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Thursday March 13 2008
Race Result Cheltenham 13:05 - Result
Royal & Sunalliance Chase (grade 1)
£170000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 110y, Class 1, £96934 penalty, 11 ran
Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 6m 23.7s


Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Albertas Run (IRE) 11-4 A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 7 4/1 f
  held up towards rear, headway 13th, went 3rd after 15th, slightly outpaced after 4 out, closed before 3 out, challenged and going well 2 out, took narrow lead before last, idled flat, soon driven, stayed on well opened 4/1 touched 4/1 £9000-£2000 £4500-£1000 Each Way £4500-£1000 (x2) £20000-£5000 Each Way £20000-£5000 £8000-£2000 (x2)
2 Roll Along (IRE) 11-4 T J Murphy C Llewellyn 8 20/1
  held up, mistake 12th, hit 3 out, in touch, still plenty to do when mistake 2 out, headway approaching last, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, never near winner opened 20/1 touched 20/1 £10000-£500
3 Battlecry 11-4 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 7 25/1
  chased leader to 4th, remained prominent, went 2nd again 11th, led soon after 4 out, hit 3 out, pressed from 2 out, headed before last, weakened flat, lost 2nd towards finish opened 25/1 touched 28/1
4 3 Silverburn (IRE) 11-4 S Thomas P F Nicholls 7 6/1
  prominent, went 2nd 4th, led 10th, not fluent 4 out, soon headed, beaten after 2 out opened 13/2 touched 13/2 £28000-£4000 Each Way
5 13 Air Force One (GER) 11-4 N Fehily C J Mann 6 6/1
  soon in touch, blundered 6th and 11th, hampered 15th, soon ridden, 4th and beaten when mistake 3 out, soon hung left, weakening when mistake 2 out opened 11/2 touched 6/1 £6000-£1000 Each Way £6000-£1000
6 7 Joe Lively (IRE) 11-4 J Tizzard C L Tizzard 9 17/2
  led, hit and headed 10th, ridden 14th, soon behind opened 10/1 touched 11/1 £20000-£2000 Each Way £7200-£800
7 11 Oscar Park (IRE) 11-4 S E Durack D W P Arbuthnot 9 7/1
  not fluent, held up, niggled along briefly after 8th, headway 15th, weakened after 4 out opened 13/2 touched 7/1 £7000-£1000 (x3) £6500-£1000
8 11 Verasi 11-4 P Hide G L Moore 7 20/1
  in rear, pecked 1st, reminders 11th, well behind from 13th opened 25/1 touched 25/1
PU Bagan (FR) 11-4 A Dobbin C J Mann 9 66/1
  held up and behind, pecked 12th, soon struggling, pulled up before 14th opened 80/1 touched 80/1
PU Starzaan (IRE) 11-4 R Thornton H Morrison 9 10/1
  mid-division, in touch, disputing 3rd when blundered badly 15th, beaten when hit 3 out, behind when pulled up before last opened 8/1 touched 10/1
F Pomme Tiepy (FR) 10-9 R Walsh W P Mullins 5 9/2
  held up in touch, fell 9th opened 9/2 touched 11/2 £25000-£5000 £15000-£3000 Each Way £10000-£2000 Each Way
Non-Runners
NR Tidal Bay (IRE) 11-4 J Howard Johnson 7

Tote Win: £4.00  Tote Place: £1.80,£4.60,£7.50 
Straight Forecast: £79.23  Tricast: £1746.99  Exacta: £69.90  Trifecta: £2270.90 

Jackpot: £57,702.70  Pool:£162,543.00  2.00 winning tickets  Placepot: £147.70  Pool:£712,063.88  3,517.10 winning tickets  Quadpot: £17.60  Pool:£37,528.90  1,572.90 winning tickets 
 

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