Full Results
16:10 Taunton
Cheltenham Festival Preview Evening 11th March Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 5)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 2m 2f 40y
- Going: Good to Soft (Good in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £8,000 added
- Winner: £3,594
- 2nd: £1,656
- 3rd: £828
- 4th: £414
- Form 3226/77
- Age 8
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer W G M Turner
- Jockey Thomas Doggrell
mid-division, headway chasing leaders 5th, went 2nd after 4 out, led next, clear when went left 2 out, awkward last, stayed on well
- Form 414/046
- Age 6
- Weight 10-8
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer N J Hawke
- Jockey David Noonan
chased leader, led 3rd, headed 3out, lost 2nd briefly before next, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner
- Form 2P3-336
- Age 7
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey Sean Houlihan
chased leaders on inside, every chance when hit 3 out, went 2nd briefly before next, ridden and one pace in 3rd before the last
Eros (FR)
21- Form P0-5333
- Age 8
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer K Woollacott
- Jockey Ben Godfrey
chased leaders, lost place 7th, towards rear, rallied out wide 3 out, 5th and no impression when hung right before the last, kept on well run-in, almost snatched modest 3rd
- Form 55-4242
- Age 7
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer Mrs J Williams
- Jockey Chester Williams
held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders approaching 4 out, plugged on in modest 5th run-in
- Form RP7-FP0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer M Young
- Jockey James Best
led until 3rd, lost 2nd 5th, went 2nd again after 7th until weakened before 3 out
- Form 64P7F7
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer R Dickin
- Jockey Benjamin Poste
held up in rear, never involved
- Form 1/6P3
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer C L Tizzard
- Jockey Brendan Powell
held up in mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders when hit 10th, weakening when blundered 4 out, pulled up before next
- Form 782563/
- Age 8
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer Jean-Rene Auvray
- Jockey Hugh Nugent
chased leaders, went 2nd 5th until after 7th, chased leaders, weakened quickly next, soon towards rear, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
- Form U1F/6P8
- Age 8
- Weight 10-5
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer Henry Oliver
- Jockey James Davies
last pair, never on terms, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
- Form 93-2820
- Age 6
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer P Gundry
- Jockey Charlie Hammond
held up in last trio, never on terms, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out