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14:50 Cheltenham

Thursday 14 March 2019

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

Ryanair Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Festival Trophy)

Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 5m 5.59s

1^st

Frodon

711-10

9/2

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost

Led, big jump 12th, headed narrowly 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on to regain lead flat, all out near finish op 13/2

2^nd

1 ¼

Aso

911-10

33/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Tracked leaders, disputed lead after 5 out, led narrowly 2 out, soon ridden, headed flat, kept on, held towards finish tchd 25/1

3^rd

1 ¾

Road To Respect

811-10

9/2

T: N MeadeJ: S W Flanagan

Tracked leaders on outside, blundered 3 out, driven before next, soon ridden to chase front pair, kept on but no impression flat op 5/1 and tchd 11/2

4^th

2 ¼

Monalee

811-10

5/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore

Tracked leaders, driven and effort before 2 out, ridden and one pace between last 2, no impression in 4th from last op 4/1

5^th

3 ¼

Un De Sceaux

1111-10

5/1

T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend

Held up mid-division, headway when not much room on inside before 4 out, effort before 2 out, ridden and unable to go with leaders between last 2, well held from last tchd 9/2

6^th

Coney Island

811-10

25/1

T: E P HartyJ: M P Walsh

Held up towards rear, driven and outpaced after 3 out, ridden after next, never able to get on terms with leaders op 28/1 and tchd 33/1

7^th

Balko Des Flos

811-10

16/1

T: H De BromheadJ: D F O'Regan

Mid-division on outside, outpaced after 3 out, never on terms, weakened next op 20/1

8^th

3 ½

Footpad

711-10

7/2f

T: W P MullinsJ: Ruby Walsh

Mid-division, steady headway 3 out, shaken up to chase leaders before next, ridden and unable to quicken between last 2, weakened last op 3/1

Also Ran

Charbel

811-10

40/1

T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass

Held up behind, mistake 5th, hit 8th, struggling 11th, lost touch 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before next op 33/1 tchd 50/1

Sub Lieutenant

1011-10

66/1

T: H De BromheadJ: J J Slevin

Early reminders, pressed winner, driven and lost place after 5 out, weakened 3 out, behind when pulled up before next

Terrefort

611-10

20/1

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Mid-division, lost place before 4 out, soon behind and struggling, weakened next, pulled up before 2 out tchd 25/1

The Storyteller

811-10

20/1

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Held up behind, blundered 5 out, never threatened leaders, weakened before 2 out, pulled up before last tchd 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.80Pl:£1.70, £7.00, £1.70EX:£105.30Trifecta:£497.70Tricast:£712.39SF:£143.44Swingers:£23.00, £5.00, £21.90

Forecasts

Footpad (7/2), Frodon (9/2), Road To Respect (9/2), Monalee (5/1), Un De Sceaux (5/1), Balko Des Flos (16/1), Terrefort (20/1), The Storyteller (20/1), Coney Island (25/1), Aso (33/1), Charbel (40/1), Sub Lieutenant (66/1)

FRODON has been in remarkable form around here all season and showed a game attitude when winning the Grade 2 Cotswold Chase here last time out over a trip further than his best. He's only a seven-year-old and has scope for improvement so with the yard flying in recent weeks, he's taken to give Paul Nicholls a third win in the race. Footpad is an interesting runner up in trip and he was only narrowly denied when caught on the line in a Leopardstown Grade 1 last time. Terrefort could be an interesting runner in the same colours, dropped in trip, at a likely bigger price but it's hard to see Un De Sceaux not finishing in the first three given his course form.