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Sunday November 18 2007
Race Result Cheltenham 13:10 - Result
Independent Newspaper Novices' Chase (grade 2)
£45000 added, 4yo plus, 2m, Class 1, £25659 penalty, 8 ran
Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 4m 14.2s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Moon Over Miami (GER) 11-4 N Fehily C J Mann 6 10/1
  held up in rear, headway approaching 7th, went 2nd 3 out, led after 2 out, clear last, stayed on well opened 9/1 touched 10/1
2 8 Predateur (FR) 10-11 S Thomas P F Nicholls 4 9/4 f
  held up towards rear, blundered 2nd, jinked right and wandered 4th, headway approaching 9th, hampered and left 3rd 2 out, chased winner before last, no impression opened 9/4 touched 9/4 £10000-£4000 £1000-£400 (x2) £9000-£4000 (x2) £4500-£2000 £2250-£1000
3 17 Dev (IRE) 11-4 J E Moore M G Quinlan 7 20/1
  led, ridden 2 out, soon headed, hung right and weakened approaching last opened 25/1 touched 25/1 £7500-£300 Each Way
4 9 Admiral Peary (IRE) 11-4 O Dayman Dr P Pritchard 11 200/1
  mid-division, in rear from 6th, left moderate 4th 2 out opened 100/1 touched 200/1
5 dist Nous Voila (FR) 11-4 T J Murphy D Pipe 6 11/1
  chased leader, slipped on landing 2nd, lost 2nd before next, jumped slowly 6th, 7th and 8th and gradually lost place, behind next, soon tailed off opened 12/1 touched 12/1
F Leslingtaylor (IRE) 11-10 D C Costello J J Quinn 5 11/2
  mid-division, 5th and in touch when fell 9th opened 9/2 touched 11/2 £5000-£800 £5500-£1000 £5000-£900 £2000-£360 Each Way
F Papini (IRE) 11-8 M A Fitzgerald N J Henderson 6 3/1
  prominent, went 2nd before 3rd, ridden after 3 out, disputing 3rd when fell 2 out opened 7/2 touched 7/2 £7000-£2000 £5000-£1500 £15000-£5000 £6000-£2000 £4500-£1500
F Tramantano 11-8 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 8 9/2
  held up in rear, jumped slowly and went left 4th, headway after 9th, challenged for 2nd 3 out, disputing 3rd when fell 2 out opened 5/1 touched 5/1
Non-Runners
NR Classic Croco (GER) 11-8 K T Coleman T Hogan 6