Cheltenham Races
Cheltenham
14:00
Brown Advisory Novices' Chase (Registered As The Broadway Novices' Chase) (GBB Race)
Cheltenham
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Distance: 3m½f
Type: Chase
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £22.90
Place: £5.70 £4.40
Exacta: £343.90
Trifecta: £950.10
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Lecky Watson (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 20/1 | Won | Prominent - led and pushed along before 2 out - soon edged left - ridden before last - hung right run-in - stayed on(op 28/1) | ||
| 2nd | 7 | Stellar Story (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Gordon Elliott | 161 lbs | 22/1 | 4 | In rear but in touch with leaders - mistake 11th - not fluent 14th - headway 3 out - went second 2 out - disputing second and no impression run-in(tchd 20/1) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Better Days Ahead (IRE) | 6 G | Good | Gordon Elliott | 161 lbs | 13/2 | 0.2 | Raced in second - disputed lead 4 out - lost position before 2 out - soon switched right - no impression run-in - lost second final strides(op 8/1) | ||
| 4th | 4 | Gorgeous Tom (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Henry De Bromhead | 161 lbs | 11/1 | 4.25 | In touch with leaders - not fluent 4th (water) - outpaced from 2 out - went fourth again final strides(op 12/1) | ||
| 5th | 1 | Ballyburn (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 4/7F | 0.1 | Pulled hard - towards rear - dropped to last when bad mistake and jockey lost iron briefly 7th - not fluent 12th - slightly hampered 4 out - ridden before 2 out - went fourth and 6 lengths down last - lost fourth final strides (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at 7th fence and thereafter never travelled and jumped with a lack of fluency; vet had nothing to report)(op 1/2) | ||
| 6th | 3 | Dancing City (FR) | 8 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 8/1 | 19 | Led but pestered - joined 4 out - mistake and lost position 3 out - soon weakened(op 7/1 tchd 13/2) | ||
| 99th | 6 | Quai De Bourbon (FR) | 5 G | Good | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 14/1 | - | In rear but in touch with leaders - brief headway 4th - mistake 5th - bad mistake and unseated 4 out(op 16/1) |