Result 14:55 · Cheltenham

Paddy Power Games Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Class 2Handicap3mGood4yo+ · 12 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 58.90s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Annual Invictus (IRE)	Tom Cannon	Chris Gordon	—	13.0	14.8
2	Fontana Ellissi (FR)	Robert Dunne	Samuel Drinkwater	¾L	7.00	7.67
3	Sidi Ismael (FR)	Tom Scudamore	D Pipe	1¾L	12.0	15.8
4	Punxsutawney Phil (IRE)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Brian Ellison	2¾L	15.0	21.1
5	Zoffanien (IRE)	Daniel King	Denis Gerard Hogan	3¼L	23.0	33.7
6	Valentino (GB)	Harry Kimber	Jackie Du Plessis	16¼L	17.0	25.7
7	Lisnagar Oscar (IRE)	Mr R James	Rebecca Curtis	27¼L	15.0	17.1
8	Ernesto (GER)	C J Todd	Ian Williams	32¾L	41.0	115.2
9	Forecast (GB)	James Best	M Keighley	44¾L	67.0	117.6
F	Padleyourowncanoe (GB)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	—	4.50	5.56
PU	On The Blind Side (IRE)	Nico de Boinville	N J Henderson	—	11.0	13.4
UR	Shearer (IRE)	A P Heskin	Paul Nicholls	—	3.00	3.10

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On The Blind Side (IRE) p

10yo · 12-0 · OR 144

6526P4 J Nico de Boinville T N J Henderson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
21 Jan 22	Lingfield Park	2m 7f	Heavy	C2	4/4	19¼L	2.00
01 Jan 22	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	PU	—	15.0
18 Dec 21	Ascot	3m 110y	Good To Soft	C1	6/8	22¼L	13.0

7 wins from 24 · placed 14

Course winner: 2 wins from 6 here

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Lisnagar Oscar (IRE)

9yo · 11-5 · OR 142

35P3PP J Mr R James T Rebecca Curtis —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Apr 22	Cheltenham	3m	Good	C2	PU	—	11.0
17 Mar 22	Cheltenham	3m	Soft	C1	PU	—	41.0
29 Jan 22	Cheltenham	3m	Good	C1	3/5	9¼L	15.0

3 wins from 23 · placed 13

Course winner: 1 win from 8 here

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Shearer (IRE) t,p

6yo · 11-9 · OR 139

321511 J A P Heskin T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Oct 22	Cheltenham	3m	Good	C2	1/6	—	4.33
06 Oct 22	Worcester	2m 7f	Good	C3	1/4	—	2.25
01 Apr 22	Ayr	3m 110y	Good To Soft	C3	5/6	36¾L	6.50

4 wins from 10 · placed 8

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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Zoffanien (IRE)

5yo · 11-2 · OR 137

607106 J Daniel King T Denis Gerard Hogan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Oct 22	Gowran Park	1m 4f	Soft	—	6/15	6¼L	17.0
29 Jul 22	Galway	2m	Good To Yielding	—	13/16	31½L	9.00
14 Jul 22	Killarney	2m 1f	Good	—	1/11	—	3.50

3 wins from 27 · placed 8

1 run here without a win

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Annual Invictus (IRE)

7yo · 11-5 · OR 135

11P33P J Tom Cannon T Chris Gordon —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
08 May 22	Plumpton	2m 3f 110y	Good	C2	PU	—	4.00
19 Feb 22	Ascot	3m	Soft	C1	3/6	20L	6.00
02 Jan 22	Plumpton	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	3/3	2¼L	3.25

5 wins from 14 · placed 10

Course winner: 1 win from 1 here

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Sidi Ismael (FR) t,p

8yo · 10-11 · OR 127

11FP71 J Tom Scudamore T D Pipe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Oct 22	Worcester	2m 7f	Soft	C4	1/7	—	10.0
19 Mar 22	Uttoxeter	2m 7f 110y	Soft	C3	7/12	71¼L	15.0
19 Feb 22	Haydock Park	3m 4f 110y	Heavy	C1	PU	—	41.0

6 wins from 23 · placed 12

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Padleyourowncanoe (GB)

8yo · 10-7 · OR 123

33P874 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Apr 22	Cheltenham	3m 2f	Good	C2	4/7	30¼L	6.50
19 Mar 22	Uttoxeter	4m 2f	Soft	C1	7/18	42¾L	17.0
05 Feb 22	Sandown Park	2m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	8/17	22L	34.0

7 wins from 39 · placed 19

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Forecast (GB) h

10yo · 10-6 · OR 122

F24622 J James Best T M Keighley —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Aug 22	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 6f	Good	C3	2/4	12L	11.0
25 Mar 22	Newton Abbot	3m 2f 110y	Soft	C3	2/3	10L	17.0
02 Sep 21	Sedgefield	2m 1f	Good	C3	6/6	51½L	15.0

4 wins from 34 · placed 15

2 runs here without a win

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Fontana Ellissi (FR)

6yo · 10-2 · OR 118

124452 J Robert Dunne T Samuel Drinkwater —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
21 Oct 22	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good	C3	2/13	5½L	23.0
23 Sep 22	Worcester	2m 4f	Good	C3	5/5	19L	7.00
23 Mar 22	Ludlow	2m	Good	C3	4/5	7L	3.00

3 wins from 18 · placed 10

2 runs here without a win

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Ernesto (GER) t,v

7yo · 10-2 · OR 118

625801 J C J Todd T Ian Williams —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Oct 22	Hereford	3m 1f 110y	Good To Firm	C4	1/4	—	3.75
28 Sep 22	Nottingham	1m 6f	Good To Firm	C2	12/16	8¼L	51.0
26 Aug 22	Ffos Las	2m	Good	C5	8/11	15½L	15.0

3 wins from 24 · placed 8

1 run here without a win

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Punxsutawney Phil (IRE) p

5yo · 10-2 · OR 118

2U1223 J Sam Twiston-Davies T Brian Ellison —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Oct 22	Worcester	2m 7f	Soft	C4	3/7	6L	4.00
15 Oct 22	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 5f	Good	C4	2/7	4¾L	3.00
12 Sep 22	Worcester	2m 7f	Good To Soft	C3	2/4	1½L	2.88

3 wins from 16 · placed 9

2 runs here without a win

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Valentino (GB) p

7yo · 9-11 · OR 118

1141U2 J Harry Kimber T Jackie Du Plessis —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Oct 22	Newton Abbot	3m 2f 110y	Good	C2	2/6	nk	3.75
05 Sep 22	Newton Abbot	3m 2f 110y	Good	C2	UR	—	2.75
04 May 22	Newton Abbot	3m 2f 110y	Good	C3	1/6	—	4.33

3 wins from 10 · placed 5

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