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Cheltenham
17:20
Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase (Spon By Thames Materials) (GBB)
Cheltenham Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 Distance: 3m2f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £14.80 Place: £3.20 £1.90 £2.90 Exacta: £94.30 Tricast: £489.22 Trifecta: £1362.30
Non-Runners: Where It All Began (unsuitable ground)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m 3m2f 3m5f 3m5½f 2m6½f
1st
Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders after 4 out - went second 2 out - challenging last - led run-in - kept on well towards finish(op 20/1)
8 G AVG
Paul Nolan 147 lbs 12/1 Won
3m5f 2m7½f
3m½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m3f 3m
2nd
In touch with leaders - not fluent 5 out - soon prominent - led going easily just before 2 out - clear with one other when not fluent and faced challenge last - headed run-in - kept on well towards finish - just held(op 5/1 tchd 7/2)
7 G AVG
Jonjo & A J O'Neill 164 lbs 9/2F 0.3
3m5f 2m5f 3m
2m4f 2m6½f 2m7½f 2m3½f 3m½f
3rd
Led - joined 10th - led again 15th - headed 3 out - lost second before 2 out - no extra before last(op 7/1 tchd 13/2 and tchd 9/1)
7 G AVG
W P Mullins 166 lbs 8/1 11
3m5f 2m5½f 3m½f
2m4f 2m4f 3m 3m 3m2f
4th
In rear - headway 4 out - outpaced after 3 out - rallied 2 out - went fourth when bad mistake last - kept on(tchd 25/1 and tchd 33/1)
8 G AVG
Nigel Twiston-Davies 157 lbs 28/1 1.5
3m1f 2m6f 3m 3m½f
3m1f 3m2f 2m7½f 3m3½f 3m7½f
5th
In touch with leaders - prominent 3rd - disputed lead 10th - led 3 out - headed just before 2 out - soon weakened(tchd 33/1)
10 G AVG
Fergal O'Brien 159 lbs 40/1 2.75
3m2f 3m2f 3m2f 3m1f 3m5½f
3m2f 3m 2m7½f 2m5½f 3m½f
6th
Prominent - lost position 4 out - not fluent 3 out - no impression from 2 out(op 40/1 tchd 28/1)
9 G AVG
James Owen 153 lbs 33/1 0.3
4m 3m2f 2m7½f 4m½f
3m 3m 3m 2m6½f 3m
7th
In rear - midfield when hit 9th - outpaced 4 out - stayed on from 2 out(op 20/1)
8 G AVG
Nicky Henderson 154 lbs 28/1 3.25
4m 2m6½f 3m
3m4½f 3m 3m2f 3m5½f 3m4½f
8th
In touch with leaders - headway after 5 out - prominent before 3 out - outpaced when bit short of room after 3 out - weakened run-in(tchd 80/1)
8 G AVG
David Bridgwater 144 lbs 50/1 .5
4m 2m7½f 3m6f 3m6½f
3m4½f 3m5f 3m 3m1f 3m4½f
9th
Midfield - in touch with leaders 4 out - not fluent 2 out - soon weakened(op 12/1)
8 G Poor
Gavin Cromwell 168 lbs 11/1 2.5
3m5f 3m7½f 3m 3m 2m7½f
3m 3m2f 4m 3m 3m4½f
10th
In touch with leaders on outer - outpaced when slightly hampered after 4 out - no chance after 3 out (vet said gelding finished lame on his right-fore leg)(op 11/1)
9 G Good
Jamie Snowden 157 lbs 14/1 .5
2m7f 3m6½f
2m7½f 2m3½f 2m5½f 2m4f 3m
11th
In touch with leaders - dropped to midfield when not fluent 5th - some headway when hampered on turn after 4 out - in touch with leaders after 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 5/1 tchd 8/1)
7 G AVG
Gary Brown 148 lbs 7/1 0.2
4m 2m4f
2m4f 2m7½f 2m½f 2m4f 2m6½f
12th
In rear - headway 5 out - outpaced after 4 out - weakened before 2 out(op 14/1)
8 M AVG
Barry Connell 157 lbs 11/1 3.25
2m4f 3m6f 2m6½f
2m4f 2m5f 2m4f 2m4f 2m6½f
13th
Midfield - struggling 4 out - tailed off(op 18/1 tchd 20/1)
7 G AVG
Olly Murphy 156 lbs 16/1 42
3m2f 3m2f
2m7½f 3m6f 2m7½f 2m7½f 3m
99th
In touch with leaders - mistake 7th - lost position 17th - soon struggling in rear - not fluent and pulled up after 3 out(op 80/1)
10 G AVG
Rebecca Curtis 154 lbs 125/1 -
3m½f 3m1½f 2m7½f 3m6½f
3m2f 3m1f 3m5f 2m3½f 3m
99th
Never better than midfield - struggling 5 out - pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 100/1 tchd 150/1)
9 G AVG
S R B Crawford 151 lbs 80/1 -
3m 3m½f 2m7½f
2m4f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m3f 2m4½f
99th
Towards rear - struggling and detached 13th - pulled up just before 14th(op 100/1 tchd 66/1)
9 G AVG
Venetia Williams 154 lbs 80/1 -
2m5f 2m3½f
2m5f 2m6½f 3m 2m4½f 2m7½f
99th
Midfield - in touch with leaders 9th - lost position 16th - struggling 4 out - pulled up after 3 out (jockey said mare stopped quickly; vet examined mare post-race and had nothing to report)(op 33/1)
9 M Poor
Nicky Henderson 165 lbs 22/1 -
2m5f 3m1f
3m 3m 3m 3m½f 3m
99th
Towards rear - bad mistake 6th - not fluent 7th - slow jump and pulled up 8th (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 66/1 tchd 80/1)
8 G Good
Paul Nicholls 159 lbs 50/1 -
2m4½f
2m4f 2m3½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m6f
99th
In rear - struggling when pecked on landing 3 out - soon pulled up(tchd 25/1)
8 M AVG
Gordon Elliott 153 lbs 20/1 -
2m7f
2m6½f 3m 3m2½f 3m 3m
99th
Kicked before start - dwelt start - in rear - hampered 3 out - pulled up after 2 out(op 28/1)
8 M Good
Fiona Needham 157 lbs 40/1 -
2m6½f
3m1½f 3m4f 3m2f 2m4f 3m½f
99th
Prominent - not fluent 4 out - soon weakened - pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 7/1 tchd 17/2)
8 G Poor
J P Flavin 156 lbs 8/1 -
3m 3m½f 2m4f
2m3½f 2m7½f 2m5½f 2m4f 3m3f
99th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 4 out - soon hampered on turn and lost position - hampered 3 out - pulled up 2 out(op 28/1)
7 G Poor
Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 33/1 -
3m½f
3m 2m6½f 2m5f 2m1f 2m6½f
99th
In rear - bad mistake and unseated 15th(op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
7 G AVG
Gavin Cromwell 162 lbs 8/1 -
3m5f 2m7½f