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Saturday January 24 2009
Race Result Cheltenham 14:35 - Result
Letheby & Christopher Chase (grade 2)
£100000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 1f 110y, Class 1, £57010 penalty, 8 ran
Going: Heavy, Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 7m 11.8s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Joe Lively (IRE) 11-6 J Tizzard C L Tizzard 10 12/1
  led until 4th, led 6th, ridden after 3 out, blundered badly next, soon headed, rallied very gamely to lead flat, won going away, driven out opened 10/1 touched 12/1 £10000-£800 Each Way £5000-£540 Each Way
2 2¾ Halcon Genelardais (FR) 11-0 R Thornton A King 9 5/2 f
  reminders to chase leaders after 1st, driven after 11th, led soon after 2 out, hard ridden and headed flat, no extra opened 5/2 touched 5/2 £5000-£2000 (x2) £1250-£500 (x2) £2250-£1000
3 18 Tidal Bay (IRE) 11-6 Denis O'regan J Howard Johnson 8 9/2
  close up, blundered badly 2nd and lost place, headway to dispute 2nd 8th, ridden after 3 out, weakened next opened 5/1 touched 5/1 £3000-£540 £5000-£1000
4 17 Star De Mohaison (FR) 11-0 B J Geraghty P F Nicholls 8 7/2
  held up, smooth headway after 17th, ridden and every chance 2 out, weakened quickly, finished very tired opened 7/2 touched 7/2 £12000-£3000 £2000-£500
5 dist Ollie Magern 11-10 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 11 50/1
  prominent, led 4th until 6th, prominent until dropped to last tamely after 8th, never back on terms, tailed off opened 50/1 touched 50/1
PU Snoopy Loopy (IRE) 11-10 S E Durack P Bowen 11 20/1
  tracked leaders, ridden after 15th, weakened 17th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out opened 16/1 touched 20/1 £10000-£500 Each Way
PU Nozic (FR) 11-6 R Walsh P F Nicholls 8 9/2
  held up, mistake 2nd, weakened 17th, blundered 4 out, tailed off and pulled up before next opened 9/2 touched 5/1 £1800-£400
PU Roll Along (IRE) 11-4 T J O'Brien C Llewellyn 9 12/1
  close up until weakened 17th, behind when virtually fell 2 out, soon pulled up opened 12/1 touched 14/1 £12000-£1000 Each Way