Friday March 16 2012
Cheltenham 16:00 - Result
Christie's Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup
£35000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 2f 110y, Class 2, 22 ran
Winner £20986
2nd £6556
3rd £3276
4th £1638
5th £819
6th £413
Good, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time: 6m 44.4s
| Pos. | Dist. | Horse | Wt | Jockey | Trainer | Age | SP | ||
| 1 | Salsify (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr C J Sweeney | R Sweeney | 7 | 7/1 | |||
| held up behind, headway on inside 16th, went 3rd 2 out, led last, ridden and held on flat opened 5/1 touched 7/1 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Chapoturgeon (FR) | 12-0 | Mr J Barber | R Barber | 8 | 3/1 f | ||
| held up behind, hit 13th, headway 18th, 4th 2 out, stayed on to challenge last, ridden and every chance flat, held towards finish opened 5/1 touched 5/1 £90000-£15000 £20000-£4000 £5000-£1000 £4500-£1000 (x2) | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Oscar Delta (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr D Murphy | J J Mangan | 9 | 28/1 | ||
| chased leaders, headway and in touch bypassing 4th last, led after 3 out, headed last, ridden and weakened flat opened 33/1 touched 33/1 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | My Flora | 11-7 | Mr Tom David | Mrs E Crow | 8 | 9/1 | ||
| mid-division, headway 16th, led bypassing 4th last, headed after 3 out, kept on same pace, no impression last opened 9/1 touched 10/1 | |||||||||
| 5 | ¾ | Turko (FR) | 12-0 | Mr S Allwood | Mrs L Borradaile | 10 | 66/1 | ||
| in touch, not much room bypassing 4th last, soon outpaced, ridden and rallied after 3 out, no impression from next opened 50/1 touched 66/1 | |||||||||
| 6 | ½ | Cloudy Lane | 12-0 | Mr R O Harding | D McCain Jnr | 12 | 9/2 | ||
| towards rear, headway 18th, chased leaders 3 out, kept on same pace from next, no impression opened 9/2 touched 11/2 £10000-£1800 | |||||||||
| 7 | ¾ | Merchant Royal (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr R P McNamara | D K Weld | 8 | 15/2 | ||
| mid-division, jumped slowly 7th, outpaced 3 out, kept on under pressure from next, never reached leaders opened 10/1 touched 10/1 £7500-£1000 | |||||||||
| 8 | ½ | Bradley | 12-0 | Mr M Wall | F M O'Brien | 8 | 25/1 | ||
| mid-division, mistake 5th and 13th, outpaced 3 out, kept on from last, never near leaders opened 25/1 touched 25/1 | |||||||||
| 9 | 10 | Not Before Eight (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr B O'Neill | D M Christie | 8 | 40/1 | ||
| awkwardly away, behind, plugged on from 3 out, never nearer opened 40/1 touched 50/1 | |||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Boxer Georg (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr P W Mullins | W P Mullins | 10 | 16/1 | ||
| mid-division, outpaced 3 out, never on terms opened 14/1 touched 16/1 | |||||||||
| 11 | hd | Herons well | 12-0 | Mr Josh Halley | Miss R Curtis | 9 | 66/1 | ||
| chased leaders, outpaced 18th, soon behind opened 80/1 touched 80/1 | |||||||||
| 12 | 6 | Keenan's Future (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr J Hodson | S Rea | 11 | 100/1 | ||
| mid-division, headway 18th, ridden 3 out, soon weakened opened 80/1 touched 100/1 | |||||||||
| 13 | 6 | Surenaga (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr W Kinsey | Phillip Rowley | 10 | 100/1 | ||
| chased leaders to 17th, soon behind opened 100/1 touched 100/1 | |||||||||
| 14 | 9 | Barbers Shop | 12-0 | Mr N De Boinville | N J Henderson | 10 | 12/1 | ||
| in touch, dropped to mid-division when not fluent 11th, lost cheekpiece next, outpaced 3 out, never on terms opened 12/1 touched 14/1 | |||||||||
| PU | Blackstaff (IRE) | 12-0 | Miss E Kelly | Mrs J Williams | 7 | 100/1 | |||
| slowly away, always behind, blundered 18th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out opened 100/1 touched 100/1 | |||||||||
| PU | Count Salazar (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr P D Collins | E Doyle | 7 | 50/1 | |||
| chased leaders, lost place when blundered 17th, pulled up before next opened 50/1 touched 50/1 | |||||||||
| PU | Picaroon | 12-0 | Mrs Alex Dunn | Mrs A Vaughan | 8 | 50/1 | |||
| raced keenly, with leader, led 3rd, hampered by loose horse 10th, clear 12th, blundered 14th, jumped right from next, blundered 17th, headed bypassing 4th last, lost place 3 out, weakened and pulled up before last opened 50/1 touched 50/1 | |||||||||
| PU | Rowdy Rampage (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr James Cowley | P F Nicholls | 8 | 28/1 | |||
| chased leaders to halfway, soon behind, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out opened 33/1 touched 33/1 | |||||||||
| UR | Eleazar (GER) | 12-0 | Mr M G Nolan | Mrs L Wadham | 11 | 66/1 | |||
| led to 3rd, remained in touch, lost place when blundered and unseated rider 16th opened 50/1 touched 66/1 | |||||||||
| UR | Enter Paradise (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr D L Queally | C J Mann | 8 | 25/1 | |||
| tracked leaders until blundered and unseated rider 3rd opened 20/1 touched 25/1 | |||||||||
| UR | Just Amazing (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr D Collins | P F Nicholls | 9 | 25/1 | |||
| mid-division in touch when blundered and unseated rider 9th opened 25/1 touched 25/1 | |||||||||
| UR | Roulez Cool | 12-0 | Mr S Waley-Cohen | R Waley-Cohen | 9 | 16/1 | |||
| in touch, tracked leader when blundered and unseated rider 9th opened 20/1 touched 20/1 | |||||||||
| Non-Runners | |||||||||
| NR | On The Fringe (IRE) | 12-0 | Mr J T McNamara | E Bolger | 7 | ||||
| NR | Theatre Diva (IRE) | 11-7 | Non Runner | Miss J du Plessis | 11 | ||||