Cheltenham
15:00
Glenfarclas Crystal Cup Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Cheltenham Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 Distance: 3m5½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £4 Place: £1.60 £4.10 £4.60 Exacta: £51.70 Tricast: £600.17 Trifecta: £660.40
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Latenightpass (GB) 11 G AVG Dan Skelton 148 lbs 3/1F Won Towards rear - headway after 21st - disputed lead from 24th - led 2 out - ridden and faced challenge run-in - kept on well and went clear final 110yds
2nd 7 Francky Du Berlais (FR) 11 G AVG Peter Bowen 142 lbs 14/1 4 Held up in midfield - towards rear after halfway - headway after 4 out - ridden and went second approaching last - challenging run-in - no extra final 110yds(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
3rd 10 Fameaftertheglory (GB) 8 G Poor Gavin Cromwell 142 lbs 16/1 1.5 In rear - slow jump 3rd - held up in midfield 7th - pushed along and in touch with leaders 2 out - ridden and stayed on run-in - went third final strides(op 20/1)
4th 1 Minella Indo (IRE) 11 G AVG Henry De Bromhead 168 lbs 7/1 0.2 Held up in rear - in rear when not fluent 18th - headway on outer after 4 out - went third last - ridden and no extra run-in - lost third final strides(op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
5th 2 Galvin (IRE) 11 G AVG Gordon Elliott 165 lbs 11/2 3.5 Midfield - in touch with leaders 14th - lost position 25th - rallied after 3 out - slow jump 2 out - no extra run-in - lost left-hind shoe (vet said gelding lost his left hind shoe)(tchd 6/1)
6th 8 Diesel D'Allier (FR) 10 G AVG Richard J Bandey 142 lbs 33/1 1.75 In touch with leaders - disputing third when slow jump last - weakened run-in(op 22/1 tchd 20/1)
7th 5 Enjoy d'Allen (FR) 10 G Poor
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Ciaran Murphy 146 lbs 18/1 2.25 Ran in snatches - never better than midfield(op 12/1)
8th 11 Wick Green (GB) 11 G AVG Ben Pauling 142 lbs 9/1 0.1 Disputed lead - weakened from last(op 14/1)
9th 13 Didero Vallis (FR) 12 G Poor Venetia Williams 142 lbs 16/1 7 Disputed lead - lost position 25th - weakened after 3 out(tchd 18/1)
10th 3 Fury Road (IRE) 9 G AVG Gordon Elliott 164 lbs 18/1 49 Always behind - treated for post-race ataxia (vet said gelding was treated for post-race ataxia)(op 33/1)
11th 9 Vital Island (IRE) 13 G AVG R P O'Keeffe 135 lbs 28/1 1 Prominent - weakened after 2 out(op 14/1)
12th 12 Volcano I (FR) 10 G AVG Sheila Lewis 142 lbs 40/1 17 Pressed leaders - prominent 11th - weakened 2 out - eased run-in - treated for post-race ataxia (vet said gelding was treated for post-race ataxia)(op 33/1 tchd 28/1)
99th 4 Gesskille (FR) 7 G AVG Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 152 lbs 18/5 - In touch with leaders - pulled up quickly just after 16th - fatally injured(op 7/2)