Result 14:05 · Cheltenham

Paddy Power New Years Day Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)

Class 1Handicap2m 4f 110yHeavy5yo+ · 6 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 25.53s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Shakem Uparry (IRE)	Ben Jones	B Pauling	—	6.50	6.84
2	Frero Banbou (FR)	Charlie Deutsch	Venetia Williams	7½L	7.50	7.00
3	Al Dancer (FR)	Dylan Johnston	Sam Thomas	15½L	12.0	13.6
4	Richmond Lake (IRE)	Brian Hughes	Donald McCain	44½L	5.50	6.40
5	Torn And Frayed (FR)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Nigel Twiston-Davies	59½L	19.0	21.5
PU	Stage Star (IRE)	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls	—	2.10	2.22

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Stage Star (IRE)

8yo · 12-0 · OR 166

211151 J Harry Cobden T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	1/14	—	5.00
13 Apr 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	5/5	15L	2.50
16 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	1/7	—	8.50

9 wins from 15 · placed 12

Course winner: 3 wins from 4 here

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Al Dancer (FR) t,p

11yo · 10-9 · OR 154

321013 J Dylan Johnston T Sam Thomas —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Oct 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	3/11	4½L	10.0
14 Oct 23	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C2	1/5	—	3.75
14 Apr 23	Aintree	2m 5f	Soft	C1	10/29	36¾L	10.0

9 wins from 27 · placed 17

Course winner: 2 wins from 8 here

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Richmond Lake (IRE)

8yo · 10-12 · OR 150

121111 J Brian Hughes T Donald McCain —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Dec 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Heavy	C2	1/9	—	5.00
18 Nov 23	Wetherby	2m	Heavy	C3	1/4	—	2.75
21 Apr 23	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	1/7	—	4.50

7 wins from 14 · placed 10

Won 4 of 5 at around this trip

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Shakem Uparry (IRE) t

10yo · 10-2 · OR 140

1534P6 J Ben Jones T B Pauling —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Dec 23	Newbury	3m 2f	Good To Soft	C1	6/20	19½L	34.0
02 Nov 23	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	PU	—	5.00
15 Apr 23	Aintree	3m 1f	Good To Soft	C1	4/15	7¾L	5.50

3 wins from 21 · placed 11

4 runs here without a win

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Frero Banbou (FR)

9yo · 10-2 · OR 140

340323 J Charlie Deutsch T Venetia Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Dec 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	3/12	9½L	10.0
01 Dec 23	Newbury	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C2	2/7	2½L	6.00
11 Nov 23	Aintree	2m 5f	Heavy	C2	3/10	4¾L	6.50

2 wins from 20 · placed 14

4 runs here without a win

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Torn And Frayed (FR)

10yo · 10-2 · OR 140

22P1F6 J Sam Twiston-Davies T Nigel Twiston-Davies —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Dec 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	6/12	13¼L	29.0
18 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	F	—	21.0
29 Jan 22	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good	C1	1/10	—	6.00

3 wins from 20 · placed 12

Course winner: 1 win from 6 here

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