Result 13:55 · Cheltenham

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Grade 3Handicap2m 5fHeavy5yo+ · 11 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 31.50s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Village Vic (IRE)	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs	—	4.50	—
2	Tenor Nivernais (FR)	Aidan Coleman	Venetia Williams	3L	6.50	—
3	Top Gamble (IRE)	Jamie Moore	Kerry Lee	3¾L	9.00	—
4	Lost Legend (IRE)	Patrick Cowley	Jonjo O'Neill	22¾L	34.0	—
5	Seventh Sky (GER)	G Sheehan	Charlie Mann	23¼L	15.0	—
6	Johns Spirit (IRE)	Joshua Moore	Jonjo O'Neill	23½L	12.0	—
7	Mon Successeur (FR)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls	25¼L	7.50	—
8	Thomas Crapper (GB)	Charlie Poste	Robin Dickin	28½L	15.0	—
9	A Good Skin (IRE)	Paddy Brennan	Tom George	31L	7.00	—
10	Mr Mole (IRE)	Barry Geraghty	Paul Nicholls	31¾L	17.0	—
11	Little Jon (GB)	Jamie Bargary	Nigel Twiston-Davies	37¾L	9.00	—

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Mr Mole (IRE) t

8yo · 11-12 · OR 160

118355 J Barry Geraghty T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Dec 15	Sandown Park	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	5/7	20¾L	9.00
15 Nov 15	Cheltenham	2m	Good To Soft	C1	5/6	25¾L	7.00
25 Apr 15	Sandown Park	1m 7f 110y	Good	C1	3/7	9¾L	5.00

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

2 runs here without a win

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Seventh Sky (GER) t,p

9yo · 11-6 · OR 154

2P2421 J G Sheehan T Charlie Mann —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Dec 15	Haydock Park	2m 7f	Heavy	C2	1/10	—	11.0
05 Dec 15	Aintree	2m 5f	Soft	C2	2/13	9L	15.0
21 Nov 15	Ascot	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C1	4/5	34¾L	51.0

4 wins from 12 · placed 9

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Top Gamble (IRE)

8yo · 11-5 · OR 153

1251P3 J Jamie Moore T Kerry Lee —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Nov 15	Newbury	2m 4f	Soft	C2	3/12	5¾L	15.0
11 Oct 15	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Good	C2	PU	—	8.50
18 Apr 15	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Good	C1	1/5	—	4.00

2 wins from 6 · placed 4

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Johns Spirit (IRE)

9yo · 11-3 · OR 151

53P99 J Joshua Moore T Jonjo O'Neill —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Dec 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	9/14	27¼L	13.0
14 Nov 15	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	9/20	26¾L	11.0
25 Oct 15	Aintree	2m 4f	Good	C1	PU	—	3.75

0 wins from 5 · placed 1

3 runs here without a win

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Tenor Nivernais (FR)

9yo · 10-11 · OR 145

469413 J Aidan Coleman T Venetia Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Dec 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	3/14	5½L	11.0
20 Nov 15	Ascot	2m 5f	Soft	C3	1/6	—	3.25
04 Apr 15	Haydock Park	2m 5f 110y	Soft	C2	4/15	16L	10.0

1 win from 8 · placed 2

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Lost Legend (IRE) v

9yo · 10-3 · OR 144

P70184 J Patrick Cowley T Jonjo O'Neill —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Nov 15	Newbury	2m 4f	Soft	C2	4/12	22¾L	15.0
31 Oct 15	Ascot	3m	Good	C1	8/15	17½L	21.0
01 Oct 15	Bangor-on-Dee	2m 4f 110y	Good	C3	1/6	—	9.00

2 wins from 9 · placed 2

Won 2 of 4 at around this trip

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Village Vic (IRE)

9yo · 10-10 · OR 144

12P111 J Richard Johnson T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Dec 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	1/14	—	9.00
06 Nov 15	Musselburgh	2m 4f	Good	C3	1/8	—	2.62
14 Oct 15	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Good	C3	1/10	—	3.75

4 wins from 8 · placed 6

Course winner: 1 win from 1 here

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Little Jon (GB)

8yo · 10-4 · OR 143

461410 J Jamie Bargary T Nigel Twiston-Davies —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Dec 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	10/14	31L	9.00
27 Nov 15	Newbury	2m 4f	Soft	C2	1/12	—	7.00
17 Oct 15	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 5f	Good	C2	4/9	10¼L	5.00

2 wins from 7 · placed 2

4 runs here without a win

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Mon Successeur (FR)

5yo · 10-6 · OR 145

20221 J Sam Twiston-Davies T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Dec 15	Ascot	2m 3f	Good To Soft	C3	1/10	—	7.00
04 Dec 15	Exeter	2m 3f	Heavy	C3	2/7	½L	3.75
27 Nov 15	Newbury	2m 2f 110y	Soft	C3	2/8	¾L	3.75

1 win from 5 · placed 4

1 run here without a win

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Thomas Crapper (GB)

9yo · 10-4 · OR 138

42270 J Charlie Poste T Robin Dickin —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
24 Oct 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C3	12/16	36L	11.0
01 May 15	Punchestown	2m 5f	Good To Yielding	—	7/17	35¾L	8.00
29 Mar 15	Ascot	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C3	2/4	shd	2.10

0 wins from 5 · placed 2

2 runs here without a win

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A Good Skin (IRE)

7yo · 10-2 · OR 136

221153 J Paddy Brennan T Tom George —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
07 Nov 15	Wincanton	3m 1f	Soft	C1	3/12	12½L	12.0
23 Oct 15	Cheltenham	3m 110y	Good	C2	5/7	9¾L	6.00
16 Apr 15	Cheltenham	3m 1f 110y	Good	C3	1/10	—	4.50

2 wins from 6 · placed 5

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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