Result 12:40 · Cheltenham

Timeform Novices Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Class 2Handicap2m 4f 110yGood To Soft5yo+ · 12 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 20.34s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Ginnys Destiny (IRE)	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls	—	5.00	6.20
2	Theatre Man (IRE)	Harry Bannister	Richard J Bandey	2¾L	7.50	8.00
3	Es Perfecto (IRE)	G Sheehan	A King	6¼L	7.00	7.71
4	Prairie Wolf (IRE)	Charlie Deutsch	Sue Smith	9¾L	11.0	12.4
5	Bowtogreatness (IRE)	Ben Jones	B Pauling	22¾L	29.0	50.6
6	Blow Your Wad (IRE)	Stan Sheppard	T Lacey	23¼L	5.50	5.88
6	Charles Ritz (GB)	J J Burke	Tom George	23¼L	13.0	16.6
8	Railway Hurricane (IRE)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Gavin Cromwell	38¼L	23.0	37.6
9	Unexpected Party (FR)	Fergus Gillard	D Skelton	51¼L	26.0	36.0
PU	Happy And Fine (FR)	Bryan Carver	Alex Hales	—	29.0	37.9
PU	Tightenourbelts (IRE)	Tom Bellamy	Emma Lavelle	—	9.50	10.0
PU	Persian Time (GB)	James Bowen	N J Henderson	—	13.0	15.7

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Ginnys Destiny (IRE)

8yo · 12-0 · OR 147

123711 J Harry Cobden T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Dec 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C2	1/6	—	3.50
19 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C3	1/7	—	4.33
27 Oct 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C3	7/9	29¼L	5.50

4 wins from 9 · placed 7

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Blow Your Wad (IRE) t

6yo · 11-8 · OR 141

619221 J Stan Sheppard T T Lacey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 23	Kempton Park	2m 4f 110y	Good	C3	1/8	—	4.33
12 Nov 23	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C3	2/4	10L	3.00
14 Oct 23	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Heavy	C2	2/14	3¼L	5.50

3 wins from 11 · placed 8

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Unexpected Party (FR) t

9yo · 11-8 · OR 141

531554 J Fergus Gillard T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Dec 23	Ascot	2m 3f	Good To Soft	C1	4/4	53L	7.50
09 Dec 23	Sandown Park	1m 7f 110y	Heavy	C1	5/6	15L	8.00
18 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	5/14	17½L	6.00

3 wins from 17 · placed 11

5 runs here without a win

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Tightenourbelts (IRE)

7yo · 11-5 · OR 138

221134 J Tom Bellamy T Emma Lavelle —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 23	Kempton Park	3m	Good	C1	4/6	43¼L	13.0
01 Dec 23	Newbury	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	3/6	11½L	7.50
09 Nov 23	Ludlow	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C3	1/7	—	2.38

2 wins from 7 · placed 5

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Bowtogreatness (IRE)

8yo · 11-2 · OR 135

35P02P J Ben Jones T B Pauling —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
30 Dec 23	Newbury	3m 2f	Soft	C3	PU	—	8.00
15 Apr 23	Aintree	3m 1f	Good To Soft	C1	2/15	1½L	13.0
16 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	13/23	21¾L	101.0

2 wins from 14 · placed 7

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Theatre Man (IRE)

8yo · 11-1 · OR 134

212123 J Harry Bannister T Richard J Bandey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Dec 23	Newbury	2m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	3/5	3L	2.62
09 Nov 23	Newbury	2m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	2/11	4¾L	9.00
18 Mar 23	Kempton Park	2m 5f	Soft	C4	1/7	—	3.75

2 wins from 8 · placed 8

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Persian Time (GB)

6yo · 11-0 · OR 133

12P221 J James Bowen T N J Henderson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Dec 23	Ascot	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C3	1/4	—	2.50
01 Dec 23	Newbury	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C3	2/6	5½L	4.33
21 Apr 23	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C3	2/5	2¼L	5.50

2 wins from 6 · placed 5

1 run here without a win

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Happy And Fine (FR) p

7yo · 10-12 · OR 131

133311 J Bryan Carver T Alex Hales —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
30 Dec 23	Haydock Park	2m 4f	Heavy	C3	1/7	—	4.50
13 Dec 23	Leicester	2m 4f	Heavy	C4	1/5	—	2.38
04 Nov 23	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	3/13	6¾L	9.50

4 wins from 11 · placed 9

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Railway Hurricane (IRE) t,b

9yo · 10-10 · OR 129

1P223F J Sam Twiston-Davies T Gavin Cromwell —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Dec 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	F	—	34.0
19 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C3	3/7	15L	6.50
27 Oct 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C3	2/9	7L	9.50

3 wins from 35 · placed 15

4 runs here without a win

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Charles Ritz (GB)

8yo · 10-4 · OR 123

156421 J J J Burke T Tom George —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Jan 24	Exeter	2m 3f	Heavy	C4	1/7	—	11.0
10 Apr 23	Huntingdon	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C4	2/4	5L	4.00
23 Mar 23	Ludlow	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C4	4/5	17¾L	3.75

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

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Prairie Wolf (IRE) p

7yo · 10-4 · OR 123

272331 J Charlie Deutsch T Sue Smith —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Dec 23	Doncaster	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	1/12	—	6.50
23 Nov 23	Market Rasen	2m 5f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	3/6	10L	5.00
29 Oct 23	Aintree	3m 110y	Good To Soft	C3	3/11	21L	7.50

4 wins from 16 · placed 13

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Es Perfecto (IRE)

9yo · 10-4 · OR 123

413323 J G Sheehan T A King —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 23	Kempton Park	2m 4f 110y	Good	C3	3/8	4L	7.00
19 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C3	2/7	10L	5.50
06 May 23	Uttoxeter	2m 4f	Soft	C3	3/8	19¼L	6.00

2 wins from 10 · placed 8

Won 1 of 6 at around this trip

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