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Saturday November 29 2008
Race Result Newbury 14:40 - Result
Hennessy Gold Cup Handicap Chase (grade 3)
£175000 added, 4yo plus, 3m 2f 110y, Class 1, £99768 penalty, 15 ran
Going: Good to Soft
Winning Time Winning Time: 6m 51.2s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Madison Du Berlais (FR) 11-4 T Scudamore D Pipe 7 25/1
  chased leaders, blundered 9th, challenged 4 out, stayed upsides runner up, led last, driven out opened 33/1 touched 33/1
2 3 Air Force One (GER) 11-7 N Fehily C J Mann 6 5/1
  always handy, not fluent 12th, went 2nd 15th, ridden to lead narrowly 4 out, strongly pressed when hit 2 out, mistake and headed last no extra flat opened 11/2 touched 11/2 £5000-£800 £3600-£600 £3000-£500 £5500-£1000 (x2) £4400-£800 £2000-£400
3 9 Snoopy Loopy (IRE) (ex6) 11-12 S E Durack P Bowen 10 12/1
  chased leaders until lost place from 12th, blundered 14th, stayed on approaching 2 out, driven and kept on under pressure flat, went 3rd near finish opened 12/1 touched 14/1
4 ½ Dear Villez (FR) 11-6 Christian Williams P F Nicholls 6 16/1
  chased leader to 15th, already lost place when hampered 4 out, stayed on approaching 2 out, kept on well flat and finished well opened 16/1 touched 16/1
5 s.h My Will (FR) 11-8 Nick Scholfield (5) P F Nicholls 8 33/1
  held up in rear, headway approaching 17th, chased leaders approaching 2 out, left disputing 3rd last, no extra and lost 2 places towards finish opened 33/1 touched 33/1
6 1¼ High Chimes (IRE) 10-9 Paul Moloney Evan Williams 9 16/1
  in rear, driven and struggling after 17th, hit 3 out, stayed on approaching last, never nearer opened 16/1 touched 20/1
7 2¼ Monkerhostin (FR) 11-9 R Johnson P J Hobbs 11 33/1
  in rear, mistake and ridden 13th, stayed on under pressure from 2 out, not pace to get competitive opened 33/1 touched 33/1
8 18 Knowhere (IRE) 11-12 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 10 16/1
  mid-division, ridden after 6th, weakened 4 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1
9 7 Slim Pickings (IRE) 11-1 P W Flood T J Taaffe 9 12/1
  mid-division, headway and travelling well when blundered badly and almost unseated rider 4 out, weakned after not recover opened 16/1 touched 16/1
10 1½ Oedipe (FR) 11-0 A Tinkler N J Henderson 6 10/1
  in touch, blundered and weakened 16th, no chance when blundered 4 out opened 9/1 touched 10/1 £5500-£500 Each Way
11 15 Island Flyer (IRE) 10-0 Denis O'regan T R George 6 9/2 f
  led to 4 out, weakened after next, tailed off opened 6/1 touched 6/1 £3250-£500 £6000-£1000 £3000-£480 (x3) £3000-£500 £5500-£1000 (x3) £3500-£700
PU Albertas Run (IRE) 11-9 A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 7 8/1
  towards rear, bludered 14th, no chance when blundered 4 out and pulled up opened 9/1 touched 9/1 £2800-£350 Each Way
PU Verasi 10-9 P Hide G L Moore 7 20/1
  towards rear, blundered 14th,driven along 16th, well behind 4 out, tailed off when pulled before last opened 16/1 touched 20/1 £11000-£500 Each Way
PU Royal County Star (IRE) 10-8 Robert Colgan (3) A J Martin 9 14/1
  never going well in rear, blundered 10th and 12th, struggling when pulled up 14th opened 11/1 touched 14/1
UR Big Buck's (FR) 11-7 S Thomas P F Nicholls 5 5/1
  held up in rear, smooth headway from 4 out to track leaders approaching 3 out, ridden in 3rd and held when blundered and unseated rider last opened 11/2 touched 11/2 £11000-£2000 £5500-£1000 (x2) £2750-£500 £4000-£800
Non-Runners
NR Always Waining (IRE) 11-1 T J O'Brien P Bowen 7
NR Character Building (IRE) 10-6 D C Costello J J Quinn 8