Cheltenham 15/12/2007 Good 2.05 Boylesports.Com Fon-A-Bet Novices' Chase (Class 2) £20000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 5f, penalty £12526, 6 ran. 1st   Tidal Bay (IRE)   Denis O'Regan 5-6 11 8 J Howard Johnson Tracked leader, led just after 2 out, soon shaken up, edged slightly left after last, ridden, ran on well flat Opened 10/11, touched evens even £5000(x3), even £3000, even £2000(x6), even £1500, even £1000(x3), even £600, even £500(x2), £3000-£3300, £1000-£1100, £909-£1000, £500-£550(x2), £8333-£10000 2nd 5l Gold Medallist 7 R Johnson 11-1 11 0 P J Hobbs Led, not fluent 4 out, ridden, hit 2 out, soon headed, no impression on winner from last, stayed on same Opened 12/1 3rd 3½  l Duc De Regniere (FR) 5 M A Fitzgerald 3-1 11 0 N J Henderson Mistakes, chased leaders, slightly outpaced from 3 out, no impression after, stayed on same pace to take 3rd flat Opened 11/4, touched 7/2 £1400-£400, £10000-£3000, £2000-£600(x2), £18000-£6000, £4500-£1500 4th 2l Predateur (FR)   S Thomas 6-1 10 7 P F Nicholls Chased leaders, 3rd when blundered badly 4 out and relegated to 5th, went 3rd again 3 out, ridden 2 out, weakened, hung right flat 5th 7l Nudge And Nurdle (IRE)   P J Brennan 12-1 11 8 N A Twiston-Davies Held up, behind, headway 4 out, weakened approaching 2 out Opened 11/1, touched 12/1 6th 15l Predicament 8 O Dayman 100-1 11 0 Dr P Pritchard Held up, not fluent 8th, soon behind Winning time: 05:22.900 Cheltenham results 12.20   12.55   1.30   2.05   2.40   3.10   3.40