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Friday March 14 2008
Race Result Cheltenham 12:30 - Result
David Nicholson Mares Hurdle (grade 2)
£100000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110y, Class 1, £56340 penalty, 13 ran
Going: Good to Soft
Winning Time Winning Time: 5m 01.4s


Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Whiteoak (IRE) 11-0 J M Maguire D McCain Jnr 5 20/1
  held up, jumped right 6th, steady headway when stumbled 3 out, led approaching last where jumped right, headed towards finish, rallied to regain lead post opened 20/1 touched 20/1
2 s.h Refinement (IRE) 11-5 A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 9 10/1
  in rear, several slow jumps, just about in touch 6th, mistake 7th, outpaced and hard ridden from 3 out, still plenty to do from 2 out, progress and 6 lengths 4th last, ran on strongly flat to lead towards finish, idled and headed post opened 9/1 touched 10/1
3 Chomba Womba (IRE) 11-5 M A Fitzgerald N J Henderson 7 10/3 f
  mid-division, headway after 4th, hampered 5th, mistake next, went 2nd 3 out, led approaching last, soon headed, kept on same pace last opened 3/1 touched 10/3 £14000-£4000 (x2) £7000-£2000 (x2) £3500-£1000 (x3) £2800-£800 £10000-£3000 (x2) £3000-£1000
4 3 Gaspara (FR) 11-3 T Scudamore D Pipe 5 7/1
  led, mistake 6th, hit 2 out, soon driven, headed approaching last, held in 3rd when mistake last, stayed on same pace flat opened 7/1 touched 7/1 £5000-£700
5 Theatre Girl 11-0 R Thornton A King 5 9/2
  mid-division, not fluent 4th, headway when hampered 5th, ridden from 2 out, one paced approaching last opened 9/2 touched 9/2 £9000-£2000 Each Way £9000-£2000
6 6 Silver Charmer 11-3 R Walsh H S Howe 9 50/1
  held up and behind, not fluent 5th, stayed on approaching last but never in contention opened 66/1 touched 66/1
7 nk Annie's Answer (IRE) 11-5 A Dobbin Mrs V J Makin 8 50/1
  mid-division, headway approaching 3rd, hampered 5th, soon lost place, no danger after opened 66/1 touched 66/1
8 ½ Labelthou (FR) 11-5 T J Murphy Miss E C Lavelle 9 5/1
  chased leader until 4th, niggled along before next, not much room on bend after 7th, soon lost place, weakened 3 out opened 7/1 touched 7/1 £15000-£2000 (x2) £7000-£1000 £6000-£1000 £5000-£800 (x5) £5000-£900 (x2)
9 La Vecchia Scuola (IRE) 10-5 R McGrath J S Goldie 4 100/1
  chased leaders, not fluent 1st or 2nd, losing place when hampered 5th, behind when mistake 7th opened 100/1 touched 100/1
10 17 Shatabdi (IRE) 11-5 Mr S Waley-Cohen N J Henderson 6 66/1
  mid-division, headway approaching 6th, weakened under pressure after 2 out opened 66/1 touched 66/1 £10000-£100
11 1 Sweet Kiln (IRE) 11-5 T Doyle M Bowe 9 7/2
  chased leaders, went 2nd 4th until after 7th, weakened approaching 2 out opened 10/3 touched 7/2 £17500-£5000 Each Way £14000-£4000 £3500-£1000
12 nk Helens Vision 11-0 L Treadwell Miss H Lewis 5 50/1
  held up in rear, pushed along after 4th, struggling 6th opened 66/1 touched 66/1
F Magical Legend 11-0 T J Malone L Corcoran 7 100/1
  chased leaders, fell 5th opened 100/1 touched 100/1

Tote Win: £26.30  Tote Place: £4.00,£2.60,£1.80 
Straight Forecast: £194.37  Tricast: £841.02  Exacta: £252.00 

Jackpot: £64,442.20 carried forward to Uttoxeter, 15th Mar  Placepot: £191.50  Pool:£696,854.31  2,655.85 winning tickets  Quadpot: £14.70  Pool:£40,829.90  2,047.75 winning tickets 
 

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