Cheltenham
14:00
Jack Richards Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (Registered As The Golden Miller) (GBB Race)
Cheltenham Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £8.10 Place: £2.30 £19.10 £12.10 Exacta: £2008.80 Tricast: £41617.09 Trifecta: £31261.20
Non-Runners: Ryan's Rocket (self certificate, cast in box)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Jumped well - prominent early - led from 1st - shaken up and went clear 2 out - ridden and ran on run-in - readily(op 13/2 tchd 15/2)
7 G Elite Paul Nicholls 158 lbs 7/1 Won
2nd
Led early - prominent 1st - not fluent and in touch with leaders 4th - outpaced 3 out - rallying when went second just after last - kept on well but no match for winner(op 100/1)
7 G AVG David Kenneth Budds 151 lbs 125/1 6.5
3rd
Prominent - outpaced after 3 out - kept on and went third inside final 110yds - just held third(tchd 50/1)
8 G Poor W P Mullins 152 lbs 66/1 2
4th
In touch with leaders - midfield with one circuit to go - not fluent 4 out - headway before 2 out - kept on well final 110yds - not pace to challenge(op 8/1)
5 G AVG Joseph Patrick O'Brien 153 lbs 9/1 0.2
5th
In touch with leaders - prominent 4th - went second 10th - lost ground 2 out - lost second just after last - no extra and lost two places inside final 110yds(tchd 28/1)
9 G AVG Alan King 146 lbs 33/1 0.3
6th
In touch with leaders - bumped 3 out - soon outpaced - no impression from 2 out
6 G Good Gordon Elliott 162 lbs 4/1F 6
7th
In rear - hampered 3 out - headway before 2 out - no impression after 2 out(op 33/1)
6 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 147 lbs 20/1 .75
8th
Midfield - some headway when hampered 3 out - no impression from 2 out(op 20/1 tchd 18/1)
8 G AVG Paul Nicholls 154 lbs 25/1 2.25
9th
Dwelt start - in rear early - midfield after 1st - weakened after 2 out(op 7/1 tchd 17/2)
8 G AVG W P Mullins 149 lbs 15/2 1.5
10th
In touch with leaders - prominent 4th - disputing third before 3 out - lost position after 3 out - weakened 2 out(op 11/1)
6 G AVG Joe Tizzard 146 lbs 12/1 2.5
11th
Towards rear - some headway when outpaced 3 out - soon no impression(op 11/1)
9 G AVG Terence O'Brien 154 lbs 14/1 1.75
12th
Towards rear - mistake 4 out - slightly hampered 3 out - no impression when not fluent 2 out
6 G Good Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 50/1 0.3
13th
Dwelt start - in rear - struggling when hampered 3 out(op 9/1)
7 G AVG Ben Pauling 149 lbs 17/2 3.25
14th
In touch with leaders - jumped left and mistake 3 out - soon weakened(tchd 66/1)
7 G AVG Ben Pauling 143 lbs 50/1 17
15th
In rear - mistake 5 out - slightly hampered 3 out - soon weakened(tchd 50/1)
8 G AVG Joseph Patrick O'Brien 151 lbs 40/1 15
99th
Midfield - slow jump 1st - soon in rear - mistake 5 out - brought down 3 out(op 25/1 tchd 20/1)
7 G AVG Gordon Elliott 145 lbs 22/1 -
99th
Midfield - some headway when fell 3 out - fatally injured(tchd 6/1)
8 G Good Jonjo & A J O'Neill 166 lbs 13/2 -
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99th
In rear - slow jump 1st - struggling when hampered 3 out - tailed off when pulled up 2 out - tailed off when pulled up before 2 out(op 50/1)
7 G AVG W P Mullins 146 lbs 66/1 -
99th
Towards rear - dropped to last 12th - struggling when mistake 4 out - tailed off when pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at water jump; vet examined gelding post-race and had nothing to report)(op 11/1)
6 G AVG John C McConnell 147 lbs 7/1 -