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Sunday November 16 2008

Cheltenham 13:10 - Result
Independent Newspaper November Novices' Chase (grade 2)
£40000 added, 4yo plus, 2m, Class 1, £22804 penalty, 4 ran
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time: 4m 09.1s
| Pos. |
Draw |
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 |
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