Result 14:48 · Ayr

Cheltenham Gold Cup Lunch @westernhousehotel Handicap Chase

Class 5Handicap3mHeavy5yo+ · 7 ran

Result

Official · time 7m 04.94s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Big Zouk (IRE)	Brian Hughes	Nicky Richards	—	2.38	2.58
2	Rob Roy Macgregor (IRE)	Patrick Wadge	Sandy Thomson	2¾L	6.00	8.06
3	Jirko (FR)	Bruce Lynn	N W Alexander	4L	3.50	3.81
4	Torosay (IRE)	Derek Fox	Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore	12½L	7.00	7.24
5	Muroor (GB)	Sean Quinlan	Lizzie Quinlan	45½L	101.0	179.1
PU	Maid Of Houxty (GB)	Craig Nichol	Donald Whillans	—	21.0	24.6
PU	Euchan Falls (IRE)	Nathan Moscrop	R Mike Smith	—	13.0	19.8

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Big Zouk (IRE)

7yo · 11-12 · OR 96

4P53 J Brian Hughes T Nicky Richards —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Dec 25	Newcastle	2m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C5	3/8	11L	3.25
07 Nov 25	Hexham	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C4	5/11	25L	3.25
21 Jan 25	Ayr	3m 110y	Soft	C4	PU	—	17.0

0 wins from 4 · placed 1

1 run here without a win

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Torosay (IRE) p

8yo · 11-8 · OR 92

6U3727 J Derek Fox T Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
30 Nov 25	Carlisle	3m 2f	Soft	C5	7/12	25½L	7.00
01 Nov 25	Ayr	3m	Soft	C5	2/12	1L	4.00
14 Apr 25	Hexham	3m	Good	C5	7/14	23½L	6.00

1 win from 16 · placed 7

Won 1 of 6 at around this trip

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Jirko (FR)

7yo · 11-5 · OR 89

878032 J Bruce Lynn T N W Alexander —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Dec 25	Ayr	3m	Heavy	C5	2/11	13L	6.00
08 Nov 25	Kelso	2m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C5	3/8	4½L	12.0
08 Mar 25	Ayr	3m 110y	Soft	C5	10/16	55½L	17.0

0 wins from 8 · placed 2

5 runs here without a win

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Rob Roy Macgregor (IRE) p

8yo · 10-13 · OR 83

PP3487 J Patrick Wadge T Sandy Thomson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Nov 25	Ayr	3m	Soft	C5	7/12	16¼L	5.00
14 Jun 25	Hexham	3m	Good To Soft	C5	8/12	16¾L	7.00
03 May 25	Hexham	3m	Good To Soft	C5	4/10	5¼L	7.00

1 win from 14 · placed 2

4 runs here without a win

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Maid Of Houxty (GB) t

11yo · 10-9 · OR 79

2431PP J Craig Nichol T Donald Whillans —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
30 Nov 25	Carlisle	3m 2f	Soft	C5	PU	—	41.0
10 Nov 25	Carlisle	2m 4f	Soft	C4	PU	—	67.0
18 Mar 23	Newcastle	2m 7f 110y	Heavy	C5	1/6	—	4.00

1 win from 13 · placed 4

Won 1 of 2 at around this trip

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Euchan Falls (IRE) t,v

9yo · 10-2 · OR 72

827PPP J Nathan Moscrop T R Mike Smith —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Jan 26	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C5	PU	—	51.0
01 Dec 25	Ayr	3m 110y	Heavy	C5	PU	—	26.0
19 Jul 25	Cartmel	3m 1f 110y	Good	C5	PU	—	11.0

2 wins from 38 · placed 9

Course winner: 1 win from 17 here

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Muroor (GB) p

13yo · 10-2 · OR 72

P52600 J Sean Quinlan T Lizzie Quinlan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Nov 25	Ayr	3m	Soft	C5	10/12	25¼L	67.0
14 Jun 25	Hexham	3m	Good To Soft	C5	10/12	22¼L	19.0
24 May 25	Cartmel	3m 1f 110y	Good	C5	6/12	33¼L	10.0

5 wins from 93 · placed 24

2 runs here without a win

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