Cheltenham
14:00
My Pension Expert Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase (GBB Race)
Cheltenham Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 Distance: 2m Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £6 Place: £1.90 £4.40 Exacta: £63.10 Trifecta: £100.10
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Set good pace - headed and prominent 3rd - towards rear before 7th - outpaced after 4 out - mistake 3 out - some headway when mistake 2 out - ridden and rallied approaching last - ran on well run-in - led towards finish(op 6/1)
5 G Good Nicky Henderson 161 lbs 5/1 Won
2nd
Held up in last - not fluent 1st - headway 4 out - went third after 3 out - left in second 2 out - challenging approaching last - led narrowly run-in - kept on but headed towards finish(op 18/1)
7 M Elite Gavin Cromwell 154 lbs 25/1 .75
3rd
Prominent - led just after 5th - mistake 4 out - 1 length ahead when bad mistake and headed 2 out - mistake last - rallied against far rail run-in - briefly disputed lead towards finish - just held - did well in the circumstances (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at both the second last and last fence)(op 4/9)
5 G Elite W P Mullins 161 lbs 1/2F 0.1
4th
In touch with leaders - went third before 7th - went second going okay after 3 out - left in lead 2 out - soon faced challenge - headed run-in - weakened towards finish(op 11/2)
7 G Good Dan Skelton 161 lbs 5/1 .75
5th
Pressed leader - led 3rd - jumped right and headed 5th - weakened quickly and dropped to last after 3 out - tailed off(op 18/1 tchd 14/1)
6 G AVG Gordon Elliott 161 lbs 16/1 54