Cheltenham 12:30 - Result
Winning Time: 8m 26.3s
| Pos. | Dist. | Horse | Wt | Jockey | Trainer | Age | SP | |
| 1 | Old Benny | 11-7 | Mr C Huxley | A King | 7 | 9/1 | ||
| mid-division, hampered 5 out, headway 3 out, kept on to lead last, ran on opened 12/1 touched 12/1 £10000-£900 Each Way | ||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Over The Creek | 12-0 | Mr J Guerriero | D Pipe | 9 | 7/1 | |
| towards rear, headway on bit 4 out, led briefly approaching last, soon ridden and no impression opened 6/1 touched 7/1 £7000-£1000 (x2) | ||||||||
| 3 | 4½ | Back On Line (IRE) | 11-7 | Mr W Biddick | Miss V Williams | 8 | 8/1 | |
| in touch, mistake 19th, ridden 3 out and not fluent, led 2 out, headed soon after, one pace opened 17/2 touched 17/2 £8500-£1000 | ||||||||
| 4 | hd | Niche Market (IRE) | 11-7 | Mr J J Codd | R H Buckler | 7 | 66/1 | |
| mid-division, ridden when mistake 2 out, stayed on, not troubled leaders opened 66/1 touched 66/1 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1¼ | Ornais (FR) | 12-0 | Mr N Scholfield | P F Nicholls | 6 | 9/2 f | |
| held up, ridden and effort 3 out, weakened approaching last opened 4/1 touched 5/1 £25000-£5000 Each Way £10000-£2000 Each Way £5000-£1000 £18000-£4000 Each Way £20000-£5000 Each Way | ||||||||
| 6 | 1¼ | Dreux (FR) | 11-11 | Mr M J O'Connor | Thomas Cooper | 6 | 100/1 | |
| tracked leaders, led 7th, headed approaching 8th, mistake 9th, led again 13th, ridden when headed 2 out, weakened last opened 100/1 touched 100/1 | ||||||||
| 7 | ¾ | Menchikov (FR) | 11-11 | Mr J Snowden | N J Henderson | 8 | 20/1 | |
| mid-division, mistake 8th, mistake again 14th, jumped right 17th, chasing leaders when hampered and mistake 2 out, weakened last opened 20/1 touched 22/1 | ||||||||
| 8 | 5 | Sandhurst (IRE) | 11-7 | Mr J P McKeown | Edgar Byrne | 8 | 12/1 | |
| in touch, mistake 14th, weakened 5 out opened 10/1 touched 12/1 | ||||||||
| 9 | ¾ | Sizing Australia (IRE) | 11-7 | Mr D Roche | H De Bromhead | 6 | 25/1 | |
| mid-division, mistake 13th, headway to chase leaders 3 out, ridden when mistake 2 out and soon weakened opened 28/1 touched 28/1 | ||||||||
| 10 | 1 | Rimsky (IRE) | 11-11 | Mr R Morgan | N A Twiston-Davies | 7 | 16/1 | |
| towards rear, headway 13th, mistake 15th, weakened next opened 20/1 touched 20/1 | ||||||||
| 11 | 3¾ | Oulart (IRE) | 11-7 | Miss N Carberry | D T Hughes | 9 | 16/1 | |
| keen, left in lead 4th, headed briefly 7th, headed again 13th, ridden and mistake 5 out, effort again approaching 3 out, soon held opened 20/1 touched 20/1 £15000-£600 Each Way £20000-£1000 Each Way | ||||||||
| 12 | 20 | Here's Johnny (IRE) | 11-11 | Miss P Gundry | V R A Dartnall | 9 | 16/1 | |
| held up, mistake 1st, mistake 7th, ridden and switched right, headway 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out opened 16/1 touched 16/1 | ||||||||
| PU | Millards Lad (IRE) | 12-0 | Nick Williams | A Bateman | 9 | 66/1 | ||
| tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, weakened soon after, pulled up approaching last opened 66/1 touched 66/1 | ||||||||
| PU | The King of Angels (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr Alan Berry | Jonjo O'Neill | 6 | 50/1 | ||
| mid-division, hampered 4th, ridden 11th, mistake 17th, lost touch when pulled up before 19th opened 40/1 touched 50/1 | ||||||||
| PU | Beantown (IRE) | 11-11 | Mr Derek O'Connor | Sean Aherne | 10 | 9/1 | ||
| in rear, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out opened 8/1 touched 9/1 £10000-£1200 Each Way | ||||||||
| F | Ice Tea (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr R Burton | D McCain Jnr | 8 | 16/1 | ||
| keen, led 2nd, fell 4th opened 20/1 touched 22/1 £20000-£1000 | ||||||||
| F | In Accord | 11-11 | Mr T Greenall | H D Daly | 9 | 33/1 | ||
| in touch, mistake 14th and 17th, ridden after 4 out, weakened 2 out, behind when fell last opened 33/1 touched 33/1 | ||||||||
| F | Sherwoods Folly | 11-11 | Mr D Murphy | H D Daly | 6 | 25/1 | ||
| towards rear when fell 8th opened 25/1 touched 25/1 | ||||||||
| UR | Leading Authority (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr J E Tudor | C L Tizzard | 7 | 33/1 | ||
| led, headed and mistake 2nd, hampered and unseated rider 4th opened 33/1 touched 40/1 | ||||||||
| UR | Pass It On (IRE) | 11-11 | Mr J T McNamara | Jonjo O'Neill | 9 | 20/1 | ||
| in rear, badly hampered and unseated rider 4th opened 25/1 touched 25/1 | ||||||||
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