Result 14:10 · Cheltenham

BetMGM County Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)

Class 1Handicap2m 1fHeavy5yo+ · 17 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 25.10s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Absurde (FR)	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	—	13.0	15.5
2	LEau du Sud (FR)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	1L	4.50	5.81
3	Pied Piper (GB)	Danny Gilligan	Gordon Elliott	4¼L	15.0	26.0
4	Magical Zoe (IRE)	A P Heskin	Henry De Bromhead	4¼L	9.00	11.9
5	Afadil (FR)	Freddie Gingell	Paul Nicholls	4½L	41.0	48.9
6	Faivoir (FR)	Tristan Durrell	D Skelton	4¾L	8.00	11.0
7	Zenta (FR)	Mark Walsh	W P Mullins	5L	11.0	13.5
8	Risk Belle (FR)	Jody McGarvey	W P Mullins	8¾L	13.0	18.0
9	Samui	Sam Ewing	Gordon Elliott	8¾L	51.0	80.0
10	By Your Side (GB)	Jake Coen	Gordon Elliott	13¾L	81.0	131.3
11	So Scottish (FR)	Donagh Meyler	Emmet Mullins	16¼L	8.00	11.1
12	Media Naranja (IRE)	Jordan Gainford	Gordon Elliott	16½L	101.0	135.9
13	Mr Freedom	Marc Goldstein	Sheena West	16¾L	29.0	56.6
14	King Of Kingsfield (IRE)	Jack Kennedy	Gordon Elliott	17L	5.00	5.36
15	Bialystok (IRE)	Danny Mullins	W P Mullins	20¼L	15.0	23.8
16	Petit Tonnerre (FR)	Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	Jonjo O'Neill	22¾L	21.0	29.1
PU	Westport Cove (FR)	Michael OSullivan	W P Mullins	—	41.0	70.8

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Pied Piper (GB) t

6yo · 11-11 · OR 156

426324 J Danny Gilligan T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
25 Nov 23	Punchestown	2m 110y	Soft	—	4/4	11L	13.0
14 Oct 23	Newmarket	2m 2f	Soft	C2	2/31	¾L	7.50
24 Aug 23	Killarney	2m 1f	Yielding	—	3/5	2L	2.10

6 wins from 25 · placed 17

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Zenta (FR)

5yo · 11-3 · OR 145

13133 J Mark Walsh T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	3/21	3½L	13.0
10 Dec 23	Cork	2m 110y	Soft To Heavy	—	3/5	5¾L	2.50
13 Apr 23	Aintree	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C1	1/11	—	2.25

2 wins from 5 · placed 5

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Magical Zoe (IRE)

6yo · 11-2 · OR 144

125122 J A P Heskin T Henry De Bromhead —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	2/21	3½L	6.00
10 Nov 23	Down Royal	2m 1f	Soft	—	2/7	1¾L	2.10
29 Sep 23	Gowran Park	2m	Soft To Heavy	—	1/7	—	1.73

4 wins from 8 · placed 7

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King Of Kingsfield (IRE)

6yo · 10-12 · OR 140

322213 J Jack Kennedy T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	3/10	14L	13.0
26 Dec 23	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	1/23	—	2.88
03 Dec 23	Fairyhouse	2m	Soft	—	2/8	1½L	13.0

2 wins from 8 · placed 7

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Westport Cove (FR) h,t

6yo · 10-11 · OR 139

101P24 J Michael OSullivan T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Feb 24	Punchestown	2m	Heavy	—	4/8	12¼L	9.00
11 Jan 24	Clonmel	2m 110y	Heavy	—	2/4	½L	6.00
27 Dec 23	Leopardstown	2m	Heavy	—	PU	—	41.0

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

1 run here without a win

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Bialystok (IRE)

6yo · 10-11 · OR 139

17324B J Danny Mullins T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	BD	—	7.50
03 Dec 23	Fairyhouse	2m	Soft	—	4/8	3L	7.00
01 Oct 23	Tipperary	2m	Soft	—	2/6	2¾L	3.75

2 wins from 9 · placed 5

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Absurde (FR)

6yo · 10-10 · OR 138

1261P4 J Paul Townend T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	4/10	17¼L	34.0
27 Dec 23	Leopardstown	2m	Heavy	—	PU	—	15.0
26 Aug 23	York	1m 6f	Good To Firm	C2	1/22	—	8.00

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Risk Belle (FR)

5yo · 10-9 · OR 137

316135 J Jody McGarvey T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m 2f	Soft	—	5/19	18¼L	4.00
29 Dec 23	Leopardstown	2m 4f	Soft To Heavy	—	3/8	11L	2.62
02 Dec 23	Fairyhouse	2m	Soft	—	1/6	—	2.75

2 wins from 9 · placed 4

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Petit Tonnerre (FR) v

6yo · 10-8 · OR 136

572445 J Jonjo O'Neill Jr. T Jonjo O'Neill —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Musselburgh	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C2	5/8	11¼L	4.00
01 Jan 24	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Heavy	C3	4/5	9L	4.50
09 Dec 23	Sandown Park	1m 7f 110y	Heavy	C1	4/6	9L	13.0

1 win from 11 · placed 4

Won 1 of 4 at around this trip

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Faivoir (FR)

9yo · 10-5 · OR 136

6P2852 J Tristan Durrell T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Mar 24	Sandown Park	2m	Soft	C2	2/16	nse	12.0
10 Feb 24	Newbury	2m 110y	Heavy	C1	5/21	9L	51.0
23 Dec 23	Ascot	1m 7f 110y	Good	C1	8/9	17¾L	34.0

10 wins from 29 · placed 19

Course winner: 3 wins from 5 here

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LEau du Sud (FR) t

6yo · 10-7 · OR 135

433P2 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Feb 24	Newbury	2m 110y	Heavy	C1	2/21	2¼L	29.0
19 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	PU	—	12.0
04 Mar 23	Kelso	2m	Good To Soft	C2	3/16	5½L	10.0

0 wins from 5 · placed 3

1 run here without a win

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So Scottish (FR) t

7yo · 10-5 · OR 133

27U4F4 J Donagh Meyler T Emmet Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	4/21	5¾L	6.00
16 Dec 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	F	—	6.00
11 Nov 23	Gowran Park	2m	Heavy	—	4/6	32¼L	7.00

3 wins from 18 · placed 6

2 runs here without a win

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Samui t

5yo · 10-2 · OR 130

212415 J Sam Ewing T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Oct 23	Tipperary	2m	Soft	—	5/6	30¼L	6.00
18 Sep 23	Listowel	2m	Good To Yielding	—	1/18	—	5.00
28 Aug 23	Ballinrobe	2m 2f	Yielding	—	4/9	18¼L	2.00

3 wins from 8 · placed 5

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Mr Freedom

5yo · 10-2 · OR 130

233U21 J Marc Goldstein T Sheena West —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Mar 24	Plumpton	2m	Soft	C3	1/6	—	4.00
08 Jan 24	Taunton	2m 3f	Soft	C3	2/12	1½L	10.0
09 Dec 23	Sandown Park	2m	Heavy	C2	UR	—	15.0

9 wins from 29 · placed 17

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By Your Side (GB)

5yo · 9-13 · OR 130

260227 J Jake Coen T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	7/21	17¾L	15.0
27 Dec 23	Leopardstown	2m	Heavy	—	2/13	4¼L	12.0
03 Dec 23	Fairyhouse	2m	Soft	—	2/19	1¾L	41.0

4 wins from 32 · placed 13

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Afadil (FR) p

5yo · 9-11 · OR 130

17P331 J Freddie Gingell T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
03 Feb 24	Musselburgh	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	1/13	—	4.33
01 Jan 24	Musselburgh	2m 4f	Soft	C2	3/7	3¾L	5.00
30 Nov 23	Taunton	2m 3f	Good	C3	3/6	8¾L	4.00

4 wins from 11 · placed 7

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Media Naranja (IRE)

5yo · 10-2 · OR 130

123584 J Jordan Gainford T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Feb 24	Leopardstown	2m 2f	Soft	—	4/19	13¾L	12.0
29 Dec 23	Limerick	2m	Heavy	—	8/10	37½L	6.00
03 Dec 23	Fairyhouse	2m	Soft	—	5/19	11L	12.0

2 wins from 10 · placed 6

1 run here without a win

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