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Saturday December 1 2007
Race Result Newbury 14:40 - Result
Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Handicap Chase (grade 3)
£150000 added, 4yo plus, 3m 2f 110y, Class 1, £85530 penalty, 18 ran
Going: Soft
Winning Time Winning Time: 6m 58.6s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Denman (IRE) 11-12 S Thomas P F Nicholls 7 5/1
  tracked leaders, joined leader 8th, narrow lead from 14th, drew clear, well in command from 4 out, stayed on strongly, impressive opened 5/1 touched 5/1 £6000-£1000 £11000-£2000 £5500-£1000 £2750-£500 (x3) £10000-£2000 £2500-£500 Each Way £2200-£400
2 11 Dream Alliance 10-7 J E Moore P J Hobbs 6 18/1
  always prominent, chased winner from 16th, never any chance from 4 out, kept on well for 2nd, blundered last opened 18/1 touched 18/1
3 8 Character Building (IRE) 10-0 Denis O'regan J J Quinn 7 9/1
  held up in mid-division, headway approaching 17th, ridden and went 3rd before 3 out, stayed on same pace opened 10/1 touched 10/1 £3000-£300
4 1 Madison Du Berlais (FR) 11-2 P Merrigan (3) D Pipe 6 50/1
  behind, headway approaching 4 out, stayed on opened 50/1 touched 50/1
5 3 Knowhere (IRE) 11-2 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 9 16/1
  in touch, dived at 13th, stayed on one pace from 4 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1
6 3 Juveigneur (FR) 11-3 M A Fitzgerald N J Henderson 10 33/1
  in mid-division until blundered and lost place 16th, stayed on again from 2 out, kept on run-in opened 25/1 touched 33/1
7 2 Sir Rembrandt (IRE) (ex6) 10-8 James White (3) V R A Dartnall 11 14/1
  led, joined 8th, narrowly headed 14th, chased winner to 16th, soon ridden, weakened after 4 out opened 14/1 touched 14/1 £10000-£700 Each Way £6000-£500 Each Way £22000-£2000
8 1¼ Always Waining (IRE) 10-10 T J O'Brien P Bowen 6 25/1
  mid-division until slightly lost place 16th, no danger after opened 33/1 touched 33/1 £10000-£300 £10000-£350 (x2) £10000-£400 (x3)
9 2½ Bible Lord (IRE) 10-0 M D Grant Andrew Turnell 6 16/1
  mid-division, not fluent 13th, headway, went 3rd 17th until before 3 out, soon weakened opened 16/1 touched 16/1
10 5 Abragante (IRE) 10-4 D N Russell D Pipe 6 6/1
  held up in rear, not fluent 10th, hit 16th, headway approaching 4 out, ridden next, soon weakened opened 6/1 touched 6/1 £12000-£2000 £3000-£500 (x2)
11 1½ Point Barrow (IRE) 10-6 D Elsworth P Hughes 9 33/1
  always behind opened 33/1 touched 33/1
12 1¼ D'Argent (IRE) 10-6 J A McCarthy A King 10 50/1
  chased leaders, ridden approaching 17th soon weakened opened 50/1 touched 50/1
13 9 Bowleaze (IRE) 10-0 R Walford R H Alner 8 100/1
  raced in mid-division, behind from 15th opened 100/1 touched 100/1
PU Dom d'Orgeval (FR) 10-13 Paul Moloney D Pipe 7 16/1
  behind, blundered 12th, tailed off when jumped right 16th pulled up before next opened 16/1 touched 16/1
PU New Alco (FR) (ex6) 10-11 G Lee Ferdy Murphy 6 13/2
  towards rear, hampered 7th, tailed off when pulled off approaching 4 out opened 6/1 touched 13/2 £2600-£400
F Snowy Morning (IRE) 10-8 A P McCoy W P Mullins 7 5/1 f
  in touch when fell 7th opened 5/1 touched 5/1 £2750-£500 £10000-£2000 £5000-£1000 Each Way (x2) £5000-£1000 (x2) £4500-£1000
F Strong Flow (IRE) 10-8 R Loughran D T Hughes 10 40/1
  chased leaders, weakened 4 out, fell 3 out opened 40/1 touched 40/1
UR Patsy Hall (IRE) 10-7 J M Maguire A J Martin 7 14/1
  behind, mistake 3rd, ridden 14th, tailed off when refused, unseated rider 3 out opened 14/1 touched 14/1