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Saturday November 15 2008
Race Result Cheltenham 14:35 - Result
Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase (grade 3 Handicap)
£150000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110y, Class 1, £85515 penalty, 19 ran
Soft, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 18.6s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Imperial Commander (IRE) 10-7 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 7 13/2
  in touch, led 9th, ridden after 2 out, kept on gamely opened 15/2 touched 15/2
2 2¾ Barbers Shop 10-10 B J Geraghty N J Henderson 6 5/1
  in touch, took closer order 10th, went 2nd 3 out, ridden after next, kept on, always held by winner opened 13/2 touched 13/2 £5000-£800 £2500-£400 £3250-£500 £12000-£2000
3 11 Private Be 10-6 R Johnson P J Hobbs 9 25/1
  in touch, mistake 5th and lot place, headway 9th, ridden after 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, kept on same pace, hung left from last opened 28/1 touched 28/1
4 4 Il Duce (IRE) 11-2 W Hutchinson A King 8 40/1
  in touch, headway 10th, ridden approaching 3 out, kept on same pace, left 4th last opened 50/1 touched 50/1
5 2 Three Mirrors 10-13 G Lee Ferdy Murphy 8 50/1
  held up towards rear, slightly hampered 4 out, ridden and stayed on after 2 out, never trouble leaders opened 50/1 touched 50/1
6 2 Silverburn (IRE) 10-11 R Walsh P F Nicholls 7 11/4 f
  mid-division when stumbled badly 1st, headway after 4 out, disputing 5 lengths 4th when stumbled badly 2 out, soon ridden and beaten opened 7/2 touched 7/2 £7000-£2000 (x2) £3500-£1000 £3500-£1000 Each Way £3000-£1000 (x2) £2000-£600 £1500-£500
7 s.h Maljimar (IRE) 10-7 D Jacob Nick Williams 8 16/1
  mid-division, headway after 11th, ridden when awkward 2 out, stayed on same pace opened 14/1 touched 16/1
8 11 Bible Lord (IRE) 10-5 M D Grant Andrew Turnell 7 12/1
  chased leaders, ridden after 11th, weakened next opened 14/1 touched 14/1
9 8 Turko (FR) 11-8 S Thomas P F Nicholls 6 33/1
  prominent until 8th, gradually lost place, mistake 10th, weakened after next opened 33/1 touched 33/1
10 5 Ashley Brook (IRE) (ex5) 11-9 T J O'Brien K Bishop 10 20/1
  led until 3rd, chased leaders, gradually lost place from 8th, behind when hampered 4 out opened 22/1 touched 22/1 £10000-£300 Each Way
11 dist Piraya (FR) 11-1 T Scudamore D Pipe 5 20/1
  hit 1st, mid-division until 10th, soon behind opened 16/1 touched 20/1
PU Mister McGoldrick 11-12 D Elsworth Mrs S J Smith 11 33/1
  chased leaders until 8th, soon behind, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out opened 33/1 touched 33/1
PU Don't Push It (IRE) 11-3 A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 8 12/1
  held up towards rear, hit 7th, soon ridden, mistake 9th, pulled up before next opened 10/1 touched 12/1
PU Stan (NZ) 10-12 A Coleman (3) Miss V Williams 9 18/1
  chased leaders until after 10th, soon behind, pulled up before 2 out opened 20/1 touched 20/1
PU Vodka Bleu (FR) 10-11 T J Murphy D Pipe 9 40/1
  always behind, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out opened 40/1 touched 40/1
PU Fleet Street 10-7 A Tinkler N J Henderson 9 16/1
  towards rear when lost touch quickly, pulled up after 7th opened 16/1 touched 16/1
PU Patman Du Charmil (FR) 10-5 David England N A Twiston-Davies 6 50/1
  mid-division until 8th, soon behind, pulled up after 4 out opened 50/1 touched 50/1
F Ouzbeck (FR) 11-7 R Thornton A King 6 10/1
  mid-division, headway after 11th, ridden to dispute 3rd 2 out, 4th and beaten when fell last opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £22000-£2000 £10000-£800
F Yes Sir (IRE) 10-12 S E Durack P Bowen 9 33/1
  led 3rd until 9th, chasing winner when fell 4 out opened 33/1 touched 33/1
Non-Runners
NR Sky's The Limit (FR) 11-1 A J Mcnamara E J O'Grady 7