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14:10 Cheltenham

Tuesday 12 March 2019

All13:3014:1014:5015:3016:1016:5017:30

Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase (Grade 1)

Off time: 14:12 | Winning time: 3m 58.9s

1^st

Duc Des Genievres

611-4

5/1

T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend

Held up in mid-division, headway 6th, went 2nd 9th, led 3 out, clear next, stayed on strongly, easily

2^nd

Us And Them

611-4

14/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: J J Slevin

Held up in rear, pecked 1st, not fluent 4 out, ridden in modest 7th before 3 out, headway 2 out, went 2nd final 150 yards, no chance with winner op 12/1

3^rd

3 ¾

Articulum

911-4

25/1

T: T O'BrienJ: D J Mullins

In touch behind leaders, slightly hampered 6th, mistake next (water), outpaced after jumping right 4 out, went 3rd on home turn after 3 out, jumped right 2 out, stayed on same pace op 22/1

4^th

2 ¾

Clondaw Castle

711-4

33/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: C Gethings

Tracked leader until before 3rd, stayed prominent, left 2nd 6th until 9th, challenging 3 out, no impression on winner next, edged right after last, lost 2nd 150 yards, no extra op 28/1

5^th

Knocknanuss

911-4

33/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Held up towards rear on outside, jumped right and not fluent 1st, headway to chase leader before 3rd, challenging 5th, left in lead next, headed 3 out, well beaten 4th 2 out, weakened after op 25/1

6^th

2 ¼

Paloma Blue

711-4

10/1

T: H De BromheadJ: R M Power

Not always fluent, tracked leaders and raced keenly early stages, mistake 6th, slightly hampered 4 out, outpaced after, weakened 2 out

7^th

Hardline

711-4

10/3f

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Held up towards rear, some headway 8th, shaken up before 3 out, no impression and soon well beaten op 9/2

8^th

Slate House

711-4

66/1

T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden

In touch until before 3rd, hampered 6th, well behind from 9th op 50/1

Also Ran

Glen Forsa

711-4

9/2

T: M R ChannonJ: J J Burke

Held up in rear, mistake and unseated rider 4th

Kalashnikov

611-4

6/1

T: Miss A MurphyJ: J M Quinlan

Tracked leaders on inside, hampered and unseated rider 6th op 15/2 tchd 8/1

Lalor

711-4

13/2

T: K WoollacottJ: R Johnson

Rear group, last and struggling 5th, well behind 9th, pulled up before 4 out op 7/1 and tchd 8/1

Ornua

811-4

14/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore

Led, joined when fell 6th op 12/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.70Pl:£2.10, £3.10, £8.30EX:£70.70Trifecta:£1,322.10Tricast:£1,606.79SF:£67.92Swingers:£11.80, £24.60, £65.40

Forecasts

Hardline (10/3), Glen Forsa (9/2), Duc Des Genievres (5/1), Kalashnikov (6/1), Lalor (13/2), Paloma Blue (10/1), Us And Them (14/1), Ornua (14/1), Articulum (25/1), Clondaw Castle (33/1), Knocknanuss (33/1), Slate House (66/1)

The Arkle sees its biggest field since 2010 and a far more open contest than usual (last four favourites have won, all at odds-on). One element of the race that should be guaranteed is pace with several of these looking likely to go forward including the leading contender Glen Forsa who looks assured in the jumping department. A well-run race is sure to suit two of the Irish contenders in HARDLINE and Duc De Genievres both of whom have scored over further. The former is a powerful traveller whilst the latter represents Willie Mullins who has trained three of the last four winners. Testing ground would prove a problem for Lalor while Kalashnikov needs to bounce back from a poor run last time.