15:30 Cheltenham

Thursday 16 March 2017

All13:3014:1014:5015:3016:1016:5017:30

Sun Bets Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1)

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 5m 49.60s

1^st

Nichols Canyon

711-10

10/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Ruby Walsh

Held up towards rear, headway between last 2, switched right before pressing for close 2nd last, led flat, stayed on strongly op 11/1

2^nd

Lil Rockerfeller

611-10

33/1

T: N B KingJ: T E Whelan

Mostly close 3rd, went 2nd at the 9th, led between last 2, went left and being pressed last, headed flat, stayed on, edged right inside final 75 yards, held close home

3^rd

3 ½

Unowhatimeanharry

911-10

5/6f

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Mid-division, headway 7th, close 3rd 2 out, ridden and every chance last, drifted right flat, no extra towards finish op Evens opened early 6/4 in places

4^th

3 ½

Cole Harden

811-10

9/1

T: W GreatrexJ: G Sheehan

Led, niggled along after 9th, headed between last 2, 4th and beaten when jumped left last, stayed on same pace tchd 17/2

5^th

Snow Falcon

711-10

16/1

T: N MeadeJ: Sean Flanagan

Mid-division, mistake 9th, headway approaching 2 out, chasing leaders on home bend, weakened before last

6^th

Clondaw Warrior

1011-10

33/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Katie Walsh

Held up in rear, hit 6th and 7th, headway when not fluent 2 out, not able to get on terms, weakened before last

7^th

3 ¾

Zarkandar

1011-10

25/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Held up towards rear, closed 8th, not fluent 3 out, soon pushed along briefly, effort 2 out, weakened off home bend, 7th and well held when hit last op 28/1

8^th

3 ¾

Jezki

911-10

15/2

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power

Held up in rear, headway 2 out, tracking leaders in 5th on home bend, soon weakened tchd 7/1 tchd 8/1 in places

9^th

2 ¼

Agrapart

611-10

66/1

T: Nick WilliamsJ: Lizzie Kelly

Not always fluent and sometimes jumped slowly, chased leaders, lost place after 6th, mistake 8th, struggling before 3 out, well behind 2 out op 50/1

Also Ran

Ballyoptic

711-10

14/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Mostly tracked leader, hit 6th, not fluent and lost 2nd 9th, not fluent 3 out, ridden and lost place before next, well behind when pulled up before last op 12/1

Shaneshill

811-10

16/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Mid-division, ridden after 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last op 14/1

West Approach

711-10

28/1

T: C L TizzardJ: T Scudamore

Chased leaders, hit 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last op 25/1 tchd 33/1

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Non-Runners

Yanworth²⁶

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: A King J: Non Runner

Dedigout²⁵

Weight: 11-10| Age: 11

T: G Elliott J: B J Cooper

The New One⁵⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 9

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: Non Runner

Un Temps Pour Tout⁴⁷

Weight: 11-10| Age: 8

T: D Pipe J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.80Pl:£2.60, £5.30, £1.40EX:£289.60Trifecta:£1,063.20Tricast:£567.95SF:£291.34Swingers:£38.50, £2.90, £10.10

Forecasts

Unowhatimeanharry (5/6), Jezki (15/2), Cole Harden (9/1), Nichols Canyon (10/1), Yanworth (10/1), Ballyoptic (14/1), The New One (14/1), Snow Falcon (16/1), Shaneshill (16/1), Zarkandar (25/1), West Approach (28/1), Lil Rockerfeller (33/1), Clondaw Warrior (33/1), Un Temps Pour Tout (33/1), Agrapart (66/1), Dedigout (66/1)

UNOWHATIMEANHARRY has continued his remarkable rise through the ranks this year after taking last year’s Albert Bartlett he has continued to roll along, taking his unbeaten run to eight with his current handler. He’s a worthy market leader here having been impressive in all his races this season and beaten plenty of these rivals on more than one occasion. There are dangers though and they are probably headed by 2014 Champion Hurdle winner Jezki who runs in the same colours as the favourite. He has not really been tried that much over this trip but he does bring a touch of class to the race and is a nice back-up runner for his owner JP McManus to have. Cole Harden gave his connections their finest hour when taking this race two years ago, making all in gritty fashion and although he’s not won a race since he has looked on the way back to his best of late. Willie Mullins hasn’t had much success in this race and he runs three here the pick of which is likely to be Shaneshill a runner-up in his last two Festival races. Ballyoptic would have a place chance based on his form this year while the wild card in the race is the novice West Approach who takes on the big boys rather than contesting one of the novice races at the Festival.

Unowhatimeanharry
Shaneshill
West Approach

Prize Money

1st: £171,540.002nd: £65,010.003rd: £32,280.004th: £14,760.005th: £7,410.006th: £4,440.00