Cheltenham Festival 2025 Race Result Cheltenham, Mon, 1st Jan, 2018, BetBright Best For Festival Betting Handicap Chase (Grade 3) of £75,000.00 5-y-o plus| irishracing.com

2.00 BetBright Best For Festival Betting Handicap Chase (Grade 3) of £75,000.00 5-y-o plus(Class 1) 2m. 4f. 166yds.

Cheltenham Results Mon, 1st Jan, 2018

Going - Heavy (Soft in places).

Jackpot Pool - £6,551.32 Winning Units - .5 Dividend - £10,000.00. Placepot Pool - £193,442.11 Winning Units - 2224.29 Dividend - £63.40. Quadpot Pool - £19,450.95 Winning Units - 698.98 Dividend - £20.50. Place Six Dividend - £39.42. Place Five Dividend - £27.12.

BetBright Best For Festival Betting Handicap Chase (Grade 3) of £75,000.00 5-y-o plus (Class 1) 2m. 4f. 166yds.

1st - £42,712.00, 2nd - £16,028.00, 3rd - £8,025.00, 4th - £3,998.00, 5th - £2,010.00, 6th - £1,005.00 9 Ran

1st

Ballyhill (FR) 10-2 (S Such & Cg Paletta)
Rated 133
Al Namix (FR) - Laly Light (FR)(Start Fast (FR))
Breeder - Patrick Boiteau

(Morning price: 6/1 11/2 5/1 11/2 5/1 11/2)
(Ring price: 6/1 13/2 7/1 8/1 9/1) SP 9/1

Nigel Twiston-Davies

Jamie Bargary(3)

Tote Win £10.00 Place £2.70

held up in rear, headway on outside from 9th, led 3 out, edged right after 2 out, edged left flat, stayed on, driven out

9th Dec, 17 Aintree
fell Hcp Chs Rated 133 This
Race 27th Jan, 18 Cheltenham
10th Hcp Chs Rated 138

2nd

1.75L

Shantou Flyer (IRE) 11-5 (Mr Carl Hinchy)
ts⁺cp¹ Rated 152
Shantou (USA) - Carrigmorna Flyer (IRE)(Bob Back (USA))
Breeder - Tom McCarthy

(Morning price: 16/1 12/1 14/1 12/1 11/1)
(Ring price: 10/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 8/1) SP 8/1

Richard Hobson

Mitchell Bastyan(5)

Place £2.90

prominent on outside, lost place 2nd, headway 6th, hit 13th, went 2nd 2 out, held by winner flat, stayed on

26th Dec, 17 Wetherby
p.u. Hcp Chs Rated 152 This
Race 27th Jan, 18 Cheltenham
2nd Hcp Chs Rated 153

3rd

Sametegal (FR) 11-2 (Mr and Mrs J D Cotton)
ts⁵ Rated 144
Saint des Saints (FR) - Loya Lescribaa (FR)(Robin Des Champs (FR))
Breeder - Mr Pierre de Maleissye Melun et al

(Morning price: 4/1 9/2 4/1)
(Ring price: 9/2 5/1) SP 5/1

Paul Nicholls

Sam Twiston-Davies

Place £1.80

prominent, lost place 5th headway approaching 10th, chasing leaders 2 out, disputing one pace 3rd last

9th Dec, 17 Aintree
3rd Hcp Chs Rated 144 This
Race 3rd Feb, 18 Sandown
8th Hcp Chs Rated 143

4th

0.5L

Top Gamble (IRE) 11-7 (Walters Plant Hire & James & Jean Pott)
ts⁹ Rated 154
Presenting (GB) - Zeferina (IRE)(Sadler's Wells (USA))
Breeder - Mr J. D. Cantillon

(Morning price: 5/1 9/2 4/1)
(Ring price: 4/1 7/2) SP 7/2Jfav

Kerry Lee

J Bowen(5)

mid-division, mistake 2nd, headway 8th, challenged 4 out until before 2 out, disputing one pace 3rd last

10th Dec, 17 Cork
2nd Chs Rated 156 This
Race 3rd Feb, 18 Sandown
4th Hcp Chs Rated 152

5th

Quite By Chance (GB) 11-4 (T Hamlin,j M Dare,j W Snook,j T Warner)
Rated 146
Midnight Legend (GB) - Hop Fair (GB)(Gildoran)
Breeder - Mrs S. M. Newell

(Morning price: 8/1 9/1 10/1 11/1)
(Ring price: 12/1 14/1) SP 14/1

C L Tizzard

T J O'Brien

held up in rear, headway before 3rd, not much room 8th, lost place 12th, well beaten 3 out

25th Nov, 17 Ascot
3rd Hcp Chs Rated 146 This
Race 3rd Feb, 18 Sandown
p.u. Hcp Chs Rated 145

6th

4.5L

Theinval (FR) 11-2 (Mr & Mrs Sandy Orr)
cp⁹ Rated 144
Smadoun (FR) - Kinevees (FR)(Hard Leaf (FR))
Breeder - V. Berouard, L. Berouard & S. Chatelain

(Morning price: 7/1 8/1 11/1 10/1 12/1 11/1 12/1 14/1)
(Ring price: 14/1 16/1 14/1 12/1 11/1) SP 11/1

Nicky Henderson

Jeremiah McGrath

held up in rear, headway 12th, chasing leaders before 2 out, 5th and beaten last

2nd Dec, 17 Newbury
3rd Hcp Chs Rated 146 This
Race 16th Mar, 18 Cheltenham
4th Hcp Chs Rated 141

7th

2.25L

Burtons Well (IRE) 10-12 (Mr Trevor Hemmings)
Rated 140
Well Chosen (GB) - Despute (IRE)(Be My Native (USA))
Breeder - Thomas P. Meagher

(Morning price: 4/1 7/2 4/1 7/2)
(Ring price: 7/2 4/1 7/2) SP 7/2Jfav

Miss Venetia Williams

Aidan Coleman

led, very long the 4th and dragged hind legs through the fence, not fluent and headed 8th, led again next, headed 3 out, soon weakened

21st Oct, 17 Stratford
2nd Hcp Chs Rated 137 This
Race 27th Oct, 19 Aintree
1st Hcp Chs Rated 133

p.u.

Viconte du Noyer (FR) 11-6 (Ann & Alan Potts Limited)
ts⁺ Rated 148
Martaline (GB) - Zouk Wood (USA)(Woodman (USA))
Breeder - Mme Josaine Dubief

(Morning price: 16/1 18/1 20/1 18/1)
(Ring price: 20/1 18/1) SP 18/1

C L Tizzard

B J Cooper

prominent, mistake 2nd, led 8th, headed next, lost place 3 out, pulled up before 2 out

18th Nov, 17 Cheltenham
11th Hcp Chs Rated 150 This
Race 15th Mar, 18 Cheltenham
p.u. Hcp Chs Rated 147

p.u.

Splash of Ginge (GB) 10-4 (Mr J D Neild)
Rated 139
Oscar (IRE) - Land Of Honour (GB)(Supreme Leader)
Breeder - Stewart Pike

(Morning price: 10/1)
(Ring price: 10/1 9/1 17/2 8/1 7/1 13/2 6/1) SP 6/1

Nigel Twiston-Davies

Tom Humphries(7)

prominent, lost place 10th, behind 4 out, pulled up before 2 out

16th Dec, 17 Cheltenham
7th Hcp Chs Rated 139 This
Race 17th Feb, 18 Haydock
8th Hcp Hdl Rated 138

Off 2.00
Time 5m. 37.10 secs, which is 1.71 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £79.80
Tote Trifecta- £678.30
CSF- £78.24
Tricast- £403.84.

2017 Shantou Flyer 7 11-2 Aidan Coleman 20/1 (Miss Rebecca Curtis)
2016 Village Vic 9 10-10 R Johnson 7/2Fav (Philip Hobbs)
2015 Splash of Ginge 7 10-9 Jamie Bargary (7) 9/2Fav (Nigel Twiston-Davies)
2014 Double Ross 8 11-5 Sam Twiston-Davies 11/8Fav (Nigel Twiston-Davies)

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BetBright Best For Festival Betting Handicap Chase (Grade 3) of £75,000.00 5-y-o plus (Class 1) 2m. 4f. 166yds.