17:30 Cheltenham

Friday 15 March 2024

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Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 4f 56y  |   Heavy  |   21 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:32  |   Winning time: 5m 21.43s
1st
Horse silk
6
5/1
T: G ElliottJ: D J Gilligan
Held up towards rear, headway from 5th, ridden after 2 out, driven into 2nd last, led flat, stayed on well op 6/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ½
13
10/3f
T: H De BromheadJ: M P O'Connor
Took keen hold, tracked leaders, led 4th, hung left and headed flat, soon edged right, held after, kept on op 3/1
3rd
Horse silk
½
5
4/1
T: W P MullinsJ: M J M O'Sullivan
Led, headed before 2nd, chased leaders, 2nd going well after final bend, ridden and lost 2nd last, held flat, stayed on op 9/2
4th
Horse silk
¾
9
10/1
T: T O'BrienJ: J P Shinnick
Chased leaders, took keen hold, went 4th before jumping left last, stayed on flat tchd 9/1
5th
Horse silk
12
14
7/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Kieran Callaghan
Led until 4th, stayed handy, not fluent 6th, ridden and no extra before last op 15/2 tchd 8/1
6th
Horse silk
½
10
10/1
T: G ElliottJ: C Stone-Walsh
Mid-division, mistake 7th, effort after 2 out, no impression on leaders before last op 12/1
7th
Horse silk
4 ½
4
16/1
T: N J HendersonJ: A P Kelly
Chased leaders, close up final bend, soon ridden, weakened before last op 14/1 tchd 12/1
8th
Horse silk
19
19
125/1
T: C CollinsJ: E Walsh
Held up towards rear, mid-division and ridden 2 out, no impression, well beaten before last op 100/1
9th
Horse silk
6
15
33/1
T: P J GilliganJ: J G Gilligan
Mid-division, ridden and struggling before 2 out, well beaten before last tchd 28/1
10th
Horse silk
14
2
50/1
T: G ElliottJ: K E Buckley
Chased leaders, lost place on inside and ridden 5th, well beaten 3 out op 80/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
66/1
T: G ElliottJ: Charlie O'Dwyer
Always towards rear, well beaten after 3 out, pulled up before last tchd 80/1
PU
Horse silk
3
711-10
16/1
T: P F NichollsJ: Freddie Gingell
Held up in rear, some headway before 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last
PU
Horse silk
7
28/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Tristan Durrell
Mid-division, effort after 3 out, weakened after next, pulled up before last, dismounted tchd 33/1
PU
Horse silk
8
14/1
T: G ElliottJ: Shane Fitzgerald
Always towards rear, well beaten when mistake 2 out, pulled up before last op 20/1
PU
Horse silk
11
28/1
T: S ThomasJ: Dylan Johnston
Hampered start, always towards rear, well behind when pulled up before 2 out op 40/1
PU
Horse silk
12
100/1
T: G ElliottJ: J Coen
Rear of mid-division, well beaten 3 out, pulled up before last
PU
Horse silk
17
18/1
T: G ElliottJ: Ben Harvey
Prominent, losing place 7th, well beaten after 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 20/1 tchd 25/1
PU
Horse silk
18
810-11
50/1
T: James MoffattJ: P W Wadge
Rear of mid-division, struggling in last when mistake 6th, some headway but no impression before mistake 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last, dismounted op 33/1
PU
Horse silk
21
510-6
66/1
T: Harry DerhamJ: Alice Stevens
Always in rear, behind 5th, pulled up before next tchd 80/1
PU
Horse silk
22
66/1
T: P A KirbyJ: Joe Williamson
Not much room start, rear of mid-division, behind 3 out, pulled up soon after
PU
Horse silk
23
80/1
T: N J HendersonJ: Freddie Gordon
Mid-division, mistake 4th, effort before 3 out, weakened after 2 out, pulled up before last

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Non-Runners

16
Horse silk
Teddy Blue27
Weight: 10-12|  Age: 6
T: G & J Moore  J: N F Houlihan
NR
20
Horse silk
Thanksforthehelp20
Weight: 10-6|  Age: 7
T: D Pipe  J: M M McDonagh
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.00Pl:£2.00, £1.80, £1.90, £3.10EX:£33.80Trifecta:£129.80Tricast:£80.50SF:£23.07Swingers:£6.60, £4.70, £4.40

Forecasts

Waterford Whispers (10/3), Quai De Bourbon (4/1), Better Days Ahead (5/1), Ocastle Des Mottes (7/1), Answer To Kayf (10/1), What's Up Darling (10/1), Yeats Star (14/1), No Ordinary Joe (16/1), Thanksforthehelp (16/1), Sonigino (16/1), Mel Monroe (18/1), Angels Breath (28/1), Jay Jay Reilly (28/1), Sequestered (33/1), Teddy Blue (33/1), Hollow Games (50/1), Bingoo (50/1), Jason The Militant (66/1), Magic Tricks (66/1), Shared (66/1), Russian Ruler (80/1), Stuzzikini (100/1), Fiveonefive (125/1)

Verdict

Henry de Bromhead kicked off the Festival in style on Tuesday and he can bring down the curtain with WATERFORD WHISPERS, who is improving in leaps and bounds and can have his runner-up effort at Leopardstown over Christmas upgraded given the race wasn't run to suit. Quai de Bourbon is 2-2 for Willie Mullins and he can provide most resistance now handicapping, with last year's runner-up No Ordinary Joe rounding off the shortlist despite his yard's much publicised exasperating week.

  1. WATERFORD WHISPERS (IRE)
  2. QUAI DE BOURBON (FR)
  3. NO ORDINARY JOE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023
Iroko
Weight: 11-5  |Age: 5
6/1

Prize Money

1st: £39,022.002nd: £17,940.003rd: £8,970.004th: £4,485.005th: £2,242.006th: £1,118.00

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