16:00 Cheltenham
Saturday 28 January 2017
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galliardhomes.com Cleeve Hurdle (Grade 2)
- 5YO plus | Class 1 | 2m 7f 213y | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 15 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 5m 59.30s
T: H FryJ: B J Geraghty
Mid-division, headway 4th, close 3rd normal 3 out, challenged after next, led before omitted last, stayed on well
T: W GreatrexJ: G Sheehan
Led until 6th, led after 2 out, headed before omitted last, held after, stayed on op 22/1 tchd 25/1
T: C L TizzardJ: Ruby Walsh
Held up in rear, slow 7th and pushed along briefly, headway and switched right after normal 2 out, 3rd bypassing omitted last, no impression on winner, stayed on tchd 16/1
T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: R Johnson
Prominent, led 6th, headed after normal 2 out, 4th and one pace bypassing omitted last
T: W GreatrexJ: Wayne Hutchinson
Chased leaders, mistake 7th, not fluent normal 3 out, weakened before omitted last op 20/1 tchd 25/1
T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore
Mid-division, pushed along before normal 3 out, never involved, plugged on flat
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Mid-division on outside, headway after normal 3 out, weakened before omitted last tchd 40/1
T: P F NichollsJ: Nick Scholfield
Held up in mid-division, modest headway before normal 2 out, soon weakened tchd 22/1
T: Nick WilliamsJ: Lizzie Kelly
Chased leaders, lost place after 5th, struggling 8th
T: H FryJ: N D Fehily
Held up in rear, some headway before normal 2 out, soon weakened op 50/1
T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob
Mid-division, headway on inside normal 3 out, mistake next, soon beaten op 16/1
T: G A CharltonJ: Jan Faltejsek
Prominent until 3rd, tracked leaders, lost place when mistake 8th, soon behind
T: P & M BowenJ: J E Moore
Held up towards rear, jumped slowly 3rd, well beaten after normal 3 out
T: N P MulhollandJ: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen
Always in rear tchd 100/1
Also Ran
T: Miss R CurtisJ: D N Russell
Chased leaders, weakened before omitted last, pulled up flat
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£1.70Pl:£1.10, £4.80, £3.60EX:£20.60Trifecta:£237.10Tricast:£179.58SF:£25.81Swingers:£4.60, £4.70, £11.80
Forecasts
Unowhatimeanharry (10/11), Ballyoptic (4/1), West Approach (14/1), Kotkikova (14/1), Henri Parry Morgan (16/1), Cole Harden (20/1), Un Temps Pour Tout (20/1), Shantou Bob (22/1), Ptit Zig (25/1), Old Guard (33/1), Whataknight (33/1), The Romford Pele (50/1), Reve De Sivola (66/1), The Young Master (80/1), Knockara Beau (100/1)
Current favourite for this race UNOWWHATIMEANHARRY has gone from strength to strength over the past 18 months. He comes here seeking an eighth win in a row after starting his winning run in a handicap at this course in 2015. Highlights since then include his wins in the Albert Bartlett and his two latest Grade 1 victories at Newbury and Ascot. His main rival will be Ballyoptic who deserves to win a race of this nature and was upsides Unowwhatimeanharry at Ascot last time when falling at the final flight. If he stays on his feet this time he’s capable of giving the favourite a stern test. In the same colours as the favourite, Kotkikova looks to be of interest based on her French form and she may well have come on for her Leopardstown run last time out. He wasn’t that far behind when hampered and unseating his rider last time out. The real dark one though may well be Shantou Bob who wears headgear for the first-time, has shown a progressive profile of late, and comes from a stable with a pedigree in his sort of event.
1. Unowhatimeanharry
2. Ballyoptic
3. Shantou Bob
Prize Money
1st: £34,170.002nd: £12,822.003rd: £6,420.004th: £3,198.005th: £1,608.006th: £804.00
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