Full Results
15:00 Cheltenham
Sporting Index Chase (A Cross Country Chase)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 3m 7f
- Going: Good, Good to Soft places on cross country course
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer A Martin
- Jockey Paul Carberry
held up in rear steady headway from 26th, chased leaders 2 out, hard ridden and stayed on gamely run-in to lead close home
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey J Tizzard
chased leaders, left in lead 18th, headed 22nd, led again 26th, hard ridden and kept on run-in, headed and no extra near finish
- Weight 11-11
hit 2nd, behind, headway 19th, pressed leader 4 out, still every chance run-in, no extra under pressure near finish
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer K Bailey & M Nicholls
- Jockey N Williamson
behind, hit 2nd and 9th, headway 22nd, chasing leaders when badly hampered 25th, stayed prominent, hard ridden 2 out, every chance last, one pace
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey A Dobbin
led, clear 12th, faltered, headed and lost many lenghts 18th, led again 22nd, headed 26th, weakened 3 out
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey Jim Crowley
chased leaders, ridden 22nd, weakened and bundered 26th
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer P Eccles
- Jockey R Thornton
chased leader, challenged 18th, ridden 22nd, weakened 26th