Cheltenham 01/01/2008 Good to Soft 3.20 Steel Plate And Sections Hurdle (Class 2) Scoop six Dividends: Total Pool: #112,802.00 Win pool: Not won; Tkts 0,Pool: #50,248.00 Place Pool: Div: #32 £21000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110yds, penalty £13152, 7 ran. 1st   Blazing Bailey 6 R Thornton 11-2 11 12 A King Held up, ridden and headway after 3 out, joined leaders approaching last, soon led and clear, ran on well Opened 7/1 2nd 8l Wichita Lineman (IRE)   A P McCoy 4-1 11 12 Jonjo O'Neill Held up, headway 6th, ridden 3 out, rallying when switched right approaching last, no chance with winner Opened 4/1, touched 9/2 £4500-£1000, £4000-£1000, £1600-£400 3rd 1l Gaspara (FR)   T Scudamore 11-2 11 1 D Pipe Tracked leader, led 4th, ridden 3 out, headed approaching last, faded Opened 13/2 £3000-£500 4th 2l Afsoun (FR)   M A Fitzgerald 2-1 11 12 N J Henderson Tracked leaders, left 2nd 6th, ridden 2 out, hung left, switched left approaching last, every chance soon after, weakened Opened 2/1, touched 5/2 £2500-£1000(x3), £4500-£2000(x2), £2250-£1000 5th 8l Faasel (IRE) 7 B Harding 10-1 11 4 N G Richards In touch, lost place 5th, ridden 4 out, soon beaten Opened 8/1, touched 10/1 6th 13l Redemption 13 P J Brennan 40-1 11 12 N A Twiston-Davies Towards rear, hit 3rd, mistake 6th, effort approaching 3 out, weakened approaching last Pulled Up   Black Jack Ketchum (IRE) 9 R Johnson 9-2 11 12 Jonjo O'Neill Led, headed 4th, blundered 6th, weakened 3 out, pulled up approaching last Opened 9/2, touched 5/1 £2250-£450, £4500-£1000, £2250-£500 Winning time: 05:01.500 Cheltenham results 12.25   1.00   1.35   2.10   2.45   3.20   3.55