Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Cheltenham 11-03-2009 Weatherbys Champion Bumper

Wednesday March 11 2009

Cheltenham 17:15 - Result

Weatherbys Champion Bumper

£60000 added, 4-6yo, 2m 110y, Class 1, £34206 penalty, 24 ran

Going: Good to Soft

Surface: Turf

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Winning Time: 3m 56.8s

Pos.	Draw	Dist.	Horse	Wt	Jockey	Trainer	Age	SP
1			Dunguib (IRE)	11-5	Mr B T O'Connell	P Fenton	6	9/2
		raced keenly and travelled well for most of way, held up, good headway on bit from 5f out, led over 2f out, quickened clear opened 13/2 touched 13/2 £17500-£2500 Each Way £14000-£2000 £10000-£1400 (x2) £3500-£500 £6500-£1000 £30000-£5000 Each Way £18000-£3000 £6000-£1000 £3000-£500 Each Way £27500-£5000 £5500-£1000 £5000-£900 £10000-£2000
2		10	Some Present (IRE)	11-5	D N Russell	T Mullins	6	25/1
		held up towards rear, headway from over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner opened 33/1 touched 33/1 £16500-£500 Each Way (x2)
3		¾	Rite Of Passage	11-5	P J Smullen	D K Weld	5	5/2 f
		mid-division, headway 7f out, ridden and every chance briefly over 2f out, outpaced by winner, lost 2nd final furlong opened 3/1 touched 3/1 £10000-£3000 Each Way £10000-£3000 (x4) £6667-£2000 £3000-£900 £90000-£30000 £30000-£10000 £18000-£6000 £15000-£5000 (x2) £12000-£4000 (x2) £6000-£2000 (x10) £3000-£1000
4		2	Quel Esprit (FR)	11-5	R Walsh	W P Mullins	5	10/1
		mid-division, headway 5f out, effort 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f opened 10/1 touched 11/1 £10000-£800 £6000-£500
5		14	Morning Supreme (IRE)	10-12	Ms K Walsh	W P Mullins	6	25/1
		led, soon clear, headed over 2f out, kept on, soon no extra opened 25/1 touched 25/1
6		2¾	Lead The Parade (IRE)	11-5	Mr R P McNamara	D K Weld	5	40/1
		held up towards rear, headway from over 5f out, ridden 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f opened 33/1 touched 40/1 £20000-£500 Each Way
7		nk	Cranky Corner	11-5	D J Condon	W P Mullins	5	50/1
		held up towards rear, headway 5f out, effort over 3f out, one pace final 2f opened 50/1 touched 50/1
8		2	Shinrock Paddy (IRE)	11-5	Mr Barry Connell	P Nolan	5	10/1
		chased leaders, ridden to dispute 2nd 3f out, weakened 2f out opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £10000-£700 £10000-£800
9		3¼	Pepe Simo (IRE)	11-5	S Thomas	P F Nicholls	5	50/1
		mid-division, headway 5f out, effort 3f out, weakened over 1f out opened 40/1 touched 50/1
10		hd	Benbane Head (USA)	11-5	W Marston	M Keighley	5	100/1
		mid-division until outpaced 5f out, stayed on again final 2f opened 100/1 touched 100/1
11		1	Meath All Star (IRE)	11-5	P Townend	W P Mullins	6	12/1
		always mid-division opened 12/1 touched 14/1
12		2¾	Long Strand (IRE)	11-5	R Hughes	C F Swan	5	50/1
		never better than mid-division opened 66/1 touched 66/1 £25000-£500 Each Way £10000-£200 Each Way
13		1½	Latin America (IRE)	10-11	J Pemberton	N J Gifford	4	66/1
		behind, stayed on final 2f, never going pace to get competitive opened 66/1 touched 66/1
14		nk	Red Harbour (IRE)	11-5	L Heard	P F Nicholls	5	50/1
		mid-division, headway over 7f out, ridden to dispute 2nd 3f out, soon weakened opened 40/1 touched 50/1
15		2	Gagewell Flyer (IRE)	11-5	D J Casey	W P Mullins	5	14/1
		mid-division until 5f out opened 14/1 touched 14/1
16		13	Sicilian Secret (IRE)	11-5	Mr P W Mullins	W P Mullins	6	9/1
		mid-division, headway over 4f out, weakened 3f out, eased when beaten opened 13/2 touched 9/1 £10000-£1000 £17000-£2000 Each Way
17		23	Fennis Boy (IRE)	11-5	S E Durack	J J Hanlon	5	150/1
		always towards rear opened 150/1 touched 150/1
18		1¾	Henry King (IRE)	11-5	T J Murphy	V R A Dartnall	5	20/1
		held up towards rear, headway from over 7f out, weakened over 3f out, eased opened 22/1 touched 25/1 £20000-£1000 Each Way
19		5	Abroad	11-5	J A Heffernan	J Leavy	5	66/1
		held up behind, some progress into mid-division 4f out, weakened 3f out opened 66/1 touched 66/1
20		1¼	Double Dash	11-5	A Tinkler	George Baker	5	100/1
		chased leaders until over 5f out opened 100/1 touched 100/1
21		3	Lightening Rod	10-11	Mr O Greenall	M W Easterby	4	100/1
		chased leaders until 6f out opened 100/1 touched 100/1
22		8	Cadspeed (FR)	11-5	Emmet Mullins	W P Mullins	6	16/1
		chased leaders until halfway opened 16/1 touched 16/1
23		13	Bygones of Brid (IRE)	11-5	G Lee	Karen Mclintock	6	50/1
		mid-division until 7f out opened 50/1 touched 50/1
24		17	Quinola Des Obeaux (FR)	11-5	A P McCoy	W P Mullins	5	16/1
		in touch until halfway, soon tailed off opened 14/1 touched 16/1

Tote Win: Ł5.30 Tote Place: Ł2.30,Ł10.50,Ł1.90
Straight Forecast: Ł127.39 Exacta: Ł214.80 Trifecta: Ł804.00
Swingers:1&2:Ł0.00, 2&3:Ł9.50, 1&3:Ł1.90

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: It looked like an ultra-competitive event but DUNGUIB turned the bumper into a procession as he scooted home unopposed to win by 10 lengths. His rider even had to take a pull entering the straight so he did not hit the front too soon. The favourite Rite Of Passage crept into contention coming down the hill but could not live with the winner and even lost second spot to the late finishing Some Present while despite fielding eight runners, trainer Willie Mullins' Quel Esprit was his best-placed finisher in fourth.