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Saturday December 20 2008
Race Result Ascot 13:40 - Result
Boylesports.com International Hurdle (grade 2)
£200000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 110y, Class 1, £114020 penalty, 5 ran
Good to Soft
Winning Time Winning Time: 3m 46.2s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Binocular (FR) 11-4 A P McCoy N J Henderson 4 Evs f
  held up behind leaders, smooth headway to lead 2 out, soon clear, readily opened 1/1 touched 1/1 £2200-£2000 (x2) £8000-£8000 £3000-£3000 £2000-£2000 (x4) £1400-£1400 £1000-£1000 (x5) £600-£600 £500-£500 £1000-£1100
2 4½ Celestial Halo (IRE) 11-4 R Walsh P F Nicholls 4 16/1
  led, soon clear, ridden and headed 2 out, kept on, not pace of winner opened 14/1 touched 16/1
3 12 Chomba Womba (IRE) 11-1 B J Geraghty N J Henderson 7 11/2
  held up behind leaders, ridden after 3 out, stayed on to go 3rd approaching last, not pace of leaders opened 6/1 touched 6/1
4 1¼ Katchit (IRE) 11-8 R Thornton A King 5 7/1
  chased leader to after 3 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace opened 6/1 touched 9/1 £5000-£600
5 3 Crack Away Jack 11-2 Jack Doyle Miss E C Lavelle 4 11/4
  held up last, headway to join leaders after 6th, ridden after 3 out, 3rd and beaten when blundered 2 out opened 7/2 touched 4/1 £2080-£520 £1600-£400 £4200-£1200 £3500-£1000