| Course: CHELTENHAM | Race date:16/04/08 | Race time:4:05 | Runners:14 |
| Race distance:2m5f | Going:Good To Soft | Winners time:5m 17.46s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan | A Coleman | Miss Venetia Williams | 10-7 | 9 | 0 | 136 | 15/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | ||
| Il Duce | Robert Thornton | A King | 11-7 | 8 | 0 | 145 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 1½ | |
| Glenfinn Captain | A P McCoy | T J Taaffe | 10-11 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 7/2F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 7 | |
| Boychuk | Richard Johnson | P J Hobbs | 10-10 | 7 | 0 | 134 | 15/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | nk | |
| Kelrev | Christian Williams | A King | 10-4 | 10 | 0 | 128 | 18/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | ¾ | |
| Abragante | Timmy Murphy | D E Pipe | 10-11 | 7 | 0 | 135 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 6 | |
| Celestial Gold | J W Farrelly | D E Pipe | 11-5 | 10 | 0 | 148 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | hd | |
| Fundamentalist | P J Brennan | N A Twiston-Davies | 11-10 | 10 | 0 | 148 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 1¾ | |
| Vodka Bleu | Tom Scudamore | D E Pipe | 11-8 | 9 | 0 | 146 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 11 | |
| Ofarel D'Airy | R Walsh | P F Nicholls | 11-1 | 6 | 0 | 139 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 3 | |
| Calatagan | T J Dreaper | J M Jefferson | 11-8 | 9 | 0 | 146 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 5 | |
| Yes Sir | T J O´Brien | P Bowen | 10-13 | 9 | 0 | 137 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | 9 | |
| Which Pocket | Tom Siddall | B G Powell | 10-8 | 10 | 0 | 132 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13 | 12 | |
| Hasty Prince | Noel Fehily | Jonjo O´Neill | 10-13 | 10 | 0 | 137 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | F |
Stan chased leaders, driven into narrow advantage 2 out, stayed on well under pressure when challenged run-in, all out
Il Duce chased leaders, challenged from 2 out and still upsides under pressure after last, no extra final 100yds
Glenfinn Captain in rear, hit 13th, headway from 3 out, ridden and stayed on from 2 out but never going pace to trouble leading duo
Boychuk chased leaders until ridden and dropped towards rear after 11th, stayed on under pressure approaching 2 out and ran on close home to take 4th
Kelrev in rear, hit 3rd, headway 4 out, stayed on under pressure after 3 out but never in contention
Abragante in rear, not fluent 4th, ridden after 4 out, moderate progress after 3 out but never in contention
Celestial Gold led, 3 lengths clear 4 out, headed 2 out and weakened quickly
Fundamentalist in touch, chased leaders 8th, ridden 3 out and soon weakened
Vodka Bleu always towards rear
Ofarel D´Airy hit 5th, chased leaders until weakened 4 out
Calatagan jumped poorly in rear throughout, bad mistakes 6th, 13th and 3 out
Yes Sir hit 4th, chased leaders until weakened 12th
Which Pocket chased leaders, hit 4th, blundered 10th, soon weakened
Hasty Prince hit 2nd, in rear and ridden 9th, no chance when fell 4 out
STAN seems to have rediscovered the ability that looked lost as he followed up his Aintree win despite not appearing that well handicapped. Before his recent Aintree call all his wins of three years ago had been achieved on fast ground but he now handles anything on the evidence of his two successes this month. Connections intend to keep him busy as he is now likely to travel to Ayr for a 2m handicap chase on Saturday.
Il Duce at least completed this time as he had pulled up the last twice. Maybe he comes good in the spring and autumn as he came good in blinkers last May and was then runner-up in the Paddy Power Gold Cup last November.
Boychuk came fromway off the pace but his jumping does not help his cause.
Kelrev is still paying for his win at Newbury in December.
Abragante was never really competitive and seems to be a better horse really fresh.
Celestial Gold was sent off in front rather than being held up and at one stage he looked like nicking it but he is really struggling to regain the form he showed before an enforced break through injury.
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