Sandown 15/02/2008 Good (Good to Soft on the home straight) 3.10 Royal Artillery Gold Cup Amateurs' Chase (Class 3) £10000 added, 6yo plus, 3m 110yds, penalty £6246, 8 ran. 1st   Le Duc (FR) 9 Capt J Snowden 4-6 12 0 P F Nicholls Close up, not fluent 4 out, led narrowly 3 out, left clear 2 out, ridden out Opened 4/7, touched 8/11 £400-£550, £1000-£1500, £800-£1200, £600-£900 2nd 10l Milord Lescribaa (FR) 8 Mr R G R Spencer(7) 9-2 12 5 D Pipe Close up, tracked leader 10th, pecked 18th, ridden and every chance approaching 3 out, held when left 2nd 2 out Opened 4/1, touched 9/2 3rd 12l Back Nine (IRE) 11 Capt A Michael(7) 5-1 12 5 Miss J Western Held up, headway 12th, ridden after 19th, one pace from next, left 3rd 2 out Opened 9/2, touched 5/1 £1800-£400 each way 4th 1l Amadeus (AUS) 11 Capt H Simpson(7) 25-1 12 0 Ms Caroline Walker Chased leaders, lost place 16th, stayed on again from 2 out Opened 33/1 5th 13l Jamadiel (IRE)   Capt H A R Wallace(7) 16-1 11 10 P R Chamings Close up, hit 8th, struggling 11th, never dangerous Opened 20/1 6th dist Artic Reason (IRE) 9 Maj E Bridge(7) 100-1 12 5 D L Williams Chased leaders, pecked 6th, soon behind, tailed off 7th 3l Happy Hussar (IRE) 15 Ssgt J Grantham(7) 100-1 12 0 Dr P Pritchard Hit 2nd, always behind, tailed off from 10th Fell   Constantius 7 Lt G Disney(7) 25-1 11 10 K C Bailey Led, not fluent 15th, narrowly headed 3 out, every chance when fell 2 out Opened 33/1 Winning time: 06:30.700 Sandown results 2.05   2.35   3.10   3.45   4.20   4.50