Full Results
14:55 Cheltenham
Messier-dowty Landing Gear Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (Class 3)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 2m 5f
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £15,500 added
- Form 225132
- Age 5
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 134
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Ruby Walsh
left in lead 1st, headed 5th, led again before 8th, headed 12th, stayed pressing leader, stayed on well under pressure to lead close home
- Form 232122
- Age 8
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer J A Geake
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
always prominent, not fluent 8th, hit 11th, led next, ridden 2 out, headed close home
- Form 231PF2
- Age 7
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 132
- Trainer A King
- Jockey R Thornton
in touch, went 3rd approaching 3 out, soon ridden, switched left between last 2, not fluent last, stayed on
- Form 22-8P12
- Age 9
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 121
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey Charlie Studd
left pressing winner 1st, led 5th, headed before 8th, jumped slowly 13th, soon lost place, stayed on from 2 out
Alrafid (IRE)
162- Form 313341
- Age 8
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 124
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J E Moore
held up in last, headway 13th, weakened after 3 out
- Form 4P3-1R2
- Age 7
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer P Winkworth
- Jockey L P Aspell
mid-division, progress 8th, went 2nd briefly after 13th, hit 4 out and pecked, weakened from 3 out
- Form 222-421
- Age 7
- Weight 10-6
- Official Rating 115
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Gerard Tumelty
in rear, ridden after 9th, jumped slowly and lost touch from next
- Form 9570-01
- Age 7
- Weight 10-8
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey T Scudamore
led until slowed up, jumped right and blundered 1st, rider lost both irons, not recover, pulled up before 3rd
- Form 2/U306-P
- Age 8
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
held up towards rear, lost touch 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
- Form 120131
- Age 8
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 133
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
Withdrawn
- Form 512436
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 129
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey T J O'Brien
Withdrawn
- Form 4-4251P
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 124
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey A P McCoy
Nonrunner
Betting breakdown
- Tote Win: £4.00Tote Place: £1.90,£2.20,£2.20
- Straight Forecast: £33.41Exacta: £22.80Trifecta: £70.10
- Placepot: £662.80Pool: £113,455.65,124.95 winning tickets
- Quadpot: £84.70Pool: £6,851.30,59.8 winning tickets