GBCheltenham Races

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Cheltenham
13:50
Virgin Bet December Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Cheltenham Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £7.50 Place: £2.50 £2.60 £2.90 Exacta: £48.30 Tricast: £504.64 Trifecta: £576.90
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m3½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f
1st
Held up in rear - mistake 6th - headway after 3 out - ridden after 2 out - went second last - pressed leader run-in - led final strides
10 G AVG
Richard Hobson 157 lbs 13/2 Won
2m½f 2m4½f 3m1f 2m4f 2m4½f
2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m5f 2m4f
2nd
Led - clear with one other from 8th - 5 lengths ahead approaching last - ridden run-in - faced challenge final 110yds - headed final strides(op 9/1)
8 G AVG
Paul Nicholls 149 lbs 17/2 0.1
2m4½f 3m 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m3½f
1m7½f 1m7½f 2m4½f 2m5f 2m4f
3rd
Prominent - pressed leader 7th - clear of remainder from 8th - 3 lengths down 2 out - lost second last - no extra run-in(tchd 17/2)
9 G AVG
Venetia Williams 142 lbs 9/1 9.5
2m4½f 2m 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m5f
2m 2m½f 2m 2m4f 2m3½f
4th
Pressed leader - raced in third from 7th - kept on from 2 out - not pace to challenge(tchd 25/1)
9 G AVG
Alan King 142 lbs 22/1 0.3
2m4½f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m4½f 2m4½f
2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m5f 2m4f
5th
Held up in rear - midfield 4th - some headway after 2 out - kept on run-in(op 10/1)
9 G AVG
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 168 lbs 11/1 1.5
2m5½f 3m 2m5f 3m5½f
2m3f 2m4½f 2m6f 2m4½f 2m4f
6th
Prominent early - midfield from 8th - stayed on from 2 out - not pace to challenge(op 18/1)
10 G AVG
Nigel Twiston-Davies 142 lbs 28/1 1.75
2m4½f 3m 2m4½f 2m4½f 3m1f
2m4f 2m 2m4½f 2m4f 3m½f
7th
Prominent - struggling 3 out - weakened approaching last(op 9/2)
7 G AVG
Paul Nicholls 151 lbs 4/1 1.75
2m4½f 2m7½f 3m 3m½f 3m
2m4f 2m4½f 2m1f 2m2f 2m6½f
8th
Held up in rear - never near to challenge(op 28/1)
4 G AVG
Dan Skelton 145 lbs 33/1 3.75
2m5f 2m3½f 2m4½f
2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 2m
9th
Midfield - hampered by faller 4 out - soon dropped to rear - weakened after 3 out
11 G AVG
Lucinda Russell 142 lbs 22/1 6
2m3½f 3m 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m3½f
2m3½f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f
99th
Held up in rear - fell 4 out
9 G Poor
Gavin Cromwell 137 lbs 33/1 -
2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m2f
2m4f 2m1f 2m4½f 2m5f 2m
99th
Midfield - fell 4 out(op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
8 G Poor
Emmet Mullins 147 lbs 5/1 -
2m 2m1f 2m½f 2m1f 2m
2m4½f 2m4f 3m½f 2m4½f 2m4f
99th
Didn't always jump with fluency - midfield - dropped to rear when mistake 3rd - hit 8th - soon detached - pulled up before 4 out (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding jumped poorly and was never travelling; vet reported gelding lost his right fore shoe)(op 10/3)
9 G Good
Olly Murphy 152 lbs 3/1F -
2m4½f 2m7½f 3m1f 2m3½f 2m4½f