Full Results
15:55 Cheltenham
Bruton Knowles 150th Anniversary Novices' Chase (Class 2)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 3m 110y
- Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £17,000 added
- Winner: £10,635
- 2nd: £3,142
- 3rd: £1,571
- 4th: £785
- Form 193F/P-1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 140
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Ruby Walsh
made virtually all, 4 lengths clear when awkward landing 2 out and rider unbalanced briefly, gathered up and stayed on well
- Form 2F50P-1
- Age 7
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer C Byrnes
- Jockey D N Russell
held up, not fluent 12th, headway 4 out, chased winner next, 4 lengths down and driven 2 out, stayed on, no impression
- Form 3325P-2
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 131
- Trainer N A Twiston-Davies
- Jockey P J Brennan
pressed winner, led 13th, headed next, weakened after 3 out, left modest 3rd 2 out
- Form 2-116F1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer F O'Brien
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
held up in rear, jumped slowly 5th, hit 9th, ridden 13th, weakened next, left poor 4th 2 out, tailed off
- Form 32P06-1
- Age 5
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer N A Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
prominent, hit 1st and 11th, not fluent 12th, chased winner after 15th until hit 3 out, 3rd and weakening when fell 2 out
- Form 461413
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 123
- Trainer M C Chapman
- Jockey Paul Moloney
tracked leaders on outside, lost place before 5th, behind from 7th, pulled up after
- Form 11201-2
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss R Curtis
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up in touch towards rear, headway approaching 5th, not fluent 12th, hit 14th, ridden next, weakened after 4 out, pulled up before next
- Form U326-22
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 135
- Trainer D T Hughes
- Jockey B J Cooper
held up, not fluent 5th, 5 lengths off leader when blundered badly 4 out, no impression after, soon pulled up