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Sunday November 16 2008
Race Result Cheltenham 15:30 - Result
Jets / Richard Davis Awards Hyde Novices' Hurdle (grade 2)
£30000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 5f, Class 1, £17103 penalty, 8 ran
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 31.2s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Diamond Harry 11-4 T J Murphy Nick Williams 5 13/8 f
  raced keenly, held up in 3rd, not fluent 6th, led approaching 2 out, went left last, soon shaken up and asserted, impressive opened 15/8 touched 15/8 £10000-£5000 £3000-£1500 £700-£400 £1200-£800
2 7 Door Boy (IRE) 11-4 A P McCoy J Howard Johnson 5 13/2
  raced keenly, held up in 4th, not fluent 3 out, challenged approaching 2 out, ridden approaching last, soon outpaced by winner opened 5/1 touched 13/2 £10000-£1500 Each Way
3 1½ Dragon Eye (IRE) 11-7 W Hutchinson A King 6 12/1
  held up in 5th, mistake 5th, closed 7th, ridden after 2 out, 3rd and beaten when blundered last opened 12/1 touched 14/1
4 9 Tot Of The Knar 11-0 R Johnson P Bowen 6 11/2
  held up in rear, closed approaching 3 out, pushed along before 2 out, weakened approaching last opened 6/1 touched 13/2 £12000-£2000 £2400-£400 Each Way
5 4½ Hell's Bay (FR) 11-7 S Thomas P F Nicholls 6 11/4
  held up towards rear, closed after 3 out, chasing leaders when not fluent 2 out, soon ridden, weakened approaching last opened 3/1 touched 7/2 £7000-£2000 £3500-£1000 £10000-£3000 £2000-£600 £1500-£500
6 1¼ Star Lord (IRE) 11-4 P J Brennan T R George 5 16/1
  chased leader to 3 out, soon ridden, weakened after 2 out opened 20/1 touched 20/1
7 1¾ Martys Mission (IRE) 11-0 B J Geraghty R Rowe 6 40/1
  not always fluent, held up in rear, weakened after 3 out, hit last opened 40/1 touched 40/1
8 4 Ceasen Desist (IRE) 11-7 Jack Doyle S Donohoe 5 20/1
  led, jumped left 3 out, headed when not fluent 2 out, weakened well before last opened 25/1 touched 28/1