Horse Alert

01 Mar 2012 16:00 Ludlow

Winner: £12,500 (Penalty: £7,912); Distance: 3m; Class: 3; Eligibility: 5YO plus; Going: Good.

Forbra Gold Challenge Cup (Handicap Chase)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	8	-	Drumbaloo (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 1)	71-0104 / 8	Jump (50)	Paul Moloney	Evan Williams Arc	13/2
		held up in rear, headway and switched right before 3 out, led run-in, kept on
2^nd	3	1¼ L	Cootehill (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 5)	86-5421 / 10	Jump (64)	Sam Twiston-Davies	N A Twiston-Davies Mrs Felicity Griffin	7/2
		held up mid-division, headway after 5 out, led 3 out, hit last, headed run-in, kept on
3^rd	5	14 L	Theatre Diva (IRE) (Mare, bay, 11 2)	2U11-36 / 11	Jump (12)	Miss J Buck	Miss J Du Plessis Miss J du Plessis	7/1
		held up towards rear, mistake 12th, headway after 5 out, kept on
4^th	2	NS	Fairoak Lad (IRE) (Gelding, brown, 11 10)	341P/35- / 9	Jump (494)	T J O'Brien	P Hobbs & J White Mr Alan Peterson	3/1
		tracked leaders, mistake 13th, weakened before 4 out
5^th	9	1½ L	Maraafeq (USA) (Gelding, bay, 10 7)	43P-65B / 8	Flat (1745), Jump (81)	Harry Challoner	Miss V Williams John & Zara Johnstone	9/2
		tracked leaders early, soon mid-division, headway to go 2nd after 5 out, ridden before next, weakened before 2 out
6^th	4	½ L	Rackham Lerouge (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 3)	313-P9P / 8	Flat (977), Jump (65)	B J Geraghty	N J Henderson Mrs Judy Wilson	8/1
		held up mid-division, headway 5 out, went 2nd 4 out, every chance 3 out, weakened before last
7^th	1	3 L	Estates Recovery (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	1-11576 / 9	Jump (60)	Mr M Wall	H J Evans Mr Mark Benton	33/1
		led, ridden and headed 3 out, weakened before last
8^th	6	26 L	Checkerboard (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 1)	P5-1209 / 12	Jump (60)	Sean Quinlan	F O'Brien Mrs S J Furber	20/1
		tracked leader, lost place 5 out, soon in rear
	7	-	Roseneath (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 1)	11F-1PR / 11	Jump (13)	S P Jones	A M Hales The Strathclyders