Taunton 07/01/2008 Soft (Good to Soft in the Back Straight) 3.40 Thurlbear Handicap Hurdle (Class 4) Quadpot: #24.30 £4600 added, 4yo plus, 3m 110yds, penalty £2993, 15 ran. 1st   Very Cool   J W Farrelly(5) 33-1 11 6 D Pipe Chased leaders, led 8th, ridden and hard pressed from 2 out, all out Opened 28/1, touched 33/1 2nd nk Amber Brook (IRE)   P J Brennan 9-1 11 12 N A Twiston-Davies Mid-division, headway 8th, went 2nd approaching 3 out, ridden and every chance from 2 out, kept on towards finish Opened 8/1, touched 9/1 3rd dist Bengal Bullet 11 Mr J Guerriero(7) 25-1 11 12 C Blank In touch, went 3rd 8th, ridden before 3 out, soon one pace Opened 22/1, touched 25/1 4th ½l Delena   Mr N Scholfield(7) 9-1 11 10 P F Nicholls Held up towards rear, headway after 8th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon one pace Opened 9/1, touched 10/1 5th 9l Jug Of Punch (IRE) 9 L Treadwell 50-1 11 7 S T Lewis Towards rear, hampered 2nd, some headway after 8th, stayed on from 2 out, never troubled leaders Opened 40/1, touched 50/1 6th 2l Malko De Beaumont (FR)   T Siddall 9-2 11 13 C E Longsdon Held up towards rear, headway after 7th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened Opened 9/2, touched 5/1 7th 9l The Wooden Spoon (IRE) 10 R Lucey-Butler(3) 10-11 10 11 Jim Best Led, mistake 7th, not fluent and headed next, weakened before 3 out Opened 5/4, touched 11/8 even £500 8th 25l Le Forezien (FR) 9 Denis O'Regan 40-1 10 12 C J Gray Always towards rear 9th 3l Temper Lad (USA) 13 Harry Skelton(7) 66-1 11 4 J D Frost Always towards rear 10th 7l Barren Lands 13 D P O'Dwyer(7) 33-1 11 2 K Bishop Mid-division, hampered 2nd, weakened 9th Opened 25/1, touched 33/1 11th dist Bubbs   R Greene 100-1 11 2 N G Ayliffe Mid-division until 9th, soon well behind Opened 66/1, touched 100/1 12th 2l Wrags To Riches (IRE) 11 C Honour(3) 25-1 11 10 C J Down Always behind, tailed off Opened 20/1, touched 25/1 Fell   Master Wolfe (IRE)   T J O'Brien 10-1 11 5 P J Hobbs Chasing leaders when fell 2nd Opened 9/1, touched 11/1 Pulled Up   Ice Crystal 11 S Walsh(5) 80-1 11 12 Mrs D Thomas Chased leaders, reminders after 4th, soon behind, pulled up after 7th Opened 100/1 Pulled Up   Dunbell Boy (IRE) 10 Mr I Popham(7) 100-1 11 4 B Scriven Took keen hold, tracked leader until after 7th, soon behind, pulled up before 9th Opened 80/1, touched 100/1 Non Runner Magnifico(FR) Winning time: 06:30.100 Taunton results 1.10   1.40   2.10   2.40   3.10   3.40