Kempton 26/12/2007 Good to Soft (Soft in places) 1.55 Stan James Christmas Hurdle (Grade 1) (Class 1) £110000 added, 4yo plus, 2m, penalty £62722, 6 ran. 1st   Straw Bear (USA) 6 A P McCoy 9-2 11 7 N J Gifford Tracked leaders, led 3 out, ridden and headed last, battled on gamely, led near finish, driven out Opened 6/1 £2000-£320 2nd hd Harchibald (FR) 8 P Carberry 8-11 11 7 N Meade Held up, smooth headway after 3 out, joined winner next, led narrowly last, soon ridden, headed near finish Opened 8/11, touched 4/5 £4000-£5000, £2000-£2500(x2), £1200-£1500, £1000-£1250(x2), £800-£1000(x2), £400-£500, £4000-£5500, £800-£1100(x3) 3rd 16l Penzance 6 R Thornton 20-1 11 7 A King Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance briefly after 3 out, not pace at leading pair from next 4th 3l Punjabi 4 M A Fitzgerald 11-2 11 7 N J Henderson Held up, hit 3 out, soon ridden went 4th 2 out, but never troubled leaders Opened 11/2, touched 6/1 £5000-£800(x2) 5th nk Gwanako (FR)   R Walsh 12-1 11 7 P F Nicholls Prominent, ridden after 3 out, soon outpaced Opened 12/1, touched 14/1 6th dist Acambo (GER) 6 T J Murphy 10-1 11 7 D Pipe Led until 3 out, weakened quickly, eased when beaten Opened 8/1, touched 10/1 Winning time: 04:00.100 Kempton results 12.45   1.20   1.55   2.30   3.05   3.45