Result 14:00 · Cheltenham

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Grade 3Handicap2m 5fSoft5yo+ · 11 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 31.00s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Shantou Flyer (IRE)	Aidan Coleman	Rebecca Curtis	—	21.0	—
2	Village Vic (IRE)	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs	3L	3.75	—
3	Top Gamble (IRE)	Davy Russell	Kerry Lee	3½L	9.00	—
4	Tenor Nivernais (FR)	Tom Scudamore	Venetia Williams	8½L	8.00	—
5	Thomas Crapper (GB)	Charlie Poste	Robin Dickin	12¼L	15.0	—
6	Quite By Chance (GB)	Tom O'Brien	Colin Tizzard	18¼L	7.00	—
7	Thomas Brown (GB)	Niall P Madden	Harry Fry	25¼L	9.00	—
F	Henri Parry Morgan (GB)	Robert Dunne	Peter Bowen	—	12.0	—
PU	Shutthefrontdoor (IRE)	Barry Geraghty	Jonjo O'Neill	—	19.0	—
PU	Solar Impulse (FR)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Christopher Kellett	—	51.0	—
PU	As De Mee (FR)	S Bowen	Paul Nicholls	—	6.50	—

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Top Gamble (IRE) t

9yo · 11-12 · OR 159

P33115 J Davy Russell T Kerry Lee —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Nov 16	Cheltenham	2m	Soft	C1	5/8	24¾L	9.00
29 Mar 16	Fairyhouse	2m 1f	Yielding	—	1/6	—	2.25
13 Feb 16	Newbury	2m 110y	Soft	C1	1/4	—	2.10

4 wins from 10 · placed 7

Won 1 of 2 at around this trip

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Village Vic (IRE)

10yo · 11-11 · OR 158

119023 J Richard Johnson T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Dec 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	3/16	1¾L	7.00
12 Nov 16	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	2/17	nk	21.0
08 Apr 16	Aintree	2m 5f	Soft	C1	13/29	64½L	11.0

5 wins from 13 · placed 9

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Tenor Nivernais (FR)

10yo · 11-5 · OR 152

322P53 J Tom Scudamore T Venetia Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Dec 16	Ascot	3m	Good To Soft	C1	3/14	2¼L	34.0
13 Apr 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C1	5/8	18L	8.50
27 Feb 16	Kempton Park	3m	Good To Soft	C1	PU	—	17.0

1 win from 13 · placed 5

Won 1 of 9 at around this trip

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Shantou Flyer (IRE) t

7yo · 11-2 · OR 149

5PF529 J Aidan Coleman T Rebecca Curtis —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Jul 16	Galway	2m 6f 110y	Yielding	—	9/22	24L	11.0
17 Jun 16	Down Royal	2m 4f	Good	—	2/10	nse	5.00
26 Apr 16	Punchestown	3m 1f	Good To Yielding	—	5/9	8¾L	26.0

4 wins from 15 · placed 8

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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Henri Parry Morgan (GB) t,v

9yo · 11-1 · OR 148

112U0U J Robert Dunne T Peter Bowen —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 16	Wetherby	3m	Good To Soft	C1	UR	—	8.00
26 Nov 16	Newbury	3m 2f	Good To Soft	C1	11/19	27¼L	11.0
23 Apr 16	Sandown Park	3m 5f	Good	C1	UR	—	6.00

3 wins from 16 · placed 6

First time at this course and trip

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Quite By Chance (GB)

8yo · 11-0 · OR 147

236124 J Tom O'Brien T Colin Tizzard —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Dec 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	4/16	2¼L	21.0
19 Nov 16	Ascot	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C2	2/9	1½L	5.00
29 Oct 16	Ascot	2m 1f	Good	C1	1/11	—	9.00

4 wins from 18 · placed 13

2 runs here without a win

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Shutthefrontdoor (IRE) t,p

10yo · 10-12 · OR 145

53P987 J Barry Geraghty T Jonjo O'Neill —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Dec 16	Cheltenham	3m 2f	Good	C1	7/12	42L	17.0
05 Nov 16	Aintree	3m 110y	Good To Soft	C2	8/9	108¼L	9.50
09 Apr 16	Aintree	4m 2f 110y	Soft	C1	9/39	62¼L	13.0

0 wins from 6 · placed 1

1 run here without a win

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As De Mee (FR)

7yo · 10-12 · OR 145

579181 J S Bowen T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Dec 16	Aintree	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C2	1/17	—	5.00
12 Nov 16	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	8/17	19L	8.00
19 Oct 16	Fontwell Park	2m 3f	Good To Soft	C4	1/6	—	1.91

4 wins from 15 · placed 8

Won 2 of 6 at around this trip

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Solar Impulse (FR)

7yo · 10-10 · OR 143

P13599 J Sam Twiston-Davies T Christopher Kellett —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Dec 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	9/16	43¼L	51.0
19 Nov 16	Ascot	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C2	9/9	22L	34.0
23 Apr 16	Sandown Park	1m 7f 110y	Good	C1	5/6	23½L	51.0

1 win from 11 · placed 6

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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Thomas Brown (GB) b

8yo · 10-9 · OR 142

1U7418 J Niall P Madden T Harry Fry —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Dec 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	8/16	29¼L	7.00
05 Nov 16	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C2	1/9	—	5.00
09 Apr 16	Aintree	3m 1f	Soft	C1	4/14	24½L	8.00

4 wins from 11 · placed 5

Course winner: 1 win from 4 here

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Thomas Crapper (GB) t,p

10yo · 10-1 · OR 134

467046 J Charlie Poste T Robin Dickin —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Nov 16	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	6/17	14¾L	34.0
29 Oct 16	Ascot	2m 3f	Good	C3	4/5	31¾L	8.00
08 Oct 16	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Good	C1	11/14	34¾L	26.0

1 win from 14 · placed 4

4 runs here without a win

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