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Friday November 14 2008
Race Result Cheltenham 13:50 - Result
Sharp Novices' Hurdle (grade 2)
£30000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 110y, Class 1, £17103 penalty, 9 ran
Soft, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 4m 13.2s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Golan Way 11-7 J Goldstein Miss S West 4 8/1
  made all, clear until 5th, pressed after 2 out, ridden and ran on gainly flat opened 11/1 touched 12/1 £5000-£500 (x2)
2 1¼ Over Sixty 10-11 R Thornton A King 5 11/2
  mid-division, headway 4th, went 3rd after next, ridden 2 out, stayed on to take 2nd flat but not pace to reach winner opened 11/2 touched 11/2 £3000-£500
3 1¼ American Trilogy (IRE) 11-7 R Walsh P F Nicholls 4 5/4 f
  chased clear winner, closed 5th, every chance after 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace from last opened 11/8 touched 11/8 £1300-£800 £6000-£4000 £1500-£1000 (x3) £1050-£700 £750-£500 £600-£400 (x2) £11000-£8000 £5500-£4000 £1375-£1000 (x2) £1100-£800 (x2) £550-£400 £6250-£5000 £5000-£4000 £2500-£2000 £1000-£800 £500-£400 (x4)
4 10 Mhilu (IRE) 11-4 T J Murphy G Elliott 6 28/1
  held up in last, short-lived effort after 7th, never reached leaders and soon beaten opened 25/1 touched 28/1
5 12 Leo's Lucky Star (USA) 11-7 T Scudamore D Pipe 6 7/2
  held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, ridden after 2 out, soon weakened opened 3/1 touched 7/2 £8000-£2000 £2800-£700 £2000-£500 Each Way (x2) £2000-£500 £13333-£4000 £5000-£1500
6 2 Hunters Ploy (IRE) 11-4 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 6 12/1
  handy in main group, blundered and dropped out 4th, no chance after opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £5600-£400 Each Way
7 2¾ Indian Spring (IRE) 11-0 A J Mcnamara E J O'Grady 4 14/1
  held up towards rear, headway approaching 4th, not fluent 3 out, weakened 2 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1
8 14 Spiriton (GER) 11-7 N Fehily P Cashman 6 50/1
  held up in rear, headway 5th, weakened approaching 3 out opened 66/1 touched 66/1
PU Charley (CZE) 11-7 Josef Bartos J Vana II 4 100/1
  held up in 3rd, weakened approaching 3 out, no chance when blundered 2 out, pulled up before last opened 100/1 touched 100/1