Horse Alert

15 Dec 2007 14:40 Cheltenham

Winner: £150,000 (Penalty: £85,530); Distance: 2m 5f; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good.

Boylesports.com Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	2	-	Tamarinbleu (FR) (Gelding, Bay, 162lbs)	61P6-31 / 24	Jump (188)	D F O'Regan	D Pipe The Arthur White…	22/1
		made all, asserted approaching 4 out, ridden between last 2, stayed on well flat
2^nd	7	2½ L	Le Volfoni (FR) (Gelding, Bay, 159lbs)	3646-U5 / 7	Jump (49)	Mr N Scholfield	P F Nicholls Mr A F Banks	25/1
		mid-division, hit 6th, headway after 11th, blundered 4 out, hit 3 out, went 2nd after 2 out, stayed on flat, no impression on winner
3^rd	17	3 L	Patman Du Charmil (FR) (Gelding, Bay, 147lbs)	PP-1135 / 9	Jump (28)	David England	N A Twiston-Davies Mr H R Mould	20/1
		pressed winner until 13th, remained in 2nd, hit 4 out and 3 out, lost 2nd after 2 out, one pace
4^th	3	¾ L	Faasel (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 162lbs)	51422-2 / 12	Jump (42)	Brian Harding	N G Richards Mr J Heard	11/1
		held up in rear, mistake 3rd, headway approaching 13th, outpaced when not fluent 3 out, stayed on from 2 out, kept on flat
5^th	14	1½ L	Palarshan (FR) (Gelding, Bay, 152lbs)	036P/2-4 / 11	Jump (28)	R Johnson	H D Daly Sumner Wellesley	7/1
		held up towards rear, headway approaching 12th, mistake 3 out, soon outpaced, stayed on from last
6^th	12	1¼ L	Magic Sky (FR) (Gelding, Bay, 154lbs)	987423 / 11	Jump (14)	C Poste	M F Harris Mrs D J Brown	33/1
		held up towards rear, headway after 4 out, stayed on same pace from 2 out, not troubled leaders
7^th	11	7 L	Idole First (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 155lbs)	6/1341-P / 14	Jump (28)	A O'Keeffe	Miss V Williams Mrs A Turner	16/1
		prominent early, in touch, outpaced when blundered 4 out, no impression on leaders after, blundered 2 out
8^th	6	4 L	Yes Sir (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 159lbs)	1D7-1578 / 11	Jump (21)	N D Fehily	P & M Bowen Ms Y M Hill & Mr…	50/1
		chased leaders, blundered 11th, weakened after 3 out, blundered 2 out
9^th	13	23 L	Black Hills (GB) (Gelding, Bay, 152lbs)	221-001 / 10	Jump (18)	P A Carberry	J A Geake The Kingfisher…	33/1
		held up, behind 10th, blundered 4 out
10^th	8	3 L	New Alco (FR) (Gelding, Bay, 158lbs)	2267-1P / 10	Jump (14)	G Lee	Ferdy Murphy Mr Ferdy Murphy	9/1
		chased leaders, lost place after 7th, behind after
11^th	10	20 L	Roman Ark (GB) (Gelding, Grey, 157lbs)	11408-1 / 10	Jump (21)	F King	J M Jefferson Mr Richard Collins	33/1
		mid-division, ridden after 11th, soon struggling, tailed off
PU	15	-	Copsale Lad (GB) (Gelding, Chestnut, 148lbs)	P105-76 / 12	Jump (15)	M A Fitzgerald	N J Henderson Swallow Partnership	16/1
		mid-division, blundered 6th, headway approaching 8th, blundered badly 11th, lost place, blundered again 12th, soon behind, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
PU	16	-	Abragante (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 147lbs)	341-110 / 11	Jump (14)	A P McCoy	D Pipe Mrs D Monteith	9/2
		behind, jumped big 1st, hit 3rd, soon lost ground on remainder, behind when pulled up before 6th
PU	9	-	New Little Bric (FR) (Gelding, Chestnut, 157lbs)	13117-4 / 8	Jump (21)	S Thomas	P F Nicholls Mrs Kathy Stuart	7/2
		held up in rear, headway approaching 9th (water), reminder after 10th, weakened after next, well behind when pulled up before 4 out
	5	-	Knight Legend (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 159lbs)	1821B2 / 13	Jump (30)	B J Geraghty	Mrs J Harrington Yen Hall Farm Racing
		Nonrunner
PU	4	-	Il Duce (IRE) (Gelding, Brown, 160lbs)	PF23-12 / 11	Jump (28)	R Thornton	A King Mrs Peter Prowting	7/1
		held up in rear, blundered 7th, not fluent 9th (water), soon driven and struggling, well behind when pulled up before 12th
PU	1	-	Knowhere (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 166lbs)	80U-135 / 13	Jump (14)	P J Brennan	N A Twiston-Davies Mr H R Mould	20/1
		chased leaders, hit 12th, soon ridden, hit 3 out, weakening when pulled up before 2 out