Cheltenham
14:55
Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Cheltenham Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 Distance: 3m5½f Type: Chase Going: Good Class: Class 2 Surface: Turf
Win: £6 Place: £1.90 £1.60 £4 Exacta: £28.80 Tricast: £729.76 Trifecta: £744
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 8 Sweet David (GB) 5 G Elite Gabriel Leenders 142 lbs 5/1 Won Midfield - headway 22nd - nearly took wrong route after 3 out - soon hit rail then went third going easily - led last - ridden run-in - ran on well(tchd 4/1)
2nd 4 Mister Coffey (FR) 10 G AVG Nicky Henderson 144 lbs 5/1 6.5 Held up in rear - slow jump 12th - mistake 24th - raced wide 25th - headway after 2 out - 5 lengths down and disputing fourth last - kept on well and went second towards finish - no match for winner(op 11/2 tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1)
3rd 9 Back On The Lash (GB) 11 G Poor Martin Keighley 142 lbs 33/1 1.25 Prominent - hit 23rd - left in lead after 3 out - headed last - weakened run-in - lost second towards finish(op 20/1)
4th 6 Statuario (GB) 10 G AVG Peter & Michael Bowen 142 lbs 33/1 4.5 Prominent - not fluent 23rd - left in second after 3 out - lost position approaching last - jumped right last - weakened run-in(tchd 28/1)
5th 5 Slipway (IRE) 9 G AVG Ben Pauling 142 lbs 13/2 1.5 Prominent - led 18th - headed 22nd - weakened from 2 out(op 15/2)
6th 3 Busselton (FR) 7 G AVG Joseph Patrick O'Brien 145 lbs 9/1 3.25 Held up in rear - some headway 5 out - weakened from 2 out(op 17/2 tchd 12/1)
7th 7 Fameaftertheglory (GB) 8 G Poor Gavin Cromwell 142 lbs 17/2 14 In rear throughout - weakened after 3 out (vet said gelding lost right-fore shoe)(op 13/2 tchd 10/1)
8th 1 Conflated (IRE) 10 G AVG Gordon Elliott 161 lbs 9/2 26 Jumped left on occasions - prominent - led 2nd - headed 5th - lost second 11th - dropped to midfield 18th - mistake 20th - weakened 3 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown)(op 7/2 tchd 5/1)
99th 2 Tommie Beau (IRE) 10 G AVG Seamus Mullins 145 lbs 100/30F - Led - headed 2nd - led 5th - slow jump and headed 18th - led again 22nd - ran out after 3 out(op 4/1)