Result 13:50 · Cheltenham

Virgin Bet December Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)

Class 1Handicap2m 4f 110ySoft4yo+ · 12 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 11.19s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Fugitif (FR)	G Sheehan	R Hobson	—	7.50	8.30
2	Il Ridoto (FR)	Bryony Frost	Paul Nicholls	shd	9.50	10.1
3	Frero Banbou (FR)	Charlie Deutsch	Venetia Williams	9½L	10.0	12.5
4	Grandeur dAme (FR)	Tom Bellamy	A King	10L	23.0	30.0
5	Fakir dOudairies (FR)	Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	Joseph Patrick O'Brien	11½L	12.0	14.0
6	Torn And Frayed (FR)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Nigel Twiston-Davies	13¼L	29.0	36.9
7	Monmiral (FR)	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls	15L	5.00	5.40
8	Jay Jay Reilly (IRE)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	18¾L	34.0	42.9
9	Do Your Job (IRE)	Derek Fox	Lucinda Russell	24¾L	23.0	29.5
F	Railway Hurricane (IRE)	Conor Stone-Walsh	Gavin Cromwell	—	34.0	40.0
F	So Scottish (FR)	Mark Walsh	Emmet Mullins	—	6.00	10.0
PU	Thunder Rock (IRE)	S Bowen	O Murphy	—	4.00	4.26

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Fakir dOudairies (FR)

8yo · 12-0 · OR 162

152132 J Jonjo O'Neill Jr. T Joseph Patrick O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Apr 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Soft	C1	2/7	4¼L	2.88
18 Feb 23	Ascot	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C1	3/6	23L	2.75
22 Jan 23	Thurles	2m 4f 110y	Yielding	—	1/6	—	2.75

9 wins from 25 · placed 21

Course winner: 1 win from 4 here

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Fugitif (FR) t

8yo · 11-3 · OR 151

212254 J G Sheehan T R Hobson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	4/14	16L	13.0
14 Apr 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Soft	C1	5/7	31½L	12.0
16 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	2/23	2L	12.0

4 wins from 17 · placed 8

4 runs here without a win

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Thunder Rock (IRE)

7yo · 10-12 · OR 146

133621 J S Bowen T O Murphy —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Nov 23	Carlisle	2m 4f	Soft	C1	1/4	—	2.38
22 Apr 23	Ayr	2m 4f 110y	Good	C1	2/6	1¾L	3.50
15 Mar 23	Cheltenham	3m 110y	Soft	C1	6/10	22¼L	23.0

8 wins from 15 · placed 13

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Monmiral (FR)

6yo · 10-11 · OR 145

422247 J Harry Cobden T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Apr 23	Aintree	3m 110y	Good To Soft	C1	7/10	40¾L	26.0
04 Feb 23	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	4/5	26½L	4.33
01 Jan 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	2/5	3¼L	2.62

4 wins from 11 · placed 7

1 run here without a win

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Il Ridoto (FR) t,p

6yo · 10-9 · OR 143

4416P3 J Bryony Frost T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	3/14	12L	13.0
14 Apr 23	Aintree	2m 5f	Soft	C1	PU	—	17.0
16 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	6/23	9¼L	8.00

2 wins from 12 · placed 6

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So Scottish (FR) t

6yo · 10-7 · OR 141

1127U4 J Mark Walsh T Emmet Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Nov 23	Gowran Park	2m	Heavy	—	4/6	32¼L	7.00
28 Apr 23	Punchestown	2m 5f	Yielding	—	UR	—	7.00
16 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	7/23	10½L	6.50

3 wins from 16 · placed 6

Won 1 of 4 at around this trip

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Jay Jay Reilly (IRE)

7yo · 10-5 · OR 139

151235 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Dec 23	Newbury	2m 6f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	5/8	7½L	9.50
22 Oct 23	Kempton Park	2m 2f	Good	C3	3/7	16¼L	3.50
01 May 23	Kempton Park	2m 2f	Good	C2	2/7	½L	7.00

4 wins from 16 · placed 10

4 runs at around this trip without a win

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Do Your Job (IRE) t

9yo · 10-2 · OR 136

165578 J Derek Fox T Lucinda Russell —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m	Good To Soft	C2	8/11	15L	9.50
29 Oct 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	7/11	14¼L	10.0
04 Dec 22	Huntingdon	2m 4f	Good	C1	5/7	29L	26.0

5 wins from 19 · placed 11

Won 2 of 8 at around this trip

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Grandeur dAme (FR)

7yo · 10-2 · OR 136

711551 J Tom Bellamy T A King —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Nov 23	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Heavy	C3	1/6	—	5.50
19 May 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Good	C3	5/9	33L	7.50
30 Mar 23	Warwick	2m	Soft	C3	5/6	16L	4.33

5 wins from 15 · placed 9

1 run here without a win

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Frero Banbou (FR)

8yo · 10-2 · OR 136

434032 J Charlie Deutsch T Venetia Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
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
16 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	12/23	17¼L	15.0

2 wins from 19 · placed 13

3 runs here without a win

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Torn And Frayed (FR)

9yo · 10-2 · OR 136

322P1F J Sam Twiston-Davies T Nigel Twiston-Davies —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Nov 23	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Soft	C1	F	—	21.0
29 Jan 22	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Good	C1	1/10	—	6.00
30 Dec 21	Haydock Park	2m 6f	Heavy	C3	PU	—	5.00

3 wins from 19 · placed 12

Course winner: 1 win from 5 here

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8yo · 9-11 · OR 136

41P223 J Conor Stone-Walsh T Gavin Cromwell —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
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
30 Sep 23	Gowran Park	2m 4f	Heavy	—	2/6	2½L	8.00

3 wins from 34 · placed 15

3 runs here without a win

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