Cheltenham Races
Cheltenham
13:45
Bottlegreen Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
Cheltenham
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025
Distance: 2m4f
Type: Chase
Going: Soft
Class: Class 3
Surface: Turf
Win: £7.90
Place: £3.30 £2.20
Exacta: £29.30
Tricast: £80.04
Trifecta: £101.90
Non-Runners: Aspire Tower (self certificate, lame), Jax Junior (unsuitable ground), Rockstown Girl (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | Kdeux Saint Fray (FR) | 5 G | Elite | Anthony Honeyball | 145 lbs | 13/2 | Won | Jumped left throughout - prominent - joined leader 3 out (usual 4 out) - led before last - soon faced challenge - ridden and kept on well run-in(op 15/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1) | ||
| 2nd | 7 | Kim Roque (FR) | 4 G | AVG | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 145 lbs | 7/2 | 3 | Held up in rear - headway when hit 11th - prominent after 2 out (usual 3 out) - pecked on landing and lost ground last - rallied final 110yds(op 4/1 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 3rd | 3 | Jig's Forge (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Ben Pauling | 154 lbs | 3/1 | 0.2 | Led - headed just before 3rd - lost ground after 5th - not fluent 10th - prominent after 2 out (usual 3 out) - slightly hampered just after last - kept on(op 10/3 tchd 7/2) | ||
| 4th | 6 | El Champo (IRE) | 6 G | AVG |
Tiernan Power Roche
(3)lbs
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P J Rothwell | 144 lbs | 22/1 | 4.25 | Pressed leader - led just before 3rd - joined 3 out (usual 4 out) - headed then lost position before last - slightly hampered by faller just after last - soon weakened(op 25/1) | |
| 5th | 4 | Queensbury Boy (IRE) | 6 G | Good | Mickey Bowen | 153 lbs | 4/1 | 6.5 | Towards rear - in touch with leaders but raced in last when mistake 2 out (usual 3 out) - keeping on when badly hampered by faller just after last - soon weakened (jockey said gelding was hampered by the fall of Jordans Cross)(op 7/2 tchd 10/3) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Jordans Cross (IRE) | 4 G | Good | Anthony Honeyball | 148 lbs | 11/4F | - | Towards rear - headway before 11th - prominent after 2 out (usual 3 out) - challenging when fell last(tchd 9/4) |