Cheltenham 15/12/2007 Good 1.30 Steeplechase Company Centenary Relkeel Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1) Tote trifecta: #139.20 £40000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 5f 110yds, penalty £22808, 8 ran. 1st   Pouvoir (FR)   R Thornton 8-1 10 12 A King Mid-division, hit 5th, headway 2 out, soon challenged for 2nd going well, led approaching last, stayed on strongly flat Opened 15/2, touched 8/1 2nd 5l Good Bye Simon (FR)   M A Fitzgerald 6-1 11 7 T Doumen Held up in mid-division, not fluent 3rd, moved closer 5th, mistake 2 out, hard ridden, slightly outpaced between last 2 before rallying to chase winner last, no impression flat, held on Opened 5/1, touched 13/2 £5000-£750, £18000-£3000 each way, £10000-£1600(x2), £6000-£1000 each way, £5000-£800 each way, £5000-£800 3rd ¾l Pigeon Island 25 P J Brennan 10-1 11 4 N A Twiston-Davies Held up, hit 6th, headway 2 out, stayed on same pace flat Opened 11/1 £10000-£1000 each way 4th hd Gwanako (FR)   S Thomas 3-1 11 7 P F Nicholls Chased leaders, challenged 5th, narrow lead 6th to 8th, led again 2 out, ridden and headed approaching last, one pace flat Opened 11/4, touched 7/2 £7000-£2000, £1000-£300(x2), £9000-£3000, £6000-£2000(x2), £3000-£1000(x2), £2400-£800 5th 9l Liberate   R Johnson 10-3 10 12 P J Hobbs Prominent, led 2nd, not fluent, headed 6th, lead again 8th, blundered, headed 2 out, weakened approaching last Opened 9/2 £4500-£1000(x2) each way, £4500-£1000, £8000-£2000, £4000-£1000(x2) each way, £4000-£1000(x2), £2000-£500(x2), £2100-£600 6th 7l Grand Bleu (IRE)   C Pieux 14-1 11 7 F Doumen Behind, not fluent 3rd, headway, in touch approaching 2 out, shaken up, weakened between last 2 Opened 14/1, touched 16/1 7th 7l Key Time (IRE) 5 Denis O'Regan 16-1 10 12 J Howard Johnson Not fluent, chased leaders, mistakes 4th and 7th, weakened 2 out Opened 14/1, touched 16/1 8th 15l My Turn Now (IRE)   G Lee 4-1 11 7 C J Mann Narrow lead to 2nd, remained prominent, ridden after 7th, weakened quickly after 3 out Opened 11/2 £2500-£500, £2250-£500 Winning time: 05:16.600 Cheltenham results 12.20   12.55   1.30   2.05   2.40   3.10   3.40