Chepstow 14/02/2008 Good to Soft (Soft in places) 2.50 Severn Valley Mobile Catering Novices' Hurdle (Class 4) £5000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f, penalty £3253, 13 ran. 1st   Black Ven (IRE)   D Elsworth 5-1 11 4 O Sherwood Tracked leaders, keen, led briefly 7th, ridden 3 out, led 2 out, kept on gamely Opened 15/2 2nd 2l Piste Aux Etoiles (FR)   S Thomas 9-4 10 7 P F Nicholls Held up, headway 5th to track leaders, ridden 3 out, close up approaching last, no extra after last Opened 5/2, touched 7/2 3rd hd Crescent Island (IRE)   P J Brennan 10-3 11 11 N A Twiston-Davies In touch, headway to track leaders 5th, stayed on under pressure, hung left approaching last Opened 9/4, touched 10/3 4th 3½  l Azione   T Scudamore 16-1 10 11 R A Farrant Tracked leaders, led after 7th, ridden 3 out, headed 2 out, weakened last 5th ½l Krackatara   J Tizzard 17-2 11 4 Mrs S Gardner Held up, keen, headway 7th, kept on one pace fromened 3 out Opened 10/1 6th 1l Radmores Revenge   A Coleman(7) 200-1 11 4 J G M O'Shea Towards rear, headway 6th, kept on one pace Opened 125/1, touched 200/1 7th 20l Just Paddy   T Siddall 20-1 11 4 B G Powell Towards rear, brief effort after 7th Opened 66/1 8th 12l King Caine (IRE)   L Heard(3) 6-1 11 11 P F Nicholls Held up, headway after 7th, ridden 4 out, soon beaten Opened 5/1, touched 6/1 9th 4l Ronan The Warrior (IRE)   Tony Evans 50-1 11 4 J A B Old In touch, jumped slowly 2nd, lost place after 6th Opened 33/1, touched 50/1 Fell   Colonial Jim (IRE)   N Mulholland 66-1 11 4 D P Keane Towards rear, headway 5th, weakened 4 out, behind, very tired when fell last Fell   Mr Excel (IRE)   B Wharfe(7) 20-1 11 4 G A Ham Held up, headway 6th, weakened 4 out, behind when fell last Opened 22/1 Pulled Up   Leading Article (IRE) 6 Paul Moloney 100-1 11 4 Evan Williams Led, keen, headed 7th, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out Pulled Up   Gemgaballou (IRE)   Miss L Gardner(7) 200-1 10 11 Mrs S Gardner Towards rear, lost touch from 6th, mistake 3 out, pulled up approaching last Opened 125/1, touched 200/1 Winning time: 05:13.000 Chepstow results 1.50   2.20   2.50   3.25   4.00   4.35   5.05