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Saturday November 15 2008
Race Result Cheltenham 13:25 - Result
Sir Tristram Ricketts Novices' Chase
£22000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 110y, Class 2, £13776 penalty, 7 ran
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 6m 45.7s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Ballyfitz 11-7 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 8 4/1
  made all, not fluent 15th, hit 3 out, outstayed rivals 2 out, pushed out opened 7/2 touched 4/1
2 11 Big Fella Thanks 10-13 R Walsh P F Nicholls 6 6/4 f
  raced wide, prominent, mistake 14th, every chance 3 out, soon ridden and hung left from next and soon no chance with winner, just held on for 2nd opened 5/4 touched 7/4 £1200-£1000 £3000-£2000 £3250-£2000 (x2) £4875-£3000 (x2) £650-£400
3 hd West End Rocker (IRE) 10-13 R Thornton A King 6 11/4
  tracked leaders, reminder after 9th, close 3rd when stumbled badly 3 out, soon ridden, held from next, challenged for 2nd run in but no chance with winner opened 10/3 touched 10/3 £4500-£1500
4 dist Mill Side 11-4 Mr S Byrne Mrs S J Smith 8 16/1
  close up, ridden and weakened at 15th, tailed off opened 16/1 touched 16/1
5 dist Mr Parson (IRE) 10-13 J Goldstein S T Lewis 8 200/1
  behind from 6th, tailed off opened 150/1 touched 200/1
PU Dashing George (IRE) 11-7 D J Casey E McNamara 6 5/1
  prominent until weakened quickly 14th, pulled up before 15th opened 15/2 touched 15/2 £4400-£800
PU Dasher Reilly (USA) 11-4 Mr T R David A Sadik 7 125/1
  held up, pecked 4th, lost touch from 11th, pulled up before 14th opened 100/1 touched 125/1
Non-Runners
NR Gone To Lunch (IRE) 10-13 A P McCoy J Scott 8