Horse Alert

16 Apr 2025 17:00 Cheltenham

Winner: £20,000 (Penalty: £10,406); Distance: 2m 179y; Class: 3; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good.

Cheltenham Pony Racing Authority Graduates Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals/Amateurs)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	8	-	King William Rufus (FR) (gelding, bay, 10 13)	221660 / 8	Jump (39)	Charlie Maggs	C Gordon Mrs B Ansell	7/2
		tracked leaders, challenged 2 out, led before last, stayed on well
2^nd	12	½ L	Game Colours (IRE) (mare, bay, 10 10)	3-22313 / 7	Jump (25)	Freddie Gingell	Ben Clarke Baker, Cartwright…	11/2
		held up rear of mid-division, headway before 2 out, stayed on flat, went 2nd close home
3^rd	10	NS	Big Boy Bobby (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 13)	12P8/22 / 7	Flat (1279), Jump (53)	Philip Armson	A King Incipe Partnership	7/1
		held up towards rear, headway after 2 out, every chance last, held and lost 2nd close home
4^th	14	3¼ L	Lunar Sovereign (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 8)	463-533 / 9	Jump (30)	Bruce Lynn	Mrs S Leech Mr John Griffin	22/1
		chased leaders, ridden after 2 out, held last, kept on
5^th	6	1 L	Liverpool Knight (GB) (colt, bay, 11 0)	443823 / 7	Flat (795), Jump (125)	Mr Ben Sutton	F O'Brien The Fob Racing…	14/1
		held up in rear, pushed along before 2 out, switched left and headway before last, stayed on flat, nearest finish
6^th	3	1¼ L	Norman Fletcher (GB) (gelding, chestnut, 11 5)	213P90 / 6	Jump (33)	James Turner	N A Twiston-Davies Mr M Stavrou	15/2
		chased leaders, lost some ground before 3 out, closed back up to challenge before 2 out, no extra flat
7^th	4	HD	Arclight (GB) (filly, bay, 11 4)	111P-P9 / 6	Flat (928), Jump (133)	Freddie Gordon	N J Henderson Fortnum Racing	22/1
		held up in mid-division, towards rear 2 out, stayed on from last, never nearer
8^th	2	2 L	Williethebuilder (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 6)	6-21P94 / 6	Jump (39)	Mr Jack Andrews	D Skelton Mrs Susan Carsberg	9/1
		in touch on inside, pushed along before 2 out, no extra flat
9^th	7	NK	Castel Gandolfo (IRE) (colt, grey, 11 0)	831679 / 8	Flat (380), Jump (173)	Fern O'Brien	F O'Brien Mr Nic Brereton	25/1
		held up in rear, some headway before last, no impression
10^th	5	¾ L	Ballywilliam Boy (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 3)	822329 / 10	Jump (26)	Miss Gina Andrews	G & J Moore Mrs M Devine	33/1
		held up towards rear, headway on outside approaching 2 out, ridden before last, weakened flat
11^th	9	¾ L	Way Out (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 13)	2UU205 / 8	Jump (228)	Luke Scott	Anthony Charlton Acorn Builders…	50/1
		chased leaders on outside, not fluent and lost place 3rd, not fluent 5th, struggling before last, weakened flat
12^th	11	NK	Ashington (GB) (colt, bay, 10 13)	178615 / 10	Flat (83), Jump (25)	Tom Midgley	M Walford Ursa Major Racing…	25/1
		chased leaders, outpaced after 2 out, weakened before last
13^th	15	1¾ L	Lively Citizen (IRE) (gelding, bay, 10 7)	P97143 / 10	Jump (25)	Mrs Izzie Hill	D J Jeffreys Mark E Smith And…	16/1
		handy, close up 2 out, soon ridden, weakened before last
14^th	16	8½ L	Mary (IRE) (filly, bay, 10 2)	12F23F / 6	Jump (125)	Toby Wynne	Ian Williams Eventmasters Racing	16/1
		held up in mid-division, took keen hold, not fluent 4th, well held before last
15^th	13	48 L	Continuance (GB) (colt, bay, 10 8)	1PR11 / 4	Flat (220), Jump (30)	Freddie Keighley	M Keighley Martin Keighley…	8/1
		raced keenly, led, headed before not much room 2 out, soon weakened, tailed off
UR	1	-	Casa No Mento (GB) (mare, bay, 12 0)	11-P441 / 7	Jump (49)	Finn Lambert	N A Twiston-Davies Lrk Racing & Willy…	9/1
		mid-division, went wrong and unseated rider before 3rd