Results Cheltenham Wed, 13th Mar, 2019

Going - Soft (Good to Soft in places).

Jackpot Pool - £84,930.39 Dividend - £40,200.30 Winning Units - 1.5. Placepot Pool - £1,255,442.49 Dividend - £42.90 Winning Units - 21339.43. Quadpot Pool - £68,256.21 Dividend - £17.00 Winning Units - 2956.97.

1.30

Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1)(Class 1 ) of £125,000 2m 5f

1st

City Island (IRE) (8)

8/1

Tote £9.00 £2.90

2nd

Champ (IRE) (7)

9/2

£2.10

3rd

2.25L

Bright Forecast (IRE) (5)

25/1

£7.40

4th

1.5L

Brewin'upastorm (IRE) (4)

11/1

OFF 1.31. Time 5m. 6.03 secs16 Ran

Trainer Martin Brassil

Jockey M P Walsh

Owner Sean & Bernardine Mulryan

Breeder Kenneth Parkhill

Tote Exacta- £54.20
Tote Trifecta- £1215.80
CSF- £41.49
Tricast- £889.05

Full Result

City Island keeps Ballymore in the family

City Island (Mark Walsh) just leads Champ over the last

City Island keeps Ballymore in the family

2.10

RSA Insurance Novices' Chase (Grade 1)(Class 1 ) of £175,000 3m 80yds

1st

Topofthegame (IRE) (10)

4/1

Tote £4.30 £1.60

2nd

0.5L

Santini (GB) (8)

3/1

£1.50

3rd

1.75L

Delta Work (FR) (2)

15/8fav

£1.60

4th

16L

Mister Malarky (GB) (4)

20/1

OFF 2.11. Time 6m. 17.26 secs12 Ran

Trainer Paul Nicholls

Jockey Harry Cobden

Owner Mr Chris Giles & Mr&Mrs P K Barber

Breeder Patrick Kavanagh

Tote Exacta- £14.90
Tote Trifecta- £33.50
CSF- £15.10
Tricast- £28.91

Full Result

Topofthegame lands thrilling RSA Chase

I’ve always thought he is a very smart horse, he has not been the easiest to train but on his day he is good. I didn’t say much to Harry on how to ride him, but just take your time whatever you do, and he gave him an absolute brilliant ride. He is nearly 18 hands and is just massive. I didn’t want to go to the Reynoldstown with him and give him a hard race. I just had to get the balance right. We’ve always believed he is a serious horse. Today was the only day we have trained him for and next year it will be the Gold Cup. With Clan (Des Obeaux) and the other young horses we’ve got it is exciting to have them, but Rome wasn’t built in a day and you have just got to let them develop. He is not unlike Denman and God willing he will stay sound he will be in the Gold Cup. Paul (Barber) is excited as he has him and Clan Des Obeaux.

Topofthegame (nearside) battles it out with Santini and Delta Work

Topofthegame lands thrilling RSA Chase

2.50

Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)(Class 1 ) of £100,000 2m 5f

1st

William Henry (IRE) (3)

28/1

Tote £41.00 £8.00

2nd

shd

Wicklow Brave (GB) (1)

28/1

£6.80

3rd

0.5L

Ballyandy (GB) (12)

14/1

£4.20

4th

1.5L

Brio Conti (FR) (13)

10/1

£2.30

OFF 2.51. Time 5m. 8.04 secs25 Ran

Trainer Nicky Henderson

Jockey N de Boinville

Owner Walters Plant Hire Ltd

Breeder Michael Carroll

Tote Exacta- £1069.10
Tote Trifecta- £19583.50
CSF- £673.59
Tricast- £10893.30

NRs - Joke Dancer (GB) ( Going (Changed since declaration) )

Full Result

William Henry edges out Wicklow Brave in Coral Cup

William Henry (nearside) and Nico de Boinville

William Henry edges out Wicklow Brave in Coral Cup

3.30

Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1)(Class 1 ) of £400,000 1m 7f 199yds

1st

Altior (IRE) (1)

4/11fav

Tote £1.40 £1.10

2nd

1.75L

Politologue (FR) (7)

11/1

£2.20

3rd

1.75L

Sceau Royal (FR) (9)

16/1

£3.20

4th

Hell's Kitchen (GB) (4)

25/1

OFF 3.31. Time 3m. 58.54 secs9 Ran

Trainer Nicky Henderson

Jockey N de Boinville

Owner Mrs Patricia Pugh

Breeder Paddy Behan

Tote Exacta- £6.30
Tote Trifecta- £50.70
CSF- £7.20
Tricast- £45.22

Full Result

4.10

Glenfarclas Chase (Cross Country Chase)(Class 2 ) of £65,000 3m 6f 37yds

1st

Tiger Roll (IRE) (13)

5/4fav

Tote £2.10 £1.40

2nd

22L

Josies Orders (IRE) (10)

15/2

£1.90

3rd

0.75L

Urgent De Gregaine (FR) (15)

17/2

£2.30

4th

2.75L

Ballycasey (IRE) (4)

33/1

OFF 4.10. Time 8m. 27.28 secs15 Ran

Trainer Gordon Elliott

Jockey K M Donoghue

Owner Gigginstown House Stud

Breeder G O'Brien

Tote Exacta- £11.80
Tote Trifecta- £77.10
CSF- £9.41
Tricast- £59.84

NRs - Hurricane Darwin (IRE) ( Self Cert (Not Eaten Up) )

Full Result

Tiger Roll records fourth Festival win in Cross Country

Everyone knows it’s been a rough week. Horses haven’t been running up to par, a few of them haven’t been good enough and things haven’t been working. We’re lucky enough that we’ve got a good bunch of owners and a good bunch of horses. We’ll keep smiling and keep kicking. This horse has won at four Cheltenham Festivals now and a Grand National. He’s our first winner of the week and I won’t forget him. In his last run in the Boyne Hurdle he looked as good as he ever was and today he was brilliant. I’m very lucky to have him. You win the Grand National by accident and we’ve won it twice. It’s a big ask for this horse to do it again, but what he has done there today has been brilliant and we’ll enjoy it. To win at four Cheltenham Festivals is class.

Tiger Roll and Keith Donoghue on the way to an easy win in the Cross Country

Tiger Roll records fourth Festival win in Cross Country

4.50

Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)(Class 1 ) of £80,000 2m 87yds

1st

Band Of Outlaws (IRE) (3)

7/2fav

Tote £3.80 £2.00

2nd

Coko Beach (FR) (12)

14/1

£3.10

3rd

1.75L

Ciel De Neige (FR) (16)

17/2

£3.00

4th

2.75L

King D'argent (FR) (22)

25/1

£7.20

OFF 4.51. Time 3m. 57.26 secs21 Ran

Trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien

Jockey J J Slevin

Owner Mr John P McManus

Breeder Kilnamoragh Stud

Tote Exacta- £60.30
Tote Trifecta- £1447.50
CSF- £49.46
Tricast- £410.19

NRs - Beat The Judge (IRE) ( Going (Changed since declaration))

Full Result

O'Brien opens Festival account with Band Of Outlaws

I'm delighted. J J gave him a fantastic ride. I'm over the moon. It's my first Cheltenham winner, which is great. We had a couple of horses run well - two seconds and a fourth and a fifth - so it's nice to get a winner. This is Cheltenham and it's special to have any winner here. He was working well at home and I'm delighted it's worked out.