12.45 CHELTENHAM BUSINESS CLUB NOVICES´ CHASE of £20,000.00 5-y-o plus 3m. 1f. 110yds.

Cheltenham Results Fri, 14th Dec, 2007

Going - Good.

1st - £12,526.00, 2nd - £3,700.00, 3rd - £1,850.00, 4th - £926.00 4 Ran

1st

Joe Lively (IRE) 11-8 (Mr R E Dimond)
(0:40.16 1.08 secs slower on today's going )
Flemensfirth (USA) - Forest Gale(Strong Gale)

SP 11/2

C L Tizzard

J Tizzard

led, jumped well and drew clear after 3 out, stayed on well

2nd

24L

Ornais (FR) 11-8 (The Stewart Family)

Michel Georges (GB) - Imperia Ii (FR)(Beyssac (FR))

SP 5/2

Paul Nicholls

S Thomas

held up behind leaders, chased winner after 12th, ridden 4 out, weakened before 2 out

3rd

Irish Wolf (FR) 11-8 (The Hacking Partnership)

Loup Solitaire (USA) - Erins Run (USA)(Irish River (FR))

SP 10/1

Peter Bowen

T J O'Brien

chased winner to 7th, lost place 9th, outpaced after 11th, lost touch approaching 16th

4th

Imperial Commander (IRE) 11-8 (Our Friends in the North)

Flemensfirth (USA) - Ballinlovane(Le Moss)

SP 5/6fav

Nigel Twiston-Davies

Tony Evans

not fluent, held up behind leaders, headway 7th, stumbled 3 out, soon weakened

Off 12.45
Time 6m. 41.60 secs, which is 1.08 secs slower than the course average on today's going