Result 16:30 · Taunton

William Hill Cheltenham Festival £1M Golden Race Handicap Hurdle

Class 4Handicap2m 3fGood To Soft4yo+ · 12 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 55.90s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Smarty Wild (GB)	Tom O'Brien	Philip Hobbs	—	1.91	2.04
2	Putting Green (GB)	Robert Dunne	N P Mulholland	6L	26.0	33.7
3	Heres Herbie (GB)	Lucy Gardner	Mrs S Gardner	6¼L	6.00	9.00
4	Eur Gone West (IRE)	David Noonan	D Pipe	9¼L	15.0	26.0
5	Sparkleandshine (IRE)	J J Burke	Harry Whittington	9¾L	6.50	6.87
6	Valse Au Taillons (FR)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Johnny Farrelly	14¾L	21.0	32.0
7	Waiheke (GB)	Liam Heard	Philip Hobbs	17¼L	17.0	26.0
8	Pointed And Sharp (IRE)	Micheal Nolan	Philip Hobbs	20¾L	13.0	22.0
9	Silver Quay (IRE)	R P McLernon	Jimmy Frost	37¾L	9.00	17.8
10	Caro Des Flos (FR)	Mark Grant	Julian Smith	38L	101.0	253.1
11	Belize (GB)	Alan Johns	Tim Vaughan	93L	34.0	48.0
PU	Red Hanrahan (IRE)	James Best	Emma Owen	—	101.0	652.8

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Sparkleandshine (IRE) h

6yo · 12-0 · OR 122

1403 J J J Burke T Harry Whittington —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
20 Feb 19	Ludlow	2m	Good	C3	3/12	1½L	3.75
09 Dec 18	Huntingdon	2m	Good To Soft	C3	11/12	35L	3.75
03 Nov 18	Ascot	1m 7f 110y	Good	C1	4/9	9L	29.0

1 win from 4 · placed 2

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Smarty Wild (GB)

5yo · 11-12 · OR 120

66311 J Tom O'Brien T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Mar 19	Exeter	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C4	1/6	—	3.25
06 Feb 19	Ludlow	2m	Good To Soft	C4	1/15	—	21.0
11 Jan 19	Huntingdon	2m	Good	C4	3/9	1¾L	41.0

2 wins from 5 · placed 3

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Caro Des Flos (FR)

7yo · 11-12 · OR 120

22510P J Mark Grant T Julian Smith —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Dec 18	Bangor-on-Dee	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C4	PU	—	101.0
24 Oct 18	Fontwell Park	2m 3f	Good To Firm	C3	11/11	58¼L	41.0
18 May 18	Downpatrick	2m 3f	Good	—	1/15	—	1.80

1 win from 9 · placed 4

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Red Hanrahan (IRE)

8yo · 11-11 · OR 119

52PF27 J James Best T Emma Owen —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Nov 18	Lingfield Park	2m 3f 110y	Heavy	C3	7/9	83¼L	41.0
28 Oct 18	Wincanton	2m 4f	Firm	C4	2/2	10L	4.50
04 Oct 18	Huntingdon	2m 4f	Good	C4	F	—	15.0

1 win from 15 · placed 6

4 runs at around this trip without a win

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Belize (GB) t

8yo · 11-11 · OR 119

011534 J Alan Johns T Tim Vaughan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 Jan 17	Newcastle	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C4	4/10	8¼L	4.00
16 Dec 16	Uttoxeter	2m 7f 110y	Heavy	C4	3/11	26L	15.0
01 Oct 16	Fontwell Park	2m 3f	Soft	C2	5/5	77¼L	4.00

2 wins from 10 · placed 5

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Putting Green (GB) p

7yo · 11-8 · OR 116

72482P J Robert Dunne T N P Mulholland —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
15 Feb 19	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Soft	C4	PU	—	9.00
26 Dec 18	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	2/14	nk	9.00
11 Nov 18	Sandown Park	2m	Heavy	C3	8/20	23¾L	51.0

2 wins from 17 · placed 7

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Heres Herbie (GB) t

11yo · 11-4 · OR 115

6U8143 J Lucy Gardner T Mrs S Gardner —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Feb 19	Taunton	2m 3f	Good	C3	3/6	8¼L	11.0
25 Jan 19	Huntingdon	2m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	4/17	16L	41.0
13 Dec 18	Taunton	2m 3f	Good	C3	1/13	—	15.0

3 wins from 30 · placed 12

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Pointed And Sharp (IRE) h

7yo · 11-7 · OR 115

32548F J Micheal Nolan T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
07 Dec 18	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Soft	C3	F	—	34.0
13 Nov 18	Hereford	2m 5f 110y	Good	C4	8/14	28¾L	6.00
24 Oct 18	Fontwell Park	2m 3f	Good To Firm	C3	4/11	7¼L	15.0

1 win from 11 · placed 3

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Eur Gone West (IRE) h,t

6yo · 11-6 · OR 114

684247 J David Noonan T D Pipe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Feb 19	Market Rasen	2m 7f	Good To Soft	C4	7/11	24¼L	11.0
31 Dec 18	Uttoxeter	2m 4f	Soft	C3	4/11	25½L	7.00
11 Dec 18	Uttoxeter	2m	Soft	C4	2/13	11L	2.62

0 wins from 6 · placed 1

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Valse Au Taillons (FR)

6yo · 11-4 · OR 112

733 J Sam Twiston-Davies T Johnny Farrelly —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Jan 19	Newcastle	2m	Good To Soft	C4	3/4	27L	13.0
20 Dec 18	Exeter	2m 2f 110y	Heavy	C4	3/10	3½L	51.0
21 Jun 18	Chelmsford City	2m	Standard	C5	7/7	7¾L	34.0

0 wins from 3 · placed 2

1 run at around this trip without a win

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Waiheke (GB) p

6yo · 11-0 · OR 108

424670 J Liam Heard T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Feb 19	Wincanton	2m 5f 110y	Good	C4	10/14	22¼L	13.0
08 Dec 18	Sandown Park	2m 4f	Heavy	C3	7/9	35½L	5.50
09 Nov 18	Fontwell Park	2m 3f	Good	C3	6/7	12¾L	7.50

1 win from 8 · placed 2

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Silver Quay (IRE)

7yo · 10-12 · OR 106

543118 J R P McLernon T Jimmy Frost —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Feb 19	Fontwell Park	2m 3f	Soft	C4	8/12	16¼L	4.00
04 Feb 19	Taunton	2m 3f	Soft	C5	1/16	—	3.50
19 Jan 19	Taunton	2m 3f	Good To Soft	C5	1/16	—	8.00

4 wins from 46 · placed 15

Course winner: 2 wins from 5 here

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