Cheltenham 11/03/2008 Good to Soft 3.15 Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) (Class 1) Tote trifecta: #757.80 £360000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 110yds, penalty £205272, 15 ran. 1st   Katchit (IRE)   R Thornton 10-1 11 10 A King In touch, went 2nd 5th, led 2 out, soon ridden, battled on gamely, edged left final 50 yards, driven out £20000-£2000 2nd 1l Osana (FR)   T Scudamore 9-2 11 10 D Pipe Led, ridden approaching 3 out, narrowly headed 2 out, rallied gamely, every chance last, kept on Opened 5/1, touched 6/1 £30000-£5000, £27500-£5000 each way, £11000-£2000, £5500-£1000, £25000-£5000, £5000-£1000(x2) 3rd 5l Punjabi 5 B J Geraghty 25-1 11 10 N J Henderson Mid-division, headway 3 out, soon ridden, stayed on approaching last, went 3rd near finish Opened 25/1, touched 33/1 £10000-£300 each way 4th 1l Sublimity (FR) 8 P A Carberry 7-1 11 10 J G Carr Mid-division, not fluent 4th, headway and hit 3 out, every chance approaching last, soon ridden, not quicken, lost 3rd near finish Opened 7/1 £35000-£5000, £30000-£5000 5th 8l Straw Bear (USA) 7 A P McCoy 20-1 11 10 N J Gifford Held up towards rear, headway 3 out, soon ridden, no further impression £100000-£5000 each way, £10000-£500 each way, £6000-£300 6th 2¼  l Catch Me (GER) 6 R Walsh 10-1 11 10 E J O'Grady Chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, ridden when hit 3 out, soon beaten Opened 9/1, touched 10/1 £50000-£5000 each way, £10000-£1000, £5000-£500 7th ½l Afsoun (FR)   M A Fitzgerald 16-1 11 10 N J Henderson Chased leaders until 5th, outpaced 3 out, stayed on again past beaten horses approaching last Opened 20/1 £40000-£2000 each way 8th 1¼  l Farmer Brown (IRE) 7 D N Russell 50-1 11 10 P Hughes Held up towards rear, mistake 4th, headway next, ridden after 3 out, weakened next Opened 40/1, touched 66/1 £66000-£1000 each way 9th 7l Kawagino (IRE) 8 W P Kavanagh 200-1 11 10 J W Mullins Chased leaders until 5th, soon behind 10th 7l Harchibald (FR) 9 P Carberry 13-2 11 10 N Meade Held up towards rear, some progress 3 out, weakened 2 out Opened 13/2, touched 8/1 £500000-£60000 each way, £8000-£1000, £7000-£1000, £10000-£1500 each way 11th 2½  l Blythe Knight (IRE) 8 D C Costello 50-1 11 10 J J Quinn Mid-division until 5th, soon behind Opened 40/1, touched 50/1 12th ¾l Ebaziyan (IRE) 7 D J Condon 33-1 11 10 W P Mullins Always towards rear 13th dist Contraband 10 T J Dreaper 250-1 11 10 Paul Murphy Tailed off from 4th 14th 26l Sizing Europe (IRE)   A J McNamara 2-1 11 10 H De Bromhead In touch, headway after 5th, every chance 2 out, soon ridden and weakened quickly, virtually pulled up flat Opened 9/4, touched 11/4 £5500-£2000, £50000-£20000, £10000-£4000, £5000-£2000, £3750-£1500, £2500-£1000(x8), £45000-£20000, £2250-£1000(x3), £4000-£2000 15th 22l Bobs Pride (IRE) 6 Denis O'Regan 66-1 11 10 D K Weld Always behind Non Runner Kalderon(GER) Non Runner Salford City(IRE) Winning time: 04:08.100 Cheltenham results 2.00   2.35   3.15   4.00   4.40   5.20