Cheltenham
13:45
From The Horse's Mouth Podcast Novices' Chase () (GBB Race)
Cheltenham Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 Distance: 3m½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £3.25 Place: £1.70 £1.90 Exacta: £8.60 Trifecta: £19.10
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Broadway Boy (IRE) 7 G Good Nigel Twiston-Davies 158 lbs 9/4J Won Made all - not fluent 3rd - not fluent 10th - mistake 4 out - went clear after 3 out - ridden run-in - kept on well(op 11/4)
2nd 6 Weveallbeencaught (IRE) 8 G AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 158 lbs 11/4 20 In touch with leaders - not fluent 6th - went second 14th - mistake 4 out - no chance with winner when jumped right last - just held second(op 3/1)
3rd 4 Good Risk At All (FR) 7 G Good Sam Thomas 158 lbs 9/4J .75 Didn't jump with fluency - held up in rear - mistake 5th - headway and went third 5 out - not fluent 3 out - soon no chance with winner - kept on run-in
4th 5 Mister Coffey (FR) 10 G AVG Nicky Henderson 158 lbs 5/1 9.5 Took keen hold - raced in second - jumped left 8th - bad mistake and lost second 14th - not fluent 5 out - rallied 2 out - mistake last - soon weakened (vet said gelding lost his right-fore shoe)(tchd 11/2)
99th 1 Alaphilippe (IRE) 11 G AVG Fergal O'Brien 158 lbs 12/1 - Didn't jump with fluency - towards rear - outpaced when mistake 12th - jumped left 4 out - detached when pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling; vet had nothing to report)(op 10/1 tchd 9/1)
99th 3 Cloudy Flamingo (IRE) 7 G Poor Keiran Burke 158 lbs 80/1 - Raced wide - took keen hold - in touch with leaders - dropped to last 7th - mistake 9th - pulled up with one circuit to go(op 50/1 tchd 100/1)