Cheltenham Races
Cheltenham
13:30
Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Baring Bingham) (GBB Race)
Cheltenham
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023
Distance: 2m5f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.50
Place: £1.60 £1.40 £1.90
Exacta: £14.90
Tricast: £65.10
Trifecta: £74.10
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7 | Impaire Et Passe (FR) | 6 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 5/2 | Won | Travelled strongly - in touch with leaders on inner - prominent halfway - led on turn before last - soon went clear - ridden when drifted right and went further clear final 110yds - impressive(op 2/1) | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Gaelic Warrior (GER) | 7 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 9/2 | 6.5 | Took keen hold - midfield - headway and prominent after 2 out - pushed along and went second 4 lengths down last - soon edged right - kept on final 110yds - no match for winner (jockey said gelding hung right-handed)(tchd 5/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Champ Kiely (IRE) | 9 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 13/2 | 1 | Hung right throughout - led - briefly headed 4 out - pushed along and headed on turn before last - lost second last - edged right but kept on run-in (jockey said gelding hung right-handed)(op 17/2) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Good Land (FR) | 8 G | Good | Barry Connell | 161 lbs | 9/2 | 3.75 | Raced wide early - midfield - headway going easily and prominent after 2 out - pushed along and outpaced approaching last - soon beaten(tchd 5/1) | ||
| 5th | 8 | Marble Sands (FR) | 9 G | AVG | Fergal O'Brien | 161 lbs | 150/1 | 9.5 | Took keen hold - towards rear - not fluent 2nd - pushed along and outpaced after 2 out - never dangerous(op 125/1) | ||
| 6th | 5 | Hermes Allen (FR) | 5 G | Elite | Paul Nicholls | 161 lbs | 9/4F | 0.05 | Took keen hold - raced in second - briefly led 4 out - every chance when not fluent 2 out - ridden and weakening when edged left before last (trainer's rep said gelding was unsuited by the soft ground on this occasion which in his opinion was riding tacky; vet reported that a post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 11/4) | ||
| 7th | 1 | American Mike (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Gordon Elliott | 161 lbs | 28/1 | .5 | Took keen hold - raced wide - didn't jump with fluency - prominent - pushed along after 2 out - weakened on turn before last(op 33/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 8th | 9 | Master Chewy (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 161 lbs | 200/1 | 9 | In rear throughout | ||
| 9th | 6 | Ho My Lord (FR) | 6 G | Poor | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 50/1 | 2.5 | Towards rear - jumped right 4 out - pushed along when not fluent 2 out - soon ridden and weakened(op 28/1 tchd 20/1) | ||
| 99th | 10 | Persian Time (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Nicky Henderson | 161 lbs | 150/1 | - | Didn't jump with fluency - raced in last throughout - struggling after 4 out - tailed off when pulled up approaching last (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(tchd 200/1) |