Leicester 10/01/2006 Soft (Heavy places)(Chase: Good, Good/Soft place) 1.30 Nomad Novices' Hurdle (Class 3) £8000 added, 4yo plus, 2m, penalty £5070, 22 ran. 1st   Straw Bear (USA) 5 A P McCoy 9-2 11 5 N Gifford Mid-division, headway approaching 5th, led 2 out, clear after last, easily Opened 11/2 2nd 7l Nikola (FR)   C Llewellyn 20-1 11 5 N Twiston-Davies Prominent, every chance approaching 3 out, ridden after 2 out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish 3rd 1l Acambo (GER) 5 T J Murphy 8-15 11 13 M Pipe Mid-division, headway 4th, led and hit 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, not fluent last, stayed on same pace Opened 4/7 £800-£1300, £800-£1400, £600-£1050 4th 21l Cordial (IRE) 6 R Garritty 22-1 11 5 J Quinn In touch, mistake 3rd, every chance 3 out, soon ridden, weakened 2 out Opened 20/1, touched 22/1 5th 8l Back Among Friends 7 J M Maguire 40-1 11 5 J Old Jumped left, led to 3 out, weakened before next Opened 33/1, touched 40/1 6th 3½  l Return Ticket 7 R Johnson 40-1 11 5 R Phillips Held up, ridden after 2 out, never trouble leaders 7th 10l Street Life (IRE) 8 L Aspell 50-1 11 5 W Musson Mid-division, headway after 5th, weakened 3 out 8th 8l Dafarabad (IRE) 4 M A Fitzgerald 12-1 10 7 Jonjo O'Neill Mid-division, ridden after 5th, soon weakened 9th 2½  l Nemetan (FR)   A Thornton 33-1 11 5 R Alner Mid-division, mistake 3rd, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened 10th 5l Wee Anthony (IRE)   N Fehily 66-1 11 5 Jonjo O'Neill In touch to 5th, soon weakened Opened 50/1, touched 66/1 11th ½l Patrixtoo (FR) 5 A O'Keeffe 80-1 11 5 T Fitzgerald Always towards rear 12th 1l Beluga (IRE) 7 Paul Moloney 100-1 11 5 M Pitman Held up, headway approaching 3 out, soon weakened 13th 1½  l Gran Dana (IRE) 6 L Stephens(5) 200-1 11 5 G Prodromou Always behind 14th 3½  l Financial Future 6 R Stephens(3) 100-1 11 5 C Roberts Always behind 15th 3½  l Another Chat (IRE)   S Quinlan(7) 100-1 11 5 R Phillips Always behind 16th ½l Caveman   T Doyle 66-1 11 5 P Webber Prominent, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened 17th 17l Ermine Grey 5 W Hutchinson 66-1 11 5 A Carroll Always behind 18th 14l Ben Belleshot 7 S Curran 200-1 11 5 P Hiatt Mid-division, ridden after 5th, weakened quickly 19th 3l Chisel 5 Mr S Rees(7) 200-1 11 5 M Wigham Always behind 20th 23l Royal Sailor (IRE) 4 A Procter 150-1 10 7 Lucinda Featherstone Always towards rear Fell   Devolution (IRE) 8 Miss C Dyson(7) 150-1 11 5 Miss C Dyson In touch, blundered 2nd, weakened approaching 3 out, behind when fell 2 out Pulled Up   Assumptalina 6 T Siddall 100-1 10 12 R Phillips Mid-division, lost place 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out Winning time: 03:58.700 Leicester results 1.30   2.00   2.30   3.00   3.30   4.00