (GER)	10-11	Jack Doyle (3)	Miss E C Lavelle	4	10/1
		prominent, losing place when hit 4th, soon behind opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £20000-£1600 Each Way £6000-£500 £40000-£4000 Each Way
18		1¼	Miss Sarenne (FR)	10-10	A P McCoy	N J Henderson	4	8/1
		mid-division, headway approaching 4th, weakened after 3 out and eased opened 7/1 touched 8/1 £40000-£5000 Each Way £10000-£1200 Each Way
19		nk	Balzaccio (FR)	10-3	Christian Williams	A King	4	16/1
		held up, raced keenly, mistake 2nd, hit 3rd, always towards rear opened 16/1 touched 16/1 £10000-£500
20		1¼	Art Exhibition (IRE)	10-6	N Fehily	C J Mann	4	50/1
		held up towards rear, struggling 5th, well behind when mistake 2 out opened 66/1 touched 66/1
21		28	Bruslini (FR)	10-0	R Johnson	P J Hobbs	4	20/1
		prominent, lost place after 2nd, in rear when blundered 4th, soon well behind, tailed off opened 20/1 touched 20/1
22		dist	El Presidente (IRE)	10-10	P Carberry	M Halford	4	33/1
		always behind, detached 4th, tailed off opened 33/1 touched 33/1

Non-Runners
NR			Simarian (IRE)	11-4	Donal Fahy (3)	Evan Williams	4
NR			Love And Glory (FR)	10-0	J E Moore	G L Moore	4

Tote Win: Ł13.20 Tote Place: Ł2.50,Ł3.60,Ł4.60,Ł1.80
Straight Forecast: Ł223.33 Tricast: Ł4359.84 Exacta: Ł193.30 Trifecta: Ł1248.50
Swingers:1&2:Ł24.90, 2&3:Ł110.10, 1&3:Ł58.50

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: Run at a cracking pace and half a dozen came to the last with a chance but filly SILK AFFAIR stayed on stoutly to win. She joined the action turning for home but looked second best to the cruising favourite Alexander Severus approaching the last. But the hotpot emptied in the last two furlongs and only just clung on for fourth. Ski Sunday and Saticon plugged on gamely to take second and third but the winner was long gone.