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Saturday December 15 2007
Race Result Cheltenham 15:10 - Result
Boylesports.com International Hurdle (grade 2)
£200000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 1f, Class 1, £114040 penalty, 8 ran
Going: Good
Winning Time Winning Time: 3m 58.9s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Osana (FR) 11-0 P J Brennan D Pipe 5 7/1
  made all, clear 3 out until 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on strongly, drew clear again flat opened 9/1 touched 9/1 £45000-£5000 Each Way £5000-£550
2 8 Katchit (IRE) 11-4 R Thornton A King 4 9/2
  mid-division, moved closer after 3rd, chased winner between last 2, 3 lengths down last, soon no impression opened 4/1 touched 5/1 £10000-£2000 £5000-£1000 £2500-£500 £2000-£400 £18000-£4000 £4500-£1000 £2250-£500
3 10 Penzance 11-4 R Johnson A King 6 40/1
  held up towards rear, ridden after 3 out, stayed on approaching last, kept on well flat, took 3rd near finish opened 33/1 touched 40/1 £4000-£100 Each Way
4 nk Sublimity (FR) 11-8 P A Carberry J G Carr 7 7/2 jf
  held up, behind, raced keenly, headway approaching 2 out, disputed 2nd between last 2 soon held, 3rd when not fluent last opened 11/4 touched 7/2 £17500-£5000 £7000-£2000 £9000-£3000 £6000-£2000 (x7) £3000-£1000 (x2) £1500-£500 £1200-£400 £11000-£4000 (x4) £5500-£2000 £3850-£1400 £1100-£400 (x2)
5 ½ Afsoun (FR) 11-8 M A Fitzgerald N J Henderson 5 9/2
  chased winner until approaching 2 out, soon outpaced, stayed on approaching last, kept on flat opened 6/1 touched 6/1 £6000-£1000 £10000-£1800 £2500-£500 £1500-£300 £9000-£2000 £4500-£1000 £2250-£500 (x2)
6 ¾ Straw Bear (USA) 11-8 A P McCoy N J Gifford 6 10/1
  held up in rear, headway after 3 out, chased winner approaching 2 out until before last, soon beaten opened 10/1 touched 10/1 £5000-£500
7 26 Desert Quest (IRE) 11-0 S Thomas P F Nicholls 7 11/1
  not always fluent, mid-division, moved closer approaching 4th, weakened approaching 2 out opened 9/1 touched 11/1 £3500-£315
PU Macs Joy (IRE) 11-0 B J Geraghty Mrs J Harrington 8 7/2 jf
  mostly 3rd until went badly lame, pulled up before 3 out opened 9/2 touched 9/2 £20000-£4000 £10000-£2000 £9000-£2000 (x2) £4500-£1000 Each Way £2700-£600 Each Way £2250-£500 £8000-£2000 £2000-£500