Cheltenham Races
17:30
Cheltenham
17:30
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race
Cheltenham
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019
Distance: 2m½f
Type: NH Flat
Going: Heavy
Class: Class 2
Surface: Turf
Win: £7
Place: £2.60 £1.70 £4.20
Exacta: £30.60
Trifecta: £394.20
Non-Runners: Big G (unsuitable ground), Bit On The Side (unsuitable ground), Carys' Commodity (unsuitable ground), Castledhem (unsuitable ground), Wee Goldie (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 16 | Time Flies By (IRE) | 7 G | Good | Nicky Henderson | 154 lbs | 13/2 | Won | Travelled well - mid-division - smooth headway 3f out - challenged going well over 1f out - led final 120yds - readily(op 6/1 tchd 7/1) | ||
| 2nd | 8 | Butte Montana (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Fergal O'Brien | 154 lbs | 11/4F | 1.75 | Towards rear of mid-division - pushed along and headway from 3f out - led just over 1f out - headed final 120yds - not pace of winner(tchd 2/1) | ||
| 3rd | 19 | Lady In Hiding (IRE) | 7 M | Poor | Oliver Sherwood | 147 lbs | 16/1 | 3 | Held up towards rear - steady progress from 5f out - stayed on well from over 1f out - went 3rd inside final furlong(op 20/1) | ||
| 4th | 15 | The Newest One (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 154 lbs | 11/2 | 4.5 | Mid-division - in touch halfway - ridden 3f out - stayed on same pace final 2f - went 4th towards finish(op 5/1) | ||
| 5th | 14 | Stimulating Song (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Milton Harris | 154 lbs | 50/1 | 2 | Held up towards rear - ridden and headway from over 2f out - stayed on inside final furlong - went 5th nearing finish(op 40/1) | ||
| 6th | 11 | Grumpy Charley (GB) | 7 G | AVG | David Pipe | 154 lbs | 9/1 | .5 | Tracked leaders - led 4f out - ridden 2f out - hung left and headed just over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 10/1 tchd 12/1) | ||
| 7th | 6 | Barbados Buck's (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | Paul Nicholls | 154 lbs | 7/1 | 0.1 | Tracked leaders - challenged over 3f out - ridden turning in - weakened entering final furlong(op 5/1 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 8th | 13 | Sabbathical (FR) | 10 G | Poor | Evan Williams | 154 lbs | 50/1 | 6 | Held up towards rear - headway into midfield 3f out - effort turning in - weakened entering final furlong(op 40/1) | ||
| 9th | 3 | Jac Brown (GB) | N/A | Poor | Debra Hamer | 158 lbs | 22/1 | 7 | Never better than mid-division(op 33/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 10th | 4 | Mahler's Promise (IRE) | N/A | AVG | Seamus Mullins | 158 lbs | 14/1 | 4 | Mid-division - ridden over 2f out - never any impression(op 16/1 tchd 18/1) | ||
| 11th | 2 | Arctic Valley (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Gary Hanmer | 158 lbs | 66/1 | 0.2 | Tracked leaders - ridden over 2f out - weakened over 1f out | ||
| 12th | 12 | Mustang Alpha (IRE) | N/A | AVG | Jamie Snowden | 154 lbs | 6/1 | 0.3 | Prominent - ridden 3f out - weakened turning in(op 8/1) | ||
| 13th | 1 | A Book Of Intrigue (GB) | N/A | Poor | John O'Shea | 161 lbs | 33/1 | 36 | Led until 4f out - soon weakened - eased final 2f - tailed off (jockey said gelding ran too freely)(op 22/1) | ||
| 14th | 20 | Secret Court (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Robin Dickin | 147 lbs | 100/1 | 31 | Always towards rear - tailed off final 3f | ||
| 15th | 5 | Arc Of Bubbles (IRE) | N/A | Poor | Helen Nelmes | 154 lbs | 100/1 | 12 | In touch until lost place over 6f out - weakened 3f out - tailed off |