Results Cheltenham Thu, 14th Mar, 2024

Going - Soft.

Jackpot Pool - £70,422.54 Not Won. Carried forward on Friday 15th March. Placepot Pool - £1,469,597.80 Dividend - £87.70 Winning Units - 12219.05. Quadpot Pool - £81,456.88 Dividend - £11.70 Winning Units - 5116.59.

1.30

Turners Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race)(Class 1 ) of £175,000 2m 3f 168yds

1st

Grey Dawning (IRE) (5)

5/2Jfav

Tote £3.50 £1.50

2nd

Ginny's Destiny (IRE) (4)

11/2

£2.00

3rd

Djelo (FR) (2)

25/1

£5.00

4th

2.5L

Zanahiyr (IRE) (10)

17/2

OFF 1.30. Time 5m. 4.64 secs11 Ran

Trainer Dan Skelton

Jockey Harry Skelton

Owner Mr Robert Kirkland

Breeder Grange Stud

Tote Exacta- £16.60
Tote Trifecta- £300.10
CSF- £16.22
Tricast- £278.55

Full Result

Grey Dawning sees off Ginny’s Destiny for Turners prize

He was destined to be a chaser from the start and you just want it to happen so bad, so to win a Grade One novice here is great. He’s still got a huge future to look forward to, hopefully. We won a Grade One novice chase (at Aintree) with Protektorat, but I just feel like this horse is at least as good and potentially could be better, and that is not taking anything away from the ones we’ve had before. But time moves forward and he’s very important. Some people questioned coming for the race, but they can’t now! I just felt the race he ran here against Ginny’s Destiny in December was a very good race and it’s been proven so because they’ve been first and second today. Rule Britannia!

Grey Dawning

Grey Dawning sees off Ginny’s Destiny for Turners prize

2.10

Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)(Class 1 ) of £100,000 2m 7f 213yds

1st

Monmiral (FR) (14)

25/1

Tote £31.70 £6.10

2nd

1.25L

Kyntara (GB) (22)

16/1

£4.20

3rd

2.25L

Cuthbert Dibble (IRE) (12)

11/2fav

£2.20

4th

Bold Endeavour (GB) (5)

50/1

£9.10

OFF 2.11. Time 6m. 1.93 secs22 Ran

Trainer Paul Nicholls

Jockey Harry Cobden

Owner Sirafergusongmasonlhalesthelatejhales

Breeder S.A.R.L. Carion EMM

Tote Exacta- £567.50
Tote Trifecta- £6391.60
CSF- £371.11
Tricast- £2557.81

NRs - Judicial Law (IRE) ( Self Cert (Going) ), Springwell Bay (GB) ( Self Cert (Going) )

Full Result

Monmiral records famous success for co-owner Ferguson

A couple have run ordinary the last couple of days, but it’s tough here and they basically weren’t good enough on the day. I thought Ginny’s Destiny would win today and he ran a blinder, and this horse has loads of ability. We’ve been trying to make a chaser out of him, he didn’t like it and I just thought I’d qualify for him for this race at Chepstow a couple of weeks ago and he actually needed the run that day. I thought he’d run OK today, I didn’t necessarily expect him to win. I told Harry to give him plenty of space as he’s a bit timid and doesn’t like to be boxed in and he gave him a beautiful ride. He’s had loads of problems and didn’t want to jump fences. Today worked out really well. Whether the blinkers made a difference or not I don’t know, but he’s obviously come back to himself a little bit.

Monmiral and connections

Monmiral records famous success for co-owner Ferguson

2.50

Ryanair Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race)(Class 1 ) of £388,125 2m 4f 127yds

1st

Protektorat (FR) (10)

17/2

Tote £10.10 £2.40

2nd

Envoi Allen (FR) (5)

9/4fav

£1.50

3rd

2.75L

Conflated (IRE) (4)

11/1

£2.90

4th

Capodanno (FR) (3)

9/1

OFF 2.50. Time 5m. 21.43 secs11 Ran

Trainer Dan Skelton

Jockey Harry Skelton

Owner Sirafergusongmasonlhalesthelatejhales

Breeder Mr Guy Cherel & Mme Isabelle Pacault

Tote Exacta- £38.90
Tote Trifecta- £306.20
CSF- £28.00
Tricast- £215.93

Full Result

Protektorat takes flight for Skeltons in Ryanair

We’ve been trying the Gold Cup trip because we’ve been trying to make it happen, it’s the race the owners would most like to win. We dropped him in and he finished third and we rode him more aggressively and he finished fifth. He wasn’t hitting the Gold Cup standard this year, so we’ve come for this and I thought Harry gave him a supreme ride. When Envoi Allen came upsides us I thought he’s danced this dance a lot of times and maybe we’re booked for second, but then going to the last I thought we’d found a bit more, maybe that’s that stamina that we’ve been filling him with for the last few years. It’s a massive family thing and the work that the staff put in is phenomenal. I don’t know what the magic dust was this week. What’s going on here is what we all try to do, it just very rarely happens. The Ryanair Chase is one of the biggies. Grey Dawning is a Grade One novice with a lot to look forward to and with the handicappers you’ve got to place them well, but this is one of the grails isn’t it?. Two Grade Ones at Cheltenham on one day, it doesn’t happen.

Protektorat

Protektorat takes flight for Skeltons in Ryanair

3.30

Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race)(Class 1 ) of £325,000 2m 7f 213yds

1st

Teahupoo (FR) (13)

5/4fav

Tote £2.25 £1.20

2nd

3.75L

Flooring Porter (IRE) (6)

9/1

£2.80

3rd

2.25L

Home By The Lee (IRE) (7)

16/1

£4.80

4th

2.25L

Buddy One (IRE) (2)

40/1

OFF 3.30. Time 6m. 7.79 secs12 Ran

Trainer Gordon Elliott

Jockey J W Kennedy

Owner Robcour

Breeder S C E A Haras Du Hoguenet & M Philip Prevost-Baratte

Tote Exacta- £13.60
Tote Trifecta- £162.50
CSF- £13.66
Tricast- £133.70

NRs - Champ (IRE) ( Self Cert (Other) )

Full Result

Teahupoo strikes Stayers’ gold for Elliott

He’s best fresh so we said we’d come straight here. Listen, it’s great to get a winner. They’ve been running well, just hitting the crossbar, they’ve had no excuses but to win the Stayers’ Hurdle is unbelievable and I’m delighted for the whole team. It’s difficult to tell myself to stay patient when you don’t have a winner, it’s been a long couple of days but they’ve bene running well. We’ve got one now. This was always going to be our best day, this was one of our biggest guns.

Teahupoo

Teahupoo strikes Stayers’ gold for Elliott

4.10

TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)(Class 1 ) of £120,000 2m 4f 127yds

1st

Shakem Up'arry (IRE) (7)

8/1

Tote £9.00 £1.80

2nd

1.25L

Crebilly (IRE) (10)

7/2

£1.60

3rd

Straw Fan Jack (GB) (18)

28/1

£6.20

4th

1.25L

Life In The Park (IRE) (11)

28/1

£6.20

OFF 4.12. Time 5m. 29.11 secs21 Ran

Trainer B Pauling

Jockey Ben Jones

Owner Mr Harry Redknapp

Breeder R. McCarthy

Tote Exacta- £41.00
Tote Trifecta- £1948.10
CSF- £35.32
Tricast- £798.74

Full Result

4.50

Ryanair Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race)(Class 1 ) of £105,000 2m 179yds

1st

Golden Ace (GB) (6)

10/1

Tote £13.00 £1.80

2nd

1.75L

Brighterdaysahead (FR) (2)

5/6fav

£1.30

3rd

1.75L

Birdie Or Bust (IRE) (1)

10/1

£1.30

4th

0.5L

Jade De Grugy (FR) (3)

2/1

OFF 4.50. Time 4m. 20.60 secs8 Ran

Trainer Jeremy Scott

Jockey Lorcan Williams

Owner I F Gosden

Breeder Meon Valley Stud

Tote Exacta- £29.20
Tote Trifecta- £147.70
CSF- £19.67
Tricast- £90.57

NRs - Dysart Enos (IRE) ( Self Cert (Lame) ), Casa No Mento (GB) ( Going (Changed Since Declaration) ), Little Miss Dante (GB) ( Self Cert (Infection) )

Full Result

5.30

Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase (Class 2 ) of £75,000 3m 2f

1st

Inothewayurthinkin (IRE) (1)

13/8fav

Tote £2.63 £1.30

2nd

Git Maker (FR) (19)

28/1

£4.50

3rd