Cheltenham 11/03/2008 Good to Soft 4.00 William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (Class 1) Tote trifecta: #491.60 £90000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 110yds, penalty £51318, 14 ran. 1st   An Accordion (IRE)   T Scudamore 7-1 10 12 D Pipe Always prominent, not fluent 2nd, mistake 12th, went 2nd 4 out, challenging when hit 3 out, led 2 out, soon ridden, driven and stayed on well flat Opened 15/2 £5000-£650(x2), £5000-£700(x6), including office money 2nd 2¼  l New Alco (FR)   D N Russell 10-1 11 0 Ferdy Murphy Held up in rear, mistake 2nd, not fluent 12th, headway 4 out, 7th when mistake 2 out, staying on when not fluent last, kept on to take 2nd at post Opened 12/1, touched 14/1 £5000-£400(x2) 3rd hd L'ami (FR) 9 A P McCoy 11-2 11 0 F Doumen Held up, headway approaching 3 out, ridden and not fluent 2 out, went 3rd last, soon switched right, chased winner flat, one pace and lost 2nd at post Opened 15/2, touched 8/1 £10000-£1200, £5000-£750, £30000-£5000 each way, £5500-£1000(x2) each way, £5500-£1000 4th 6l Patsy Hall (IRE) 8 P Carberry 6-1 10 9 A J Martin Held up in rear, hampered 7th, headway 4 out, chased winner after 2 out, upsides when mistake and rider lost iron briefly last, beaten after Opened 11/2, touched 13/2 £10000-£1500 each way, £30000-£5000 each way, £20000-£3200, £6000-£1000 each way 5th nk Abragante (IRE) 7 T J Murphy 10-1 10 4 D Pipe Held up and behind, raced keenly, headway approaching 4 out, coaxed into 3rd between last 2, beaten and found little from last £10000-£1000 6th 13l Mon Mome (FR) 8 S Thomas 15-2 10 8 Miss V Williams Chased leaders, jumped slowly and lost plenty of ground 15th, soon well behind, stayed on approaching last but no danger Opened 10/1 £20000-£2000 each way 7th 11l Ollie Magern 10 David England(3) 50-1 11 12 N A Twiston-Davies Led, mistake 5th, ridden after 4 out, headed 2 out, weakened approaching last, finished tired 8th 7l Fundamentalist (IRE) 11 P J Brennan 10-1 11 3 N A Twiston-Davies Mid-division, mistake 5th, headway 11th, close up 4 out until ridden before 3 out, hit 2 out, soon beaten and eased Opened 12/1 £24000-£2000 each way 9th 4½  l Lankawi 6 T J O'Brien 33-1 10 2 P Bowen Chased leader until after 12th, driven 14th, weakened after 4 out Opened 28/1, touched 33/1 10th 9l Ofarel D'airy (FR)   R Walsh 12-1 10 10 P F Nicholls Held up in rear, not fluent 10th or 11th, mistake 14th, struggling after next, behind when mistake 3 out Opened 10/1, touched 12/1 11th 24l Ponmeoath (IRE) 8 P W Flood 18-1 10 9 E McNamara Chased leaders, went 2nd after 12th until before 4 out, weakened well before 3 out, tailed off Opened 14/1, touched 18/1 Pulled Up   Monkerhostin (FR) 12 R Johnson 8-1 11 10 P J Hobbs Mid-division, ridden and weakened 13th, tailed off and pulled up before last Opened 8/1, touched 17/2 £4250-£500 Pulled Up   Bob Hall (IRE) 7 N Fehily 16-1 10 10 Jonjo O'Neill Held up, blundered 5th, behind after 15th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out Opened 14/1, touched 16/1 Unseated Rider   Flying Enterprise (IRE) 8 Paul Moloney 18-1 10 0 Evan Williams Mid-division until blundered badly and unseated rider 7th Opened 16/1, touched 18/1 Non Runner King Harald(IRE) Winning time: 06:35.700 Cheltenham results 2.00   2.35   3.15   4.00   4.40   5.20