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Saturday January 24 2009
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
Going: Heavy, Soft in places
Winning Time: 5m 25.s
Pos.
Draw
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