17:30 Cheltenham

Friday 15 March 2024

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

Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:32 | Winning time: 5m 21.43s

1^st

Better Days Ahead

611-7

5/1

T: G ElliottJ: Danny Gilligan

Held up towards rear, headway from 5th, ridden after 2 out, driven into 2nd last, led flat, stayed on well op 6/1

2^nd

1 ½

Waterford Whispers

611-0

10/3f

T: H De BromheadJ: Mike O'Connor

Took keen hold, tracked leaders, led 4th, hung left and headed flat, soon edged right, held after, kept on op 3/1

3^rd

Quai De Bourbon

511-7

4/1

T: W P MullinsJ: M J M O'Sullivan

Led, headed before 2nd, chased leaders, 2nd going well after final bend, ridden and lost 2nd last, held flat, stayed on op 9/2

4^th

Answer To Kayf

811-4

10/1

T: T O'BrienJ: John Shinnick

Chased leaders, took keen hold, went 4th before jumping left last, stayed on flat tchd 9/1

5^th

Ocastle Des Mottes

511-0

7/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Kieran Callaghan

Led until 4th, stayed handy, not fluent 6th, ridden and no extra before last op 15/2 tchd 8/1

6^th

What's Up Darling

711-4

10/1

T: G ElliottJ: Conor Stone-Walsh

Mid-division, mistake 7th, effort after 2 out, no impression on leaders before last op 12/1

7^th

4 ½

No Ordinary Joe

811-7

16/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Aidan Kelly

Chased leaders, close up final bend, soon ridden, weakened before last op 14/1 tchd 12/1

8^th

Fiveonefive

610-10

125/1

T: C CollinsJ: E Walsh

Held up towards rear, mid-division and ridden 2 out, no impression, well beaten before last op 100/1

9^th

Sequestered

610-13

33/1

T: P J GilliganJ: J G Gilligan

Mid-division, ridden and struggling before 2 out, well beaten before last tchd 28/1

10^th

Hollow Games

811-11

50/1

T: G ElliottJ: Kieren Buckley

Chased leaders, lost place on inside and ridden 5th, well beaten 3 out op 80/1

Also Ran

Magic Tricks

811-12

66/1

T: G ElliottJ: Charlie O'Dwyer

Always towards rear, well beaten after 3 out, pulled up before last tchd 80/1

Sonigino

711-10

16/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Freddie Gingell

Held up in rear, some headway before 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last

Jay Jay Reilly

811-6

28/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Tristan Durrell

Mid-division, effort after 3 out, weakened after next, pulled up before last, dismounted tchd 33/1

Yeats Star

511-5

14/1

T: G ElliottJ: Shane Fitzgerald

Always towards rear, well beaten when mistake 2 out, pulled up before last op 20/1

Angels Breath

1011-3

28/1

T: S ThomasJ: Dylan Johnston

Hampered start, always towards rear, well behind when pulled up before 2 out op 40/1

Stuzzikini

611-3

100/1

T: G ElliottJ: Jake Coen

Rear of mid-division, well beaten 3 out, pulled up before last

Mel Monroe

610-12

18/1

T: G ElliottJ: Ben Harvey

Prominent, losing place 7th, well beaten after 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 20/1 tchd 25/1

Bingoo

810-11

50/1

T: James MoffattJ: P W Wadge

Rear of mid-division, struggling in last when mistake 6th, some headway but no impression before mistake 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last, dismounted op 33/1

Shared

510-6

66/1

T: Harry DerhamJ: Alice Stevens

Always in rear, behind 5th, pulled up before next tchd 80/1

Jason The Militant

1010-4

66/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Joe Williamson

Not much room start, rear of mid-division, behind 3 out, pulled up soon after

Russian Ruler

710-3

80/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Freddie Gordon

Mid-division, mistake 4th, effort before 3 out, weakened after 2 out, pulled up before last

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Non-Runners

Thanksforthehelp²⁰

Weight: 10-6| Age: 7

T: D Pipe J: Mark McDonagh

Teddy Blue²⁷

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: G & J Moore J: N F Houlihan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.00Pl:£2.00, £1.80, £1.90, £3.10EX:£33.80Trifecta:£129.80Tricast:£80.50SF:£23.07Swingers:£6.60, £4.70, £4.40

Forecasts

Waterford Whispers (10/3), Quai De Bourbon (4/1), Better Days Ahead (5/1), Ocastle Des Mottes (7/1), Answer To Kayf (10/1), What's Up Darling (10/1), Yeats Star (14/1), No Ordinary Joe (16/1), Thanksforthehelp (16/1), Sonigino (16/1), Mel Monroe (18/1), Jay Jay Reilly (28/1), Angels Breath (28/1), Sequestered (33/1), Teddy Blue (33/1), Hollow Games (50/1), Bingoo (50/1), Magic Tricks (66/1), Jason The Militant (66/1), Shared (66/1), Russian Ruler (80/1), Stuzzikini (100/1), Fiveonefive (125/1)

Henry de Bromhead kicked off the Festival in style on Tuesday and he can bring down the curtain with WATERFORD WHISPERS, who is improving in leaps and bounds and can have his runner-up effort at Leopardstown over Christmas upgraded given the race wasn't run to suit. Quai de Bourbon is 2-2 for Willie Mullins and he can provide most resistance now handicapping, with last year's runner-up No Ordinary Joe rounding off the shortlist despite his yard's much publicised exasperating week.

WATERFORD WHISPERS (IRE)
QUAI DE BOURBON (FR)
NO ORDINARY JOE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023

Iroko

Weight: 11-5 |Age: 5

J: Aidan Kelly | T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £39,022.002nd: £17,940.003rd: £8,970.004th: £4,485.005th: £2,242.006th: £1,118.00