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14:10 Cheltenham

Tuesday 14 March 2023

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

Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 3m 55.22s

1^st

El Fabiolo

611-7

11/10f

T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend

Close 3rd, travelling well on inside before 2 out, led narrowly 2 out, 3 lengths ahead when not fluent last, ridden and stayed on well run-in op 6/5 tchd 5/4

2^nd

5 ½

Jonbon

711-7

2/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Aidan Coleman

Tracked leader, edging left and every chance 2 out, chased winner soon after, ridden and three lengths down at the last, hung left and no extra run-in op 15/8

3^rd

6 ½

Saint Roi

811-7

11/1

T: W P MullinsJ: M P Walsh

Held up off the pace in last trio, steady headway after 9th, went 4th next, pushed along home turn, left modest 3rd at the last op 15/2

4^th

Straw Fan Jack

811-7

50/1

T: Sheila LewisJ: Sean Houlihan

Held up off the pace in 5th, mistake 8th, reached for 4 out, lost place soon after, left 5th at the last, went remote 4th close home op 66/1

5^th

Ha D'Or

611-7

66/1

T: W P MullinsJ: S F O'Keeffe

Held up off the pace in last trio, closer and pushed along in 5th after 3 out, left modest 4th at the last, lost that placing close home tchd 50/1

6^th

Effernock Fizz

811-0

125/1

T: C CollinsJ: Sam Ewing

Off the pace in 4th, weakening when bad blunder 4 out, tailed off op 150/1

7^th

Ballybreeze

711-7

150/1

T: S DrinkwaterJ: R T Dunne

Held up off the pace in last trio, behind at 7th (water), tailed off when bad mistake 4 out op 200/1

Also Ran

Dysart Dynamo

711-7

5/1

T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins

Led and bit keen, mistake and narrowly headed 2 out, soon no extra in 3rd, fell last

Hollow Games

711-7

28/1

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Soon well behind, tailed off and pulled up before 9th op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.20, £1.10, £1.60EX:£3.50Trifecta:£12.80Tricast:£12.87SF:£3.67Swingers:£1.10, £3.20, £3.90

Forecasts

El Fabiolo (11/10), Jonbon (2/1), Dysart Dynamo (5/1), Saint Roi (11/1), Hollow Games (28/1), Straw Fan Jack (50/1), Ha D'Or (66/1), Effernock Fizz (125/1), Ballybreeze (150/1)

EL FABIOLO and Jonbon (won) were separated by only a neck in a Grade 1 novice hurdle at Aintree last spring. The former's comfortable defeat of Banbridge at Leopardstown last month is narrowly the best piece of 2m novice chase form this season so he's taken to edge out Nicky Henderson's charge this time. Saint Roi gets the vote for third.