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Thursday January 1 2009
Race Result Cheltenham 14:45 - Result
Unicoin Homes Handicap Hurdle
£25000 added, 4yo plus, 3m, Class 2, £15655 penalty, 11 ran
Going: Good to Soft
Winning Time Winning Time: 6m 13.5s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Big Buck's (FR) 11-11 R Walsh P F Nicholls 6 9/2
  held up towards rear, headway when not fluent 9th, challenged well before last, soon slight lead, idled flat, driven out opened 4/1 touched 9/2
2 1¾ Don't Push It (IRE) 10-9 A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 9 6/1
  held up in last pair, raced keenly, headway 2 out, ridden to press winner when not fluent last, held final 100 yards opened 6/1 touched 7/1 £4200-£600 £3500-£500
3 4½ Pennek (FR) 10-0 Charlie Huxley (5) A King 6 8/1
  held up towards rear, keen early, hit 8th, ridden after 3 out, soon outpaced, hampered 2 out, stayed on last, went 3rd final 75 yards opened 10/1 touched 10/1
4 1¾ Tot Of The Knar 10-7 S E Durack P Bowen 7 20/1
  held up in last place, raced keenly, progress from 2 out, went 3rd last, no impression on front pair, lost position final 75 yards opened 20/1 touched 20/1
5 2¼ Tazbar (IRE) 11-12 J Reveley (3) K G Reveley 7 7/1
  pressed leader, jumped right 5th, mistake 3 out, outpaced and dropped rear when not fluent 2 out, stayed on flat opened 8/1 touched 8/1
6 1¾ Buena Vista (IRE) 10-9 T Scudamore D Pipe 8 20/1
  raced keenly, led, ridden and headed approaching last, weakened flat opened 33/1 touched 33/1
7 1¼ Tisfreetdream (IRE) 10-2 M Bradburne P A Pritchard 8 28/1
  mid-division, headway 8th, hampered 2 out, every chance approaching last, soon no impression, weakened flat opened 33/1 touched 33/1
8 13 Blue Shark (FR) 10-7 B J Geraghty N J Henderson 7 14/1
  mid-division, headway 7th, not fluent 3 out, disputing close 3rd when badly hampered and nearly unseated rider 2 out, not recover opened 11/1 touched 14/1 £5000-£300 £5600-£400
9 18 Ringaroses 10-8 T J Murphy Miss H C Knight 8 14/1
  in touch, not fluent 9th, ridden after 2 out, soon beaten opened 12/1 touched 14/1
PU Jug Of Punch (IRE) 10-0 Gerard Tumelty (3) S T Lewis 10 100/1
  prominent, reminders after 5th, lost place next, no chance from 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out opened 80/1 touched 100/1
F Ballydub (IRE) 10-12 R Johnson P J Hobbs 6 15/8 f
  tracked leaders, mistake 6th, went 2nd next, challenging when fell 2 out opened 2/1 touched 2/1 £2000-£1000 (x2) £1000-£500 £800-£400 £750-£400 (x2)