5.00 Nicholson Holman Conditional Jockeys´ Handicap Chase of £15,000.00 5-y-o plus 2m. 110yds.

Cheltenham Results Fri, 18th Apr, 2008

Going - Good.

Nicholson Holman Conditional Jockeys´ Handicap Chase of £15,000.00 5-y-o plus 2m. 110yds.

1st - £9,393.00, 2nd - £2,775.00, 3rd - £1,388.00, 4th - £695.00 9 Ran

1st

Ela Re (GB) 11-3 (Mr Keith Nicholson)
(4:02.80 4.21 secs faster on today's going )
Sabrehill (USA) - Lucia Tarditi (FR)

SP 9/1

Mrs S J Smith

Tjade Collier(3)

Tote Win £12.90 Place £2.60

kept away from others at start, joined leader 2nd, led after 4th, clear when hit 3 out, soon ridden, stayed on gamely flat

3rd Apr, 08 Aintree
fell Hcp Chs This
Race 26th Oct, 08 Aintree
8th Hcp Chs

2nd

1.75L

Magic Sky (FR) 11-6 (thehorseracingclub com partnership)

Simon Du Desert (FR) - Kailasa (FR)(R.B.Chesne)

SP 13/2

M Harris

C Poste(3)

Place £2.30

held up, not fluent 3rd or 9th, stayed on under pressure from 3 out, kept on flat take 2nd towards finish

3rd Apr, 08 Aintree
5th Hcp Chs This
Race 22nd May, 08 Worcester
6th Hcp Chs

3rd

0.75L

Its Crucial (IRE) 10-4 (Mrs Caroline Beresford-Wylie)

Beneficial (GB) - Balda Girl (IRE)(Mandalus)

SP 3/1Jfav

Nigel Twiston-Davies

David England(3)

Place £1.70

held up, jumped right 3rd, mistake 5th, hit 7th, headway to chase leaders next, outpaced 10th, rallied approaching 3 out, stayed on flat to take 3rd towards finish

12th Apr, 08 Newbury
2nd Hcp Chs This
Race 1st Nov, 08 Ascot
3rd Hcp Chs

4th

0.75L

Bleu Superbe (FR) 11-4 (P A Deal, A Hirschfeld & J Tyndall)

Epervier Bleu - Brett's Dream (FR)

SP 12/1

Miss Venetia Williams

L Treadwell(3)

always prominent, mistake 5th, chased winner 6th, hit next, lost 2nd 8th, chased winner again from 10th, ridden approaching 3 out, no extra towards finish

2nd Feb, 08 Sandown
8th Hcp Chs This
Race 9th May, 08 Aintree
7th Hcp Chs

5th

Flying Spirit (IRE) 10-8 (Mr R A Green)

Flying Spur (AUS) - All Laughter(Vision (USA))

SP 16/1

G L Moore

E Dehdashti(3)

mid-divison, not fluent 3rd, hit 8th, driven after 10th, headway approaching 3 out, beaten approaching 2 out

2nd Jun, 07 Worcester
3rd Hcp Chs This
Race 18th May, 08 Fakenham
p.u. Hcp Chs

6th

shd

O'Toole (IRE) 10-10 (Mrs L R Lovell)

Toulon (GB) - Legs Burke (IRE)

SP 3/1Jfav

Philip Hobbs

D P O'Dwyer(6)

mid-division, mistake 5th, headway to track leaders approaching 9th, pushed along before next, 3rd approaching 3 out, weakened before last

15th Dec, 07 Cheltenham
1st Hcp Chs This
Race 24th May, 08 Stratford
p.u. Hcp Chs

7th

18L

Genghis (IRE) 10-6 (Khan Partners)

Persian Bold - Cindy's Baby (GB)(Bairn (USA))

SP 12/1

Peter Bowen

T Molloy

chased leader until not fluent 2nd, settled in touch, not fluent 3rd, mistake 5th, ridden 10th, soon weakened

18th Mar, 08 Exeter
p.u. Nov Chs This
Race 1st May, 08 Huntingdon
p.u. Hcp Chs

8th

1.25L

Forest Green (FR) 11-9 (Mr Ged Mason)

Green Tune (USA) - Farama (USA)(Seattle Song (USA))

SP 5/1

Paul Nicholls

L Heard(3)

held up in rear, headway to track leaders on outside 8th, beaten 4 out, soon weakened, behind when hit 2 out

17th Apr, 08 Cheltenham
6th Nov Chs This
Race 13th May, 08 Newton Abbot
2nd Hcp Hdl

p.u.

Scalloway (IRE) 10-13 (Lady Blyth)

Marju (IRE) - Zany (IRE)

SP 14/1

C Llewellyn

R Lucey-Butler(3)

led, headed after 4th, lost place before 7th, last after 8th, well behind when mistake 4 out, pulled up before 3 out

22nd Aug, 06 Worcester
3rd Hcp Chs This
Race 24th May, 08 Stratford
6th Hcp Chs

Off 5.01
Time 4m. 2.80 secs, which is 4.21 secs faster than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £93.10.

Non runner Brave Villa (FR)