Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Cheltenham 15-11-2008 Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase (grade 3 Handicap)

Saturday November 15 2008

Cheltenham 14:35 - Result

Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase (grade 3 Handicap)

£150000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110y, Class 1, £85515 penalty, 19 ran

Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places

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Winning Time: 5m 18.6s

Pos.	Draw	Dist.	Horse	Wt	Jockey	Trainer	Age	SP
1			Imperial Commander (IRE)	10-7	P J Brennan	N A Twiston-Davies	7	13/2
		in touch, led 9th, ridden after 2 out, kept on gamely opened 15/2 touched 15/2
2		2¾	Barbers Shop	10-10	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson	6	5/1
		in touch, took closer order 10th, went 2nd 3 out, ridden after next, kept on, always held by winner opened 13/2 touched 13/2 £5000-£800 £2500-£400 £3250-£500 £12000-£2000
3		11	Private Be	10-6	R Johnson	P J Hobbs	9	25/1
		in touch, mistake 5th and lot place, headway 9th, ridden after 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, kept on same pace, hung left from last opened 28/1 touched 28/1
4		4	Il Duce (IRE)	11-2	W Hutchinson	A King	8	40/1
		in touch, headway 10th, ridden approaching 3 out, kept on same pace, left 4th last opened 50/1 touched 50/1
5		2	Three Mirrors	10-13	G Lee	Ferdy Murphy	8	50/1
		held up towards rear, slightly hampered 4 out, ridden and stayed on after 2 out, never trouble leaders opened 50/1 touched 50/1
6		2	Silverburn (IRE)	10-11	R Walsh	P F Nicholls	7	11/4 f
		mid-division when stumbled badly 1st, headway after 4 out, disputing 5 lengths 4th when stumbled badly 2 out, soon ridden and beaten opened 7/2 touched 7/2 £7000-£2000 (x2) £3500-£1000 £3500-£1000 Each Way £3000-£1000 (x2) £2000-£600 £1500-£500
7		s.h	Maljimar (IRE)	10-7	D Jacob	Nick Williams	8	16/1
		mid-division, headway after 11th, ridden when awkward 2 out, stayed on same pace opened 14/1 touched 16/1
8		11	Bible Lord (IRE)	10-5	M D Grant	Andrew Turnell	7	12/1
		chased leaders, ridden after 11th, weakened next opened 14/1 touched 14/1
9		8	Turko (FR)	11-8	S Thomas	P F Nicholls	6	33/1
		prominent until 8th, gradually lost place, mistake 10th, weakened after next opened 33/1 touched 33/1
10		5	Ashley Brook (IRE) (ex5)	11-9	T J O'Brien	K Bishop	10	20/1
		led until 3rd, chased leaders, gradually lost place from 8th, behind when hampered 4 out opened 22/1 touched 22/1 £10000-£300 Each Way
11		dist	Piraya (FR)	11-1	T Scudamore	D Pipe	5	20/1
		hit 1st, mid-division until 10th, soon behind opened 16/1 touched 20/1
PU			Mister McGoldrick	11-12	D Elsworth	Mrs S J Smith	11	33/1
		chased leaders until 8th, soon behind, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out opened 33/1 touched 33/1
PU			Don't Push It (IRE)	11-3	A P McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill	8	12/1
		held up towards rear, hit 7th, soon ridden, mistake 9th, pulled up before next opened 10/1 touched 12/1
PU			Stan (NZ)	10-12	A Coleman (3)	Miss V Williams	9	18/1
		chased leaders until after 10th, soon behind, pulled up before 2 out opened 20/1 touched 20/1
PU			Vodka Bleu (FR)	10-11	T J Murphy	D Pipe	9	40/1
		always behind, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out opened 40/1 touched 40/1
PU			Fleet Street	10-7	A Tinkler	N J Henderson	9	16/1
		towards rear when lost touch quickly, pulled up after 7th opened 16/1 touched 16/1
PU			Patman Du Charmil (FR)	10-5	David England	N A Twiston-Davies	6	50/1
		mid-division until 8th, soon behind, pulled up after 4 out opened 50/1 touched 50/1
F			Ouzbeck (FR)	11-7	R Thornton	A King	6	10/1
		mid-division, headway after 11th, ridden to dispute 3rd 2 out, 4th and beaten when fell last opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £22000-£2000 £10000-£800
F			Yes Sir (IRE)	10-12	S E Durack	P Bowen	9	33/1
		led 3rd until 9th, chasing winner when fell 4 out opened 33/1 touched 33/1

Non-Runners
NR			Sky's The Limit (FR)	11-1	A J Mcnamara	E J O'Grady	7

Tote Win: Ł7.50 Tote Place: Ł2.10,Ł1.90,Ł5.80,Ł11.00
Straight Forecast: Ł37.34 Tricast: Ł797.37 Exacta: Ł41.90 Trifecta: Ł1661.90

Jackpot: £53,905.26 carried forward to Cheltenham, 16th Nov Placepot: £326.00 Pool:£237,889.19 532.64 winning tickets Quadpot: £36.90 Pool:£16,709.19 334.55 winning tickets