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Saturday November 17 2007
Race Result Cheltenham 14:35 - Result
Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase (grade 3)
£120000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110y, Class 1, £68424 penalty, 20 ran
Going: Good
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 04.s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 L'Antartique (FR) (ex3) 10-13 G Lee Ferdy Murphy 7 13/2
  held up towards rear, ridden and steady progress from 3 out, jumped well to lead soon after last, kept on well, ridden out opened 6/1 touched 13/2 £35000-£5000 £3250-£500 Each Way £5000-£800
2 nk Il Duce (IRE) 10-10 R Thornton A King 7 33/1
  mid-division, headway approaching 4 out, ridden to lead after 2 out, headed soon after last, kept on gamely, held near finish opened 33/1 touched 33/1
3 1¾ Knowhere (IRE) 11-4 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 9 10/1
  mid-division, struggling when mistake 3 out, stayed on under strong pressure approaching last, went 3rd final 100 yards opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £5000-£350 Each Way £4400-£400
4 ¾ Palarshan (FR) 10-5 M Bradburne H D Daly 9 25/1
  mid-division, ridden and headway approaching 4 out, badly hampered 2 out, stayed on opened 22/1 touched 25/1
5 3 Patman Du Charmil (FR) 10-2 David England (5) N A Twiston-Davies 5 66/1
  prominent, hit 2nd and 3rd, led approaching 4 out, narrowly headed 3 out, rallied gamely, no extra from last opened 66/1 touched 66/1
6 5 Bob Hall (IRE) 10-10 A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 6 11/1
  mid-division, headway 3 out, ridden when hampered 2 out, no extra from last opened 10/1 touched 12/1
7 8 Copsale Lad 10-6 M A Fitzgerald N J Henderson 10 8/1
  mid-division, mistake 4th and 4 out, soon ridden, weakened after next opened 9/1 touched 9/1 £45000-£5000 Each Way £4500-£500
8 ½ Crozan (FR) 11-3 B J Geraghty N J Henderson 7 12/1
  chased leaders, led 3 out, soon ridden, headed approaching last, weakened opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £10000-£700 Each Way £5000-£350
9 12 Bambi de L'Orme (FR) 10-7 D Elsworth Ian Williams 8 50/1
  held up towrds rear, headway approaching 4 out, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened opened 50/1 touched 50/1
10 nk Ballyagran (IRE) 10-3 P Carberry N Meade 7 33/1
  always towards rear opened 33/1 touched 33/1
11 ½ Private Be 10-6 R Johnson P J Hobbs 8 12/1
  led until approaching 4 out, ridden approaching 3 out, gradually weakened opened 12/1 touched 12/1
12 ¾ Three Mirrors 10-2 K Mercer Ferdy Murphy 7 16/1
  mistake 12th, mainly towards rear opened 16/1 touched 16/1
13 8 Ponmeoath (IRE) 10-8 P W Flood E McNamara 7 20/1
  mid-division, ridden approaching 4 out, soon weakened opened 20/1 touched 20/1
14 18 Black Hills 10-4 J A McCarthy J A Geake 8 33/1
  chased leaders, hit 8th, weakened 4 out opened 50/1 touched 50/1 £50000-£1000 Each Way
15 24 Vodka Bleu (FR) 10-2 T J Murphy D Pipe 8 8/1
  in touch until 6th, soon behind opened 8/1 touched 9/1 £17000-£2000 Each Way £80000-£10000 Each Way £4000-£500 Each Way
PU Billyvoddan (IRE) 11-12 S E Durack H D Daly 8 66/1
  chased leaders until 10th, soon behind, pulled up before 2 out opened 66/1 touched 66/1
PU Too Forward (IRE) 11-6 Paul Moloney C Llewellyn 11 66/1
  lost touch 8th, held off and pulled up before 4 out opened 66/1 touched 66/1
PU Idole First (IRE) 10-12 A O'keeffe Miss V Williams 8 16/1
  chased leaders until 7th, soon behind, pulled up before 3 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1
PU Kings Brook 10-9 P A Carberry Nick Williams 7 66/1
  lost touch 9th, weakened and pulled before 4 out opened 66/1 touched 66/1
F Granit Jack (FR) 10-0 L Heard (3) P F Nicholls 5 3/1 f
  in touch, joined leaders 4 out, travelling well and every chance when fell 2 out opened 3/1 touched 3/1 £10000-£3000 £6667-£2000 £4000-£1200 £3333-£1000 £60000-£20000 £45000-£15000 £9000-£3000 £6000-£2000 (x2) £3000-£1000 (x4)