Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Cheltenham 10-03-2009 David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle

Tuesday March 10 2009

Cheltenham 16:40 - Result

David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle

£100000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f, Class 1, £56330 penalty, 21 ran

Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places

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Winning Time: 4m 55.s

Pos.	Draw	Dist.	Horse	Wt	Jockey	Trainer	Age	SP
1			Quevega (FR)	11-3	R Walsh	W P Mullins	5	2/1 f
		mid-division, smooth headway approaching 3 out, led after 2 out, quicken before last, soon clear, ran on strongly opened 9/4 touched 9/4 £12500-£5000 (x2) £10000-£4000 (x2) £2500-£1000 £22500-£10000 £13500-£6000 Each Way £9000-£4000 (x4) £4500-£2000 (x5) £3375-£1500 £2250-£1000 (x4) £2025-£900 £1800-£800 (x2) £10000-£5000 £8000-£4000 £6000-£3000 (x2) £4000-£2000 (x2) £2400-£1200 £2000-£1000 (x2)
2		14	United (GER)	11-5	D Elsworth	Mrs L Wadham	8	10/3
		prominent, led 2 out, soon headed, outpaced by winner before last, soon no chance, just held on for 2nd opened 4/1 touched 4/1 £9000-£2000 £4500-£1000 (x3) £3150-£700 £8000-£2000 (x3) £6000-£1500 £4000-£1000 (x3) £3500-£1000 (x4) £2800-£800 £1750-£500 £2000-£600
3		s.h	Aura About You (IRE)	11-0	A P Cawley	P Nolan	6	28/1
		in touch, mistake 2nd, every chance 2 out, outpaced by winner before last, edged right flat, stayed on, just failed to get 2nd opened 33/1 touched 33/1 £10000-£250 Each Way
4		¾	Over Sixty	11-0	R Thornton	A King	6	25/1
		chased leaders, outpaced after 3 out, stayed on approaching last, kept on flat opened 33/1 touched 33/1
5		hd	Gaspara (FR)	11-0	T Scudamore	D Pipe	6	16/1
		led, not fluent 4th, ridden and headed 2 out, edged right flat, kept on same pace opened 16/1 touched 20/1 £5000-£250 Each Way
6		6	How's Business	11-0	N Fehily	C J Mann	5	100/1
		held up towards rear, ridden after 7th, progress from 2 out, never in contention opened 100/1 touched 100/1
7		2	Chomba Womba (IRE)	11-5	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson	8	6/1
		mid-division, mistakes 5th and 6th, not fluent next, headway approaching 3 out, soon tracking leaders, weakened and eased before last opened 13/2 touched 7/1 £10000-£1300 £10500-£1500 Each Way £13000-£2000 £6500-£1000
8		¾	Sweetheart	11-0	Matthew Batchelor	Jamie Poulton	5	28/1
		towards rear, mistake 6th, driven and behind next, kept on from last, never dangerous opened 25/1 touched 28/1
9		1¼	Issaquah (IRE)	11-0	P Kinsella	J M Jefferson	7	66/1
		mid-division, headway 7th, well there 2 out, weakened before last opened 50/1 touched 66/1
10		¾	Give It Time	11-5	A D Leigh	Mrs J Harrington	6	20/1
		mid-division, headway approaching 6th, not much room after 3 out, weakened under pressure from 2 out opened 16/1 touched 20/1 £40000-£2000 Each Way
11		¾	Carole's Legacy	11-0	A P McCoy	N J Henderson	5	12/1
		took keen hold, held up towards rear, struggling after 7th, never on terms opened 12/1 touched 12/1
12		9	Amber Brook (IRE)	11-0	P J Brennan	N A Twiston-Davies	8	33/1
		held up in rear, reminders after 3 out, never in contention opened 33/1 touched 33/1
13		1¼	Megans Joy (IRE)	11-5	M M O'Connor	C A Murphy	7	40/1
		tracked leader until approaching 2 out where mistake, weakened soon after opened 40/1 touched 40/1
14		1¾	Wychwoods Legend	11-0	W Marston	M Keighley	6	100/1
		in touch, not fluent 4th, ridden after 7th, weakened approaching 3 out opened 100/1 touched 100/1
15		2¾	Oscar Rebel (IRE)	11-5	P Carberry	W J Burke	7	14/1
		held up, always towards rear opened 11/1 touched 14/1 £28000-£2000 Each Way £7000-£500 Each Way
16		17	Shenanigan	11-0	B Wharfe	W K Goldsworthy	8	150/1
		in rear when jumped slowly 1st, soon pushed along, always behind, tailed off 6th opened 100/1 touched 150/1
17		13	Gallileo Figaro (USA)	11-0	Alex Merriam	N B King	6	150/1
		mid-division, weakened after 6th, tailed off next opened 100/1 touched 150/1
PU			Pagan Starprincess	11-5	F Keniry	G M Moore	5	50/1
		towards rear, ridden 6th, well behind next, tailed off when pulled up before last opened 50/1 touched 50/1
PU			Helens Vision	11-3	S E Durack	Tim Vaughan	6	50/1
		mid-division, not fluent 5th, soon ridden and weakened, pulled up after last opened 40/1 touched 50/1
PU			Dansimar	11-0	A Coleman	Miss V Williams	5	16/1
		prominent, hit 5th, mistake 7th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before last opened 16/1 touched 18/1 £8000-£500 Each Way
PU			Purely By Chance	10-5	W Hutchinson	J Pearce	4	200/1
		always in rear, well behind 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out opened 200/1 touched 200/1

Tote Win: Ł3.00 Tote Place: Ł1.70,Ł1.90,Ł6.30
Straight Forecast: Ł7.39 Tricast: Ł154.36 Exacta: Ł7.80 Trifecta: Ł388.10
Swingers:1&2:Ł1.50, 2&3:Ł12.90, 1&3:Ł33.70

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: Possibly the easiest winner we will see all week as QUEVEGA justified trainer Willie Mullins' pre-race comments that she was his banker of the meeting. Gaspara was another David Pipe inmate to set a sterling gallop with United hunting her up from halfway. But as they turned into the straight, the winner was simply cantering and Ruby Walsh merely had to shake the reins to send her hurtling clear jumping the last. United ran on bravely for second with outsider Aura About You, a danger before Quevega appeared on the scene, a gallant third.