14:50 Cheltenham
Thursday 14 March 2019
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Ryanair Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Festival Trophy)
- 5YO plus | Class 1 | 2m 4f 127y | Good to Soft (soft in places) | 12 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 5m 5.59s
T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost
Led, big jump 12th, headed narrowly 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on to regain lead flat, all out near finish op 13/2
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch
Tracked leaders, disputed lead after 5 out, led narrowly 2 out, soon ridden, headed flat, kept on, held towards finish tchd 25/1
T: N MeadeJ: S W Flanagan
Tracked leaders on outside, blundered 3 out, driven before next, soon ridden to chase front pair, kept on but no impression flat op 5/1 and tchd 11/2
T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore
Tracked leaders, driven and effort before 2 out, ridden and one pace between last 2, no impression in 4th from last op 4/1
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Held up mid-division, headway when not much room on inside before 4 out, effort before 2 out, ridden and unable to go with leaders between last 2, well held from last tchd 9/2
T: E P HartyJ: M P Walsh
Held up towards rear, driven and outpaced after 3 out, ridden after next, never able to get on terms with leaders op 28/1 and tchd 33/1
T: H De BromheadJ: D F O'Regan
Mid-division on outside, outpaced after 3 out, never on terms, weakened next op 20/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Ruby Walsh
Mid-division, steady headway 3 out, shaken up to chase leaders before next, ridden and unable to quicken between last 2, weakened last op 3/1
Also Ran
T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass
Held up behind, mistake 5th, hit 8th, struggling 11th, lost touch 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before next op 33/1 tchd 50/1
T: H De BromheadJ: J J Slevin
Early reminders, pressed winner, driven and lost place after 5 out, weakened 3 out, behind when pulled up before next
T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob
Mid-division, lost place before 4 out, soon behind and struggling, weakened next, pulled up before 2 out tchd 25/1
T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell
Held up behind, blundered 5 out, never threatened leaders, weakened before 2 out, pulled up before last tchd 25/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£4.80Pl:£1.70, £7.00, £1.70EX:£105.30Trifecta:£497.70Tricast:£712.39SF:£143.44Swingers:£23.00, £5.00, £21.90
Forecasts
Footpad (7/2), Frodon (9/2), Road To Respect (9/2), Monalee (5/1), Un De Sceaux (5/1), Balko Des Flos (16/1), Terrefort (20/1), The Storyteller (20/1), Coney Island (25/1), Aso (33/1), Charbel (40/1), Sub Lieutenant (66/1)
FRODON has been in remarkable form around here all season and showed a game attitude when winning the Grade 2 Cotswold Chase here last time out over a trip further than his best. He's only a seven-year-old and has scope for improvement so with the yard flying in recent weeks, he's taken to give Paul Nicholls a third win in the race. Footpad is an interesting runner up in trip and he was only narrowly denied when caught on the line in a Leopardstown Grade 1 last time. Terrefort could be an interesting runner in the same colours, dropped in trip, at a likely bigger price but it's hard to see Un De Sceaux not finishing in the first three given his course form.
- Frodon
- Footpad
- Un De Sceaux
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £196,945.002nd: £74,200.003rd: £37,135.004th: £18,550.005th: £9,310.006th: £4,655.007th: £2,310.008th: £1,190.00
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