Cheltenham 01/01/2008 Good to Soft 1.00 Chinese State Circus At Centaur Handicap Chase (Class 2) Tote trifecta: #187.40 £27000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 2f 110yds, penalty £16910, 9 ran. 1st   Irish Raptor (IRE)   P J Brennan 8-1 10 12 N A Twiston-Davies In touch, not fluent 12th, led approaching 2 out, ridden out 2nd 1¼  l Millards Lad (IRE)   J E Moore 7-2 10 3 A Bateman Held up, headway 12th, close up and ridden 2 out, switched right approaching last, kept on flat Opened 4/1, touched 9/2 £2700-£600, £1800-£400 3rd 1l Martha's Kinsman (IRE) 9 A Tinkler 8-1 10 10 H D Daly Towards rear, mistake 13th, ridden 4 out, stayed on from 3 out, not reached leading pair Opened 9/1 4th 1¾  l Parsons Legacy (IRE) 10 R Johnson 6-1 11 11 P J Hobbs Prominent, led 5 out, mistake 4 out, soon ridden, headed approaching 2 out, weakened flat Opened 9/2, touched 6/1 £3600-£600, £5000-£900 each way 5th 2l Kandjar D'allier (FR) 10 R Thornton 7-1 11 3 A King Led, headed 5 out, soon ridden, weakened flat Opened 15/2, touched 8/1 6th 11l An Accordion (IRE)   T Scudamore 5-1 11 4 D Pipe Towards rear, headway 15th, in touch when blundered badly 4 out, not recover Opened 9/2, touched 6/1 £5000-£1000 7th dist Always Waining (IRE) 7 Christian Williams 10-1 11 12 P Bowen Held up, reminders after 9th, ridden 14th, soon struggling, tailed off from 15th Opened 9/1, touched 10/1 Pulled Up   Ballyfoy (IRE)   T J Murphy 8-1 11 1 T R George Held up, ridden 13th, weakening when mistake next, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out Opened 14/1 Pulled Up   Maletton (FR) 8 L Treadwell 14-1 10 13 Miss V Williams Prominent, ridden 17th, weakened after 4 out, pulled up before last Winning time: 07:04.100 Cheltenham results 12.25   1.00   1.35   2.10   2.45   3.20   3.55