16 Mar 2004 04:00 CHELTENHAM
Winner: £ (Penalty: £46,400); Distance: 5390; Class: 0; Eligibility: 5yo plus; Going: Good.
Nat Hunt Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
| Place | No (Draw) |
Silks | Beaten Distance |
Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
0 |
| - |
Fork Lightning (IRE) (Gelding, , 145) |
/ 25 |
R Thornton | A King Mr & Mrs F C Welch |
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| held up in rear, steady headway from 8th, led 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on well | ||||||||||
2nd |
0 |
| 2 L |
Shardam (IRE) (Gelding, , 147) |
/ 9 |
C Llewellyn | N A Twiston-Davies Mr Howard Parker |
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| always prominent, ridden and every chance 2 out, not fluent last, stayed on flat, no extra near finish | ||||||||||
3rd |
0 |
| 9 L |
Royal Auclair (FR) (Gelding, , 149) |
/ 12 |
Ruby Walsh | P F Nicholls Mr Clive D Smith |
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| prominent, ridden and outpaced approaching 3 out, stayed on one pace from next | ||||||||||
4th |
0 |
| 1.75 L |
Kelami (FR) (Gelding, , 145) |
/ 11 |
T Doumen | F Doumen Halewood International… |
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| held up, headway 5th, led 4 out, ridden and headed 2 out, weakened last | ||||||||||
5th |
0 |
| 5 L |
Chicuelo (FR) (Gelding, , 147) |
/ 12 |
A P McCoy | M C Pipe Mr Roy Neal |
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| towards rear, losing place when mistake 14th, stayed on again approaching last, never dangerous | ||||||||||
6th |
0 |
| 6 L |
You're Agoodun (GB) (Gelding, , 137) |
/ 14 |
T J Malone | M C Pipe Mr J S Lammiman |
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| held up, ridden and not fluent 7th, never on terms | ||||||||||
7th |
0 |
| 3.5 L |
Master Tern (USA) (Gelding, , 140) |
/ 12 |
A Dobbin | Jonjo & A O'Neill Mr John P McManus |
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| held up, ridden and headway 14th, losing place when hit next, stayed on again from 2 out, never a factor | ||||||||||
8th |
0 |
| 12 L |
Haut Cercy (FR) (Gelding, , 149) |
/ 11 |
R Johnson | H D Daly The Wiggin Partnership |
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| in touch, not fluent 8th, hampered next, headway 15th, ridden approaching 4 out, weakened next | ||||||||||
9th |
0 |
| Dist |
Dark Stranger (FR) (Gelding, , 140) |
/ 17 |
Paul Carberry | M C Pipe Mr Terry Neill |
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| led to 4 out, ridden and weakened before next | ||||||||||
0 |
| - |
Marlborough (IRE) (Gelding, , 166) |
/ 15 |
M A Fitzgerald | N J Henderson Sir Robert Ogden |
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| held up in rear, ridden after 9th, soon struggling, behind when pulled up | ||||||||||
0 |
| - |
Tyneandthyneagain (GB) (Gelding, , 155) |
/ 11 |
H Oliver | R C Guest Mr N B Mason |
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| tracked leader to 8th, pushed along next, weakened 12th, behind when pulled up | ||||||||||