Sporting Life - Racing | Result, Cheltenham 24-01-2009 Byrne Group Cleeve Hurdle (grade 2)

Saturday January 24 2009

Cheltenham 15:45 - Result

Byrne Group Cleeve Hurdle (grade 2)

£60000 added, 5yo plus, 3m, Class 1, £34206 penalty, 8 ran

Going: Heavy, Soft in places

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Winning Time: 6m 39.1s

Pos.	Draw	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	Denis 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	B 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

Tote Win: Ł4.30 Tote Place: Ł1.30,Ł1.20,Ł1.90
Straight Forecast: Ł7.22 Exacta: Ł6.90 Trifecta: Ł36.00
Swingers:1&2:Ł1.50, 2&3:Ł2.90, 1&3:Ł3.60

Jackpot: £9,727.50 Pool:£13,700.76 1.00 winning tickets Placepot: £8.40 Pool:£186,327.47 16,158.74 winning tickets Quadpot: £5.60 Pool:£10,194.66 1,329.04 winning tickets