GBCheltenham Races

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Cheltenham
13:30
Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle
Cheltenham Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £6.70 Place: £2.40 £6.20 £5.50 Exacta: £250.50 Tricast: £3918.88 Trifecta: £8037.40
Non-Runners: Elixir De Nutz (self certificate), Tokay Dokey (self certificate)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
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1st
Strong; slightly on toes in paddock and free to post; jumped and travelled well virtually throughout - tracked leader - led 5th - shaken up approaching last - quickened clear run-in - readily(op 11/2)
N/A Elite
W P Mullins 161 lbs 6/1 Won
3m 3m½f 2m7½f 2m3½f 3m
2m½f
2nd
Held up towards rear - mistake 4th - headway after 3 out - ridden turning in - carried left last - soon went 2nd - kept on but not pace to get to winner (finished lame) (vet said gelding was lame right fore)(op 25/1)
N/A AVG
Olly Murphy 161 lbs 28/1 4.5
2m3½f 2m3f 2m4f 2m5f 3m
2m½f
3rd
Held up towards rear - ridden and headway after 2 out - went 5th turning in - challenging for 2nd when went left and hit last - stayed on (broke blood vessels) (vet said gelding bled from the nose)(tchd 33/1)
11 G AVG
Olly Murphy 161 lbs 25/1 .5
2m4f 2m4f 2m6f 3m1f 2m5½f
2m 2m1½f 2m 2m1f
4th
Tracked leaders - outpaced and lost place 3 out - stayed on again approaching last - snatched 4th final stride(op 13/2)
9 G AVG
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 153 lbs 9/2J 6
2m1f 2m 2m1f 2m4f 2m1f
2m½f 2m4f
5th
Mid-division - headway to track leaders 5th - every chance 2 out - soon ridden - outpaced by winner when mistake last - no extra run-in - lost 4th final stride(op 20/1)
9 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 161 lbs 11/1 0.05
2m 2m 2m1f 2m 2m1f
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6th
Compact; held up towards rear - headway from 5th - ridden into 3rd after 2 out - not pace to get on terms - no extra run-in(op 14/1)
N/A Elite
W P Mullins 161 lbs 8/1 0.2
2m1f 2m 2m
1m7½f
7th
Strong; will make a chaser; in touch - outpaced when not fluent 3 out - some late progress but never threatened to get back on terms(op 11/2)
11 G AVG
Nicky Henderson 161 lbs 6/1 11
2m4f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f 3m1½f
2m½f
8th
Mid-division - ridden after 3 out - little impression - weakened before last(tchd 16/1)
N/A AVG
Nicky Henderson 161 lbs 14/1 1.25
2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m5f 2m4f
2m
9th
Lengthy; will make a chaser; mid-division - headway after 3 out - ridden in 5th after 2 out - weakened before last(tchd 16/1)
N/A Elite
Gordon Elliott 161 lbs 12/1 5
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10th
Slightly on toes; mid-division - hit 1st and 3rd - headway to track winner 5th - ridden after 3 out - weakened after next (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other gelding may have failed to see the race out on this step up in class)(tchd 4/1 and tchd 5/1 and tchd 11/2)
11 G AVG
Nigel Twiston-Davies 161 lbs 9/2J 5
2m 2m4½f 2m4f 2m7½f 2m7½f
1m7½f 2m½f 2m
11th
Mid-division - headway 5th - ridden after 3 out - weakened next(tchd 12/1)
N/A AVG
Paul Nicholls 161 lbs 14/1 1.5
2m4f 2m4f 3m
2m½f
12th
Tracked leaders - not fluent 4th - mistake 3 out - soon weakened(op 22/1 tchd 20/1)
11 G Poor
Tom George 161 lbs 25/1 8
2m4f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m½f 2m3½f
1m7½f 2m½f 2m
13th
Always towards rear(op 100/1)
N/A Poor
Gary Moore 161 lbs 125/1 6
2m4f 2m½f 1m7½f 2m4f 2m1f
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99th
Led - clear until 3rd - headed 5th - weakened 3 out - behind when pulled up after next (trainer said gelding was unsuited by the going and would prefer a quicker surface)
8 G Elite
Neil King 161 lbs 25/1 -
2m½f
1m6f
99th
Towards rear of midfield - struggling 5th - soon weakened - tailed off when pulled up 3 out(tchd 150/1)
N/A Poor
John Ryan 161 lbs 100/1 -
7f 1m2f
2m½f
99th
Slowly away - not fluent 1st - always towards rear - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out(op 100/1)
9 G AVG
Colin Tizzard 161 lbs 66/1 -
2m 2m1½f 1m7½f 2m5½f 2m