Cheltenham Festival 2024 Race Result Fontwell, Tue, 8th Dec, 2020, John And Maryanne Birch Memorial Handicap Hurdle of £5,844.00 3-y-o plus| irishracing.com

3.38 John And Maryanne Birch Memorial Handicap Hurdle of £5,844.00 3-y-o plus(Class 5) 2m. 1f. 162yds.

Fontwell Results Tue, 8th Dec, 2020

Going - Soft (Good to Soft in places).

Placepot Pool - £57,862.91 Winning Units - 1526.38 Dividend - £27.60. Quadpot Pool - £7,270.84 Winning Units - 570.43 Dividend - £9.40. Place Six Dividend - £18.17. Place Five Dividend - £16.04.

John And Maryanne Birch Memorial Handicap Hurdle of £5,844.00 3-y-o plus (Class 5) 2m. 1f. 162yds.

1st - £2,794.00, 2nd - £820.00, 3rd - £410.00, 4th - £350.00, 5th - £350.00, 6th - £350.00 , 7th - £350.00, 8th - £350.00 9 Ran

Stewards Report

1st

Cristal Spirit (GB) 11-12 (The Waterboys)
Rated 96
Nathaniel (IRE) - Celestial Girl (GB)(Dubai Destination (USA))
Breeder - Meon Valley Stud

(Morning price: 10/1 8/1 9/1 8/1 7/1 6/1 5/1 4/1 10/3 7/2 10/3 6/4)
(Ring price: 10/3 7/2 10/3 16/5 3/1 11/4 5/2 9/4 2/1 15/8 7/4 13/8 6/4 11/8 6/4 13/8 6/4 11/8 5/4 6/5 11/10) SP 11/10fav

J R Boyle

R T Dunne

Tote Win £2.10 Place £1.10

tracked leader, blundered 3rd and relegated to midfield, chased leaders 6th, ridden approaching 2 out, led approaching last, stayed on strongly under pressure flat

28th Oct, 20 Fakenham
8th Hcp Hdl Rated 101 This
Race 3rd Jan, 21 Plumpton
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 102

2nd

Embole (FR) 11-9 (Rio Gold Racing Club)
ts⁺hd⁸ Rated 93
Buck's Boum (FR) - Urielle Collonges (FR)(Dom Alco (FR))
Breeder - P Joubert, S C Ecurie Couderc Et Al

(Morning price: 9/4 5/2 11/4 3/1 10/3 7/2 9/2 4/1 7/2 9/2)
(Ring price: 10/3 3/1 11/4 3/1 16/5 10/3 4/1 7/2 18/5 7/2 18/5 4/1 9/2 4/1 9/2 4/1 9/2 5/1 9/2 5/1 11/2) SP 11/2

Dan Skelton

Bridget Andrews

Place £2.20

held up in rear, still towards rear but in touch travelling strongly 2 out, smooth headway to chase leader before last, ridden and no extra flat

11th Sep, 19 Uttoxeter
6th Hcp Hdl Rated 100 This
Race 13th Jan, 21 Plumpton
5th Hcp Hdl Rated 95

3rd

Little Vern (IRE) 10-12 (Nightingale Syndicate)
ts³ Rated 82
Oscar (IRE) - Silver Valley (IRE)(Henbit (USA))
Breeder - Barbara Kirby & Edward Curtin

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

C L Tizzard

R M Power

Place £2.30

held up, raced alone on inside back straight, ridden in rear before 2 out, headway to chase leaders last, no extra flat

5th Nov, 19 Exeter
p.u. Hcp Hdl Rated 87 This
Race 10th Mar, 21 Fontwell
p.u. Hcp Hdl Rated 82

4th

1.75L

Highway One (USA) 12-4 (Ursa Major Racing)
Rated 102
Quality Road (USA) - Kinda Wonderful (USA)(Silver Train (USA))
Breeder - John Cummins

(Morning price: 15/2 8/1 10/1 12/1 14/1 16/1 14/1 12/1 11/1 10/1 16/1)
(Ring price: 11/1 12/1 14/1 16/1) SP 16/1

George Baker

R Johnson

held up towards rear, headway on outside 2 out, ridden when hit last, one pace flat

10th Nov, 20 Lingfield
4th Hcp Hdl Rated 104 This
Race 21st Dec, 20 Lingfield
1st Flat Hcp Rated 55

5th

1.25L

Jappeloup (IRE) 9-11 (Mrs C A Bailey)
Rated 72
Presenting (GB) - Crackin' Liss (IRE)(Bob Back (USA))
Breeder - Niall Flynn

(Morning price: 28/1 33/1 40/1 50/1 40/1 50/1 66/1 50/1 40/1 100/1)
(Ring price: 66/1 80/1 66/1 80/1 100/1) SP 100/1

Mrs D M Grissell

Tabitha Worsley(5)

led, hit 6th, not fluent 3 out, narrow advantage 2 out, ridden and headed before last, weakened flat

18th Nov, 19 Plumpton
9th Hcp Hdl Rated 76 This
Race 3rd Jan, 21 Plumpton
5th Hcp Hdl Rated 69

6th

Jan Wellens (GB) 10-13 (Deva Racing Jan Wellens)
bl¹ Rated 97
Dutch Art (GB) - Upstanding (GB)(Acclamation (GB))
Breeder - Plantation Stud

(Morning price: 11/2 5/1 9/2 4/1 9/2 5/1 9/2 5/1 12/1)
(Ring price: 11/2 6/1 13/2 7/1 15/2 7/1 15/2 8/1 17/2 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 14/1 16/1) SP 16/1

Olly Murphy

David England

held up, ridden approaching 2 out where not fluent, one pace from last

1st Nov, 20 Huntingdon
5th Hdl This
Race 16th Jan, 21 Lingfield
4th Flat Rated 63

7th

0.75L

Hier Encore (FR) 11-10 (Mr N A Dunger)
Rated 101
Kentucky Dynamite (USA) - Hierarchie (FR)(Sillery (USA))
Breeder - David Menuisier & Christiane Head Maarek

(Morning price: 11/2 6/1 13/2 7/1 15/2 6/1 13/2 6/1 7/1)
(Ring price: 13/2 7/1 15/2 7/1 13/2 7/1) SP 7/1

N Dunger

Luca Morgan(7)

midfield, ridden before 2 out, weakened before last

15th Nov, 20 Fontwell
4th Hcp Hdl Rated 101 This
Race 4th Jan, 21 Fakenham
p.u. Hcp Hdl Rated 99

8th

24L

Flanagans Field (IRE) 10-5 (Mr Matthew Bilton)
bl⁺ Rated 82
Araafa (IRE) - Zvezda (USA)(Nureyev (USA))
Breeder - Swordlestown Stud

(Morning price: 11/2 6/1 5/1 11/2 13/2 7/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 9/1 11/1 12/1 18/1)
(Ring price: 12/1 14/1 16/1 18/1 20/1 22/1 25/1) SP 25/1

B J Llewellyn

Jordan Williams(7)

chased leader, close up under pressure 2 out, weakened quickly before last

16th Nov, 20 Plumpton
3rd Hcp Hdl Rated 83 This
Race 4th Feb, 21 Ffos Las
5th Hcp Hdl Rated 80

p.u.

Horatio Star (GB) 11-7 (Mr J H Widdows)
sr Rated 91
Mount Nelson (GB) - Star Entry (GB)(In The Wings)
Breeder - J. H. Widdows

(Morning price: 12/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 8/1 9/1 8/1 7/1 6/1 11/2 5/1 9/2 5/1 9/2 5/1 11/2 5/1 11/2 5/1)
(Ring price: 11/2 6/1 11/2 6/1 11/2 6/1 11/2 5/1 11/2) SP 11/2

C Gordon

Tom Cannon

prominent, jumped right 1st, pulled up quickly after 3rd

8th Aug, 20 Newmarket
6th Flat Hcp Rated 76 This
Race

Off 3.38
Time 4m. 56.37 secs, which is 11.77 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £9.90
Tote Trifecta- £49.30
CSF- £8.35
Tricast- £37.64.

Non runner Gris De Pron (FR) ( Going (Not changed since declaration. On course and ID checked by VO.))
2019 Clondaw Robin 6 9-11 Page Fuller (3) 11/2 (Miss Z Davison)
2018 Mazalto 5 11-0 Sean Houlihan (5) 10/1 (P Phelan)
2017 Our Merlin 5 10-9 Harry Cobden 1/1Fav (R Walford)
2016 Bohernagore 7 9-10 Frankie Penford (10) 40/1 (Miss Z Davison)
2015 Superciliary 6 11-10 M Goldstein 25/1 (C Gordon)

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Fontwell Results Tue, 8th Dec, 2020

John And Maryanne Birch Memorial Handicap Hurdle of £5,844.00 3-y-o plus (Class 5) 2m. 1f. 162yds.