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Saturday January 24 2009
Race Result Cheltenham 15:45 - Result
Byrne Group Cleeve Hurdle (grade 2)
£60000 added, 5yo plus, 3m, Class 1, £34206 penalty, 8 ran
Heavy, Soft in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 6m 39.1s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Big Buck's (FR) 11-0 R Walsh P F Nicholls 6 7/2
  held up in last pair, ridden and headway after 2 out, took very narrow advantage last, stayed on strongly, ridden out opened 7/2 touched 7/2 £2000-£500 (x2) £7000-£2000
2 4 Punchestowns (FR) 11-8 B J Geraghty N J Henderson 6 10/11 f
  held up in last pair, not fluent 9th, headway next, joined leader and travelling well after 2 out, every chance last, soon ridden, stayed on same pace opened 1/1 touched 1/1 £1100-£1000 £6000-£6000 £5000-£5000 (x2) £3000-£3000 (x4) £2000-£2000 £1200-£1200 £1000-£1000 (x7) £660-£660 £600-£600 £500-£500 (x4)
3 2¼ Fair Along (GER) 11-4 R Johnson P J Hobbs 7 8/1
  prominent, led after 5th, quickened pace after 3 out, ridden after 2 out, narrowly headed when hit last, no extra opened 15/2 touched 8/1 £5000-£600 Each Way
4 12 Lough Derg (FR) 11-8 T Scudamore D Pipe 9 16/1
  held up in touch, hit 9th, outpaced 3 out, stayed on again approaching last, went 4th flat opened 18/1 touched 18/1
5 ¾ No Refuge (IRE) 11-0 D F O'Regan J Howard Johnson 9 28/1
  tracked leaders, ridden after 2 out, soon one pace opened 25/1 touched 28/1
6 5 Blazing Bailey 11-8 R Thornton A King 7 6/1
  tracked leaders, ridden when hit 2 out, weakened last opened 8/1 touched 8/1 £3250-£500
7 ½ Turpin Green (IRE) 11-0 Brian Harding N G Richards 10 66/1
  tracked leaders, not fluent 9th and lost place, ridden after 3 out, one pace from next opened 66/1 touched 66/1
8 15 Pettifour (IRE) 11-8 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 7 33/1
  led at steady pace, headed after 6th, prominent, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last, eased opened 28/1 touched 33/1 £10000-£300 Each Way £5000-£150 Each Way