20 Dec 2008 13:40 Ascot
Winner: £200,000 (Penalty: £114,020); Distance: 2m 110y; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good to Soft.
Boylesports.com International Hurdle (Grade 2)
| Place | No (Draw) |
Silks | Beaten Distance |
Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |
2 |
| - |
Binocular (FR) (Horse (entire), bay, 11 4) |
1121-1 / 21 |
Flat (531), Jump (28) |
A P McCoy | N J Henderson Mr John P McManus |
1/1 | |
| held up behind leaders, smooth headway to lead 2 out, soon clear, readily | ||||||||||
2nd |
3 |
| 4½ L |
Celestial Halo (IRE) (Colt, bay, 11 4) |
1212- / 10 |
Flat (462), Jump (261) |
Ruby Walsh | P F Nicholls The Stewart Family |
16/1 | |
| led, soon clear, ridden and headed 2 out, kept on, not pace of winner | ||||||||||
3rd |
5 |
| 12 L |
Chomba Womba (IRE) (Mare, bay, 11 1) |
1113-11 / 8 |
Jump (28) | B J Geraghty | N J Henderson Mr & Mrs R Kelvin… |
11/2 | |
| held up behind leaders, ridden after 3 out, stayed on to go 3rd approaching last, not pace of leaders | ||||||||||
4th |
1 |
| 1¼ L |
Katchit (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 8) |
3211-23 / 8 |
Flat (840), Jump (42) |
R Thornton | A King D S J P Syndicate |
7/1 | |
| chased leader to after 3 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace | ||||||||||
5th |
4 |
| 3 L |
Crack Away Jack (GB) (Gelding, chestnut, 11 2) |
5311-12 / 11 |
Flat (775), Jump (28) |
Jack Doyle | Miss E C Lavelle GDM Partnership |
11/4 | |
| held up last, headway to join leaders after 6th, ridden after 3 out, 3rd and beaten when blundered 2 out | ||||||||||