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Sunday November 16 2008
Race Result Cheltenham 13:10 - Result
Independent Newspaper November Novices' Chase (grade 2)
£40000 added, 4yo plus, 2m, Class 1, £22804 penalty, 4 ran
Soft, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 4m 09.1s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Tatenen (FR) 11-1 S Thomas P F Nicholls 4 8/13 f
  made all, clear approaching 5th, unchallenged opened 4/6 touched 8/11 £4000-£5000 £4000-£5500 £3636-£5000 £2000-£2750 £1600-£2200 £800-£1100 (x2) £2000-£3000 (x2)
2 24 Straw Bear (USA) 11-2 A P McCoy N J Gifford 7 11/4
  held up in 3rd, mistake 2nd, jumped slowly and dropped to 4th 3rd, not fluent 5th or 6th (water), reminder after 3 out, went 2nd after 2 out, no chance with winner opened 9/4 touched 11/4 £2500-£1000 (x4)
3 7 Crescent Island (IRE) 11-2 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 5 9/2
  chased winner, reminders 6th, driven approaching 3 out, mistake and awkward on landing 2 out, soon lost 2nd, weakened approaching last opened 13/2 touched 13/2 £2500-£500
4 11 High Bird Humphrey 11-2 Mr S F Magee Miss Kate Milligan 9 50/1
  held up in 4th, went 3rd 4th until after 4 out, weakened 3 out opened 33/1 touched 50/1
Non-Runners
NR Poquelin (FR) 11-8 S Thomas P F Nicholls 5
NR I'm So Lucky 11-6 T Scudamore D Pipe 6