19 Apr 2007 02:55 CHELTENHAM
Winner: £ (Penalty: £9,708); Distance: 4620; Class: 3; Eligibility: 5yo plus; Going: Good.
Novices' Limited Handicap Chase
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 0 |   | - | Ofarel D'airy (FR) (Gelding, , 161) | / 23 | Ruby Walsh | P F Nicholls The Hon Mrs Townshend | |||
| left in lead 1st, headed 5th, led again before 8th, headed 12th, stayed pressing leader, stayed on well under pressure to lead close home | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 0 |   | 1 L | Black Hills (GB) (Gelding, , 158) | / 10 | Jimmy McCarthy | J A Geake The Kingfisher… | |||
| always prominent, not fluent 8th, hit 11th, led next, ridden 2 out, headed close home | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 0 |   | 0.5 L | Il Duce (IRE) (Gelding, , 163) | / 11 | R Thornton | A King Mrs Peter Prowting | |||
| in touch, went 3rd approaching 3 out, soon ridden, switched left between last 2, not fluent last, stayed on | ||||||||||
| 4th | 0 |   | 8 L | Which Pocket (IRE) (Gelding, , 147) | / 13 | Charlie Studd | B G Powell Mr Brendan Laverty | |||
| left pressing winner 1st, led 5th, headed before 8th, jumped slowly 13th, soon lost place, stayed on from 2 out | ||||||||||
| 5th | 0 |   | 13 L | Alrafid (IRE) (Gelding, , 155) | / 14 | J E Moore | G & J Moore Ms G Howell | |||
| held up in last, headway 13th, weakened after 3 out | ||||||||||
| 6th | 0 |   | HD | Dunsfold Duke (GB) (Gelding, , 158) | / 6 | L P Aspell | P Winkworth Mr P Winkworth | |||
| mid-division, progress 8th, went 2nd briefly after 13th, hit 4 out and pecked, weakened from 3 out | ||||||||||
| 7th | 0 |   | 8 L | Borora (GB) (Gelding, , 154) | / 11 | T Doyle | R Lee Mr M B Clarke | |||
| held up towards rear, ridden 12th, no progress | ||||||||||
| 8th | 0 |   | 1 L | You Do The Math (IRE) (Gelding, , 141) | / 11 | Gerard Tumelty | A King Mr Charles Horton | |||
| in rear, ridden after 9th, jumped slowly and lost touch from next | ||||||||||
| 0 |   | - | Its Crucial (IRE) (Gelding, , 148) | / 11 | T Scudamore | N & W Twiston-Davies Mrs Caroline Beresford-Wylie | ||||
| led until slowed up, jumped right and blundered 1st, rider lost both irons, not recover and pulled up | ||||||||||
| 0 |   | - | Easter Present (IRE) (Gelding, , 144) | / 9 | T J Murphy | Miss H C Knight Mrs R A Humphries | ||||
| held up towards rear, lost touch 4 out, tailed off when pulled up | ||||||||||
