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Saturday December 15 2007
Race Result Cheltenham 14:40 - Result
Boylesports.com Gold Cup Handicap Chase (grade 3)
£150000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 5f, Class 1, £85530 penalty, 16 ran
Going: Good
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 15.6s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Tamarinbleu (FR) 11-8 Denis O'regan D Pipe 7 22/1
  made all, asserted approaching 4 out, ridden between last 2, stayed on well flat opened 20/1 touched 22/1 £5000-£225 Each Way
2 2½ Le Volfoni (FR) 11-5 Mr N Scholfield (7) P F Nicholls 6 25/1
  mid-division, hit 6th, headway after 11th, blundered 4 out, hit 3 out, went 2nd after 2 out, stayed on flat, no impression on winner opened 25/1 touched 25/1
3 3 Patman Du Charmil (FR) 10-7 David England (3) N A Twiston-Davies 5 20/1
  pressed winner until 13th, remained in 2nd, hit 4 out and 3 out, lost 2nd after 2 out, one pace opened 20/1 touched 20/1
4 ¾ Faasel (IRE) 11-8 B Harding N G Richards 6 11/1
  held up in rear, mistake 3rd, headway approaching 13th, outpaced when not fluent 3 out, stayed on from 2 out, kept on flat opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £4800-£300 £7000-£500 Each Way £36000-£3000 Each Way £19200-£1600 £10000-£800 Each Way £5000-£400
5 1½ Palarshan (FR) 10-12 R Johnson H D Daly 9 7/1
  held up towards rear, headway approaching 12th, mistake 3 out, soon outpaced, stayed on from last opened 13/2 touched 7/1 £7000-£1000 £3500-£500 £2800-£400
6 1¼ Magic Sky (FR) 11-0 C Poste (3) M F Harris 7 33/1
  held up towards rear, headway after 4 out, stayed on same pace from 2 out, not troubled leaders opened 33/1 touched 33/1
7 7 Idole First (IRE) 11-1 A O'keeffe Miss V Williams 8 16/1
  prominent early, in touch, outpaced when blundered 4 out, no impression on leaders after, blundered 2 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1
8 4 Yes Sir (IRE) 11-5 T J O'Brien P Bowen 8 50/1
  chased leaders, blundered 11th, weakened after 3 out, blundered 2 out opened 50/1 touched 66/1
9 23 Black Hills 10-12 P A Carberry J A Geake 8 33/1
  held up, behind 10th, blundered 4 out opened 33/1 touched 33/1
10 3 New Alco (FR) 11-4 G Lee Ferdy Murphy 6 9/1
  chased leaders, lost place after 7th, behind after opened 10/1 touched 10/1
11 20 Roman Ark 11-3 F King J M Jefferson 9 33/1
  mid-division, ridden after 11th, soon struggling, tailed off opened 33/1 touched 33/1
PU Knowhere (IRE) 11-12 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 9 20/1
  chased leaders, hit 12th, soon ridden, hit 3 out, weakening when pulled up before 2 out opened 20/1 touched 20/1
PU Il Duce (IRE) 11-6 R Thornton A King 7 7/1
  held up in rear, blundered 7th, not fluent 9th (water), soon driven and struggling, well behind when pulled up before 12th opened 13/2 touched 7/1 £5000-£700 £3500-£500
PU New Little Bric (FR) 11-3 S Thomas P F Nicholls 6 7/2 f
  held up in rear, headway approaching 9th (water), reminder after 10th, weakened after next, well behind when pulled up before 4 out opened 7/2 touched 7/2 £20000-£5000 £10000-£2500 £4000-£1000 Each Way £4000-£1000 (x3) £3200-£800 £2000-£500 (x3) £1600-£400 £1200-£300 (x2) £7000-£2000 £3500-£1000 £1750-£500 (x2) £1400-£400
PU Copsale Lad 10-8 M A Fitzgerald N J Henderson 10 16/1
  mid-division, blundered 6th, headway approaching 8th, blundered badly 11th, lost place, blundered again 12th, soon behind, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1 £20000-£1000 Each Way £10000-£600 Each Way
PU Abragante (IRE) 10-7 A P McCoy D Pipe 6 9/2
  behind, jumped big 1st, hit 3rd, soon lost ground on remainder, behind when pulled up before 6th opened 11/2 touched 11/2 £10000-£1600 Each Way £10000-£1600 (x2) £2500-£400 (x2) £5000-£900 (x3) £2500-£450 (x3) £2000-£360 £6000-£1200 Each Way £5000-£1000 (x2) £2500-£500 (x2) £2250-£500
Non-Runners
NR Knight Legend (IRE) 11-5 B J Geraghty Mrs J Harrington 8