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Saturday December 15 2007
Race Result Cheltenham 14:05 - Result
Boylesports.com Fon-a-bet Novices' Chase
£20000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 5f, Class 2, £12526 penalty, 6 ran
Good
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 22.9s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Tidal Bay (IRE) 11-8 D F O'Regan J Howard Johnson 6 5/6 f
  tracked leader, led just after 2 out, soon shaken up, edged slightly left after last, ridden, ran on well flat opened 10/11 touched 1/1 £5000-£5000 (x3) £3000-£3000 £2000-£2000 (x6) £1500-£1500 £1000-£1000 (x3) £600-£600 £500-£500 (x2) £3000-£3300 £1000-£1100 £909-£1000 £500-£550 (x2) £8333-£10000 £1000-£1200
2 5 Gold Medallist 11-0 R Johnson P J Hobbs 7 11/1
  led, not fluent 4 out, ridden, hit 2 out, soon headed, no impression on winner from last, stayed on same opened 12/1 touched 12/1
3 3½ Duc De Regniere (FR) 11-0 M A Fitzgerald N J Henderson 5 3/1
  mistakes, chased leaders, slightly outpaced from 3 out, no impression after, stayed on same pace to take 3rd flat opened 11/4 touched 3/1 £1400-£400 £10000-£3000 £2000-£600 (x2) £18000-£6000 £4500-£1500
4 2 Predateur (FR) 10-7 S Thomas P F Nicholls 4 6/1
  chased leaders, 3rd when blundered badly 4 out and relegated to 5th, went 3rd again 3 out, ridden 2 out, weakened, hung right flat opened 6/1 touched 6/1
5 7 Nudge And Nurdle (IRE) 11-8 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 6 12/1
  held up, behind, headway 4 out, weakened approaching 2 out opened 11/1 touched 12/1
6 15 Predicament 11-0 O Dayman Dr P Pritchard 8 100/1
  held up, not fluent 8th, soon behind opened 100/1 touched 100/1