Chepstow 27/12/2007 Soft 3.15 Coral Bet By Phone On 0800 242 232 Maiden Hurdle (Class 4) Jackpot: Not won. Pool of #5,486.00 carried forward to Leicester tomorrow. Quadpot: #13.20 £5000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f, penalty £3253, 15 ran. 1st   What A Friend   R Walsh evens 10 12 P F Nicholls Held up mid-division, headway 4 out, ridden to lead before last, ran on well Opened 6/4 £1500-£1000(x2), £600-£400(x2), £550-£400, £500-£400(x2) 2nd 2l Spare Cash (IRE)   Christian Williams 3-1 10 12 A King Held up in touch, chased leaders 3 out, every chance approaching last, stayed on well Opened 7/2, touched 4/1 £8000-£2000 3rd 2l Cool Cliche   J Flavin(7) 10-1 10 12 Evan Williams Prominent, led 4 out, headed before last, stayed on Opened 11/1 4th 17l Piper Hayes (IRE)   A Thornton 28-1 10 12 R T Phillips Held up in touch, good headway 4 out, every chance next, weakened 2 out Opened 25/1, touched 28/1 5th 8l So Now (IRE)   L Heard(3) 20-1 10 12 P F Nicholls Held up, headway 4 out, never on terms Opened 18/1, touched 20/1 6th 4l Alfred's Tower   N Mulholland 8-1 10 12 D P Keane Mid-division, headway 4 out, weakened before 2 out Opened 8/1, touched 10/1 7th 6l Lord Lescribaa (FR)   R Johnson 28-1 10 12 P J Hobbs Prominent, hung badly right on stable turn after 4th, soon mid-division, headway 4 out, chased leader next, weakened 2 out Opened 28/1 8th 8l Chevy To The Levy (IRE)   L Treadwell 40-1 10 12 J G M O'Shea Held up mid-division, never dangerous Opened 50/1 9th 5l Coast Of Malabar (IRE) 5 W Kennedy 80-1 10 12 R A Farrant Held up in touch, hung right and lost place on stable turn after 4th, never dangerous after Opened 66/1, touched 80/1 10th 18l Global Strategy 4 D Elsworth 33-1 10 12 O Sherwood Towards rear, headway 4 out, never on terms 11th dist Saddler George (IRE)   D Jacob 80-1 10 12 R H Buckler Always behind, tailed off Opened 100/1 Pulled Up   Bayberry King (USA)   S E Durack 16-1 10 12 Mrs A M Thorpe Left prominent, left in lead after 4th, headed 4 out, soon weakened, tailed off when blundered 2 out, pulled up before last Opened 18/1, touched 20/1 Pulled Up   Hillridge   N Fehily 14-1 10 12 B De Haan Prominent, hung badly right on stable turn after 4th, soon lost place and in rear, behind when pulled up 4 out Opened 14/1, touched 16/1 Pulled Up   Mr Dass (IRE)   S P Jones(5) 100-1 10 12 D P Keane Behind, blundered badly 2nd, not jumped well after, behind when pulled up last Ran Out   Hammer Time (IRE)   A O'Keeffe 50-1 10 12 Miss V Williams Led and soon 15 lengths clear, hung badly right and ran out on stable turn after 4th Opened 40/1, touched 50/1 Non Runner Gulf(IRE) Winning time: 05:05.900 Chepstow results 12.20   12.55   1.30   2.05   2.40   3.15   3.50