Saturday November 17 2007
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: 5m 04.s
Pos.
Draw
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
(+4)
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)