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Saturday January 24 2009
Race Result Cheltenham 12:55 - Result
Racecourse Of Year Classic Novices' Hurdle (grade 2)
£30000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110y, Class 1, £17103 penalty, 6 ran
Heavy, Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 25.s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Diamond Harry 11-12 T J Murphy Nick Williams 6 8/15 f
  raced wide, tracked leaders, switched to inside, on bend after 2 out, soon ridden, led flat, stayed on well, ridden out opened 1/2 touched 4/7 £1200-£2100 £285-£500 £2667-£5000 £1067-£2000 £800-£1500 (x3) £533-£1000 £400-£750 (x2) £267-£500
2 ½ Bensalem (IRE) 11-12 R Thornton A King 6 9/2
  raced wide, held up, headway approaching 2 out, led approaching last, soon ridden, headed flat, stayed on opened 9/2 touched 9/2 £4500-£1000 Each Way
3 16 Ernst Blofeld (IRE) 11-9 J M Maguire D McCain Jnr 5 16/1
  chased leading pair, hit 7th, joined leader 3 out, ridden to lead briefly after 2 out, weakened last opened 14/1 touched 16/1 £5000-£300 Each Way
4 18 Tataniano (FR) 11-9 R Walsh P F Nicholls 5 13/2
  led, ridden and headed after 2 out, soon weakened opened 8/1 touched 8/1 £2600-£400
5 2¼ Shenanigan 11-5 R Johnson W K Goldsworthy 8 33/1
  held up, pushed along 5th, not fluent next, effort 2 out, soon beaten opened 33/1 touched 33/1 £6000-£150 Each Way
6 4½ Talenti (IRE) 11-5 S E Durack Miss E C Lavelle 6 33/1
  tracked leader, ridden after 3 out, weakened after 2 out opened 50/1 touched 50/1