Cheltenham 01/01/2008 Good to Soft 1.35 Utopia Group 'Dipper' Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (Class 1) £35000 added, 5yo plus, 2m 5f, penalty £19957, 5 ran. 1st   Lead On (IRE)   R Johnson 7-2 11 7 P J Hobbs Tracked leader, led 4th, headed approaching 8th, led again 12th, jumped right 4 out, challenged last and ran on Opened 7/2, touched 4/1 £1600-£400 2nd 2l Predateur (FR)   R Walsh 9-4 10 9 P F Nicholls In touch, not fluent 10th, chased winner after 4 out, ridden 2 out, close up last, no extra Opened 5/2 £2500-£1000, £2000-£800, £1500-£600, £1250-£500, £1000-£400(x3) 3rd 18l Papini (IRE) 7 M A Fitzgerald 9-2 11 4 N J Henderson Tracked leaders, hit 10th, lost place 13th, left poor 3rd 2 out Opened 4/1, touched 5/1 4th 3½  l Nudge And Nurdle (IRE)   P J Brennan 7-1 11 7 N A Twiston-Davies Held up, mistake 1st and 11th, jumped right next and 4 out, soon weakened Opened 15/2 Fell   Okaido (FR)   Jacques Ricou 11-4 11 7 A Chaille-Chaille Led, headed 4th, led again approaching 8th, headed 12th, in 3rd and held when fell 2 out Opened 3/1, touched 10/3 £2000-£600(x2), £12000-£4000, £3000-£1000(x4), £1500-£500(x2), £2750-£1000(x3), £2200-£800, including office money Winning time: 05:39.700 Cheltenham results 12.25   1.00   1.35   2.10   2.45   3.20   3.55