Grands Crus has been allotted 11st
6lb for the £160,000 Paddy Power Gold Cup following the publication of the
weights for the highlight of The Open at Cheltenham on Saturday, November 17.
David Pipe's charge, Paddy
Power's 3/1 favourite for the extended two and a half mile Grade Three handicap
chase, enjoyed a superb first season over fences last term that included a
facile victory in the Grade One Feltham Novices' Chase at Kempton.
The Keiran Burke-trained Hunt
Ball, second favourite with Paddy Power at 6/1, has also been given 11st
6lb following a stunning novice campaign that culminated with an emphatic win
in the Listed Pulteney Land Investments Novices' Handicap Chase at The Festival.
Fellow second-season
chaser Micheal Flips (10st 8lb) was cut to 14/1 from 20/1 by Paddy Power
last week after being recommended in the Racing Post's Pricewise column. The
eight-year-old is set for the Paddy Power Gold Cup after coming home fifth
under top-weight on his seasonal return for trainer Andy Turnell in a two mile,
one furlong handicap chase at Ascot on Saturday (November 3).
Micheal Flips went down by
two lengths to For Non Stop (11st 11lb & 10/1) in a Grade One
novices' chase at Newbury in February and came home fourth behind the current
favourite for the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup, Sir Des Champs, in the Grade Two
Jewson Novices' Chase at The Festival in March.
Turnell revealed:
"Micheal Flips is a definite runner for the Paddy Power Gold Cup, all
being well. I thought that he ran all right at Ascot on Saturday - he was
carrying a lot of weight and the trip was a bit sharp for him. He will be
better for the run and it should put him spot on for Cheltenham.
"His good form last
season was very good. His second to For Non Stop looks very good now and he
seemed to run consistently well without setting the world alight.
"He made one error
with his jumping on Saturday but he jumped pretty well otherwise and he seems
more confident over his fences now."
Poquelin (11st 12lb & 25/1)
heads the weights for the Paddy Power Gold Cup for a third successive year. The
Paul Nicholls-trained nine-year-old has won five times at Cheltenham and was
second to The Giant Bolster on his latest appearance at the home of Jump Racing
in the Grade Three Murphy Group Handicap Chase in January.
A total of eight entries
from Nicholls also features Cristal Bonus (11st 6lb & 16/1), who was
an easy winner of a Grade Two Chase at Down Royal on November 3, recent Kempton
graduation chase scorer Ghizao (10st 13lb & 14/1), Aerial (11st
4lb & 20/1) and Grade One winner Al Ferof (11st 8lb &
16/1).
Other notable contenders
include the Nicky Henderson-trained pair of course and distance scorer Nadiya
De La Vega (10st 8lb & 12/1) and the 2011 second Quantitativeeasing (11st
4lb & 20/1), last season's RSA Chase fifth Walkon (10st 6lb &
10/1) and Jewson Novices' Chase runner-up Champion Court(11st 4lb &
10/1).
Paddy Power Gold Cup,
Paddy Power bet: 3/1 Grand Crus; 6/1 Hunt Ball; 10/1 Champion Court, For Non Stop,
Walkon; 12/1 Nadiya De La Vega; 14/1 Micheal Flips, Ghizao; 16/1 Cristal Bonus,
Divers, Al Ferof; 20/1 Aerial, Menorah, Quantitativeeasing, Notus De La Tour,
The Disengager, Havingotascoobydo, Edgardo Sol, Time For Rupert, Tanks For
That, The Knoxs, Triolo d'Alene, Pepite Rose; 25/1 Poquelin, Solix, Tartak,
Wishfull Thinking, Kingsmere; 33/1 Gilbarry, Calgary Bay, Forpadydeplasterer,
Giorgio Quercus, Darna, Torphichen, Fosters Cross, Tiptoeaway, Criqtonic,
Questions Answered, Jamsie Hall, Casey Top; 50/1 Finger On the Pulse, Vino
Griego, Ordinary Man
OLOFI ON
SONG AHEAD OF RACING POST HURDLE
Trainer Tom George is
hoping that Olofi can make it third time lucky in the £100,000 Racing
Post Hurdle after the six-year-old was allotted 10st 7lb for the feature race
of the third and final day of Cheltenham's Open meeting on Sunday, November 18.
A 16/1 chance with Paddy
Power, Olofi was fifth behind Menorah in the extended two-mile contest in 2010
and found only Brampour two and a half lengths too strong in the same race last
season.
He subsequently fell when
bang in contention at Newbury in December and was fifth in a valuable Grade
Three handicap hurdle at the same course in February before ending his campaign
with a disappointing effort in the Grade Three Vincent O'Brien County Handicap
Hurdle at The Festival.
George revealed:
"Olofi is set for the Racing Post Hurdle. I took him away to Lambourn on
Tuesday morning to work him over a mile and a half on grass, just to give him a
trip away, and he did a good, strong piece of work.
"He ran a very solid
race last year - he won his race on the stands' rail whereas Brampour came up
the middle. He's rated 136 now but he was competitive off the same mark last
season - he fell at Newbury when he was going to run a big race and then his
season fell apart.
"Everything went
wrong at The Festival - he got a bad start, was badly hampered and I don't
think he was quite the same after he fell at Newbury, although he's fine now.
He has schooled over fences since he was three and we have chasing at the back
of our minds with him.
"We always planned to
give him one start over hurdles before going chasing and we hope that we have
got him straight enough to do himself justice on his first start of the season.
"He could have easily
been one of the high-profile horses of last season but things didn't go his way
and hopefully we can get him back on song."
Raya Star (12/1 with Paddy Power)
heads the weights for the Racing Post Hurdle with 11st 12lb following a game
victory over It's A Gimme (10st 11lb & 7/1) in a competitive
handicap hurdle at Ascot on November 3.
Darlan (11st 8lb & 5/1
favourite) could return to Cheltenham after filling the runner-up spot in last
season's William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle and the five-year-old's trainer
Nicky Henderson may also be represented by Irish Grade One scorer Cash And
Go (10st 12lb & 8/1) and Une Artiste (10st 12lb & 14/1), who
won the Grade Three Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at The Festival in
March.
Irish raider Domination
(10/1) has been allotted 10st 7lb, while other entries include the Fred
Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle fourth Kazlian (10st 7lb & 10/1),
the lightly-raced Ranjaan (10st 12lb & 12/1) plus course and
distance winner Dark Lover (10st 2lb & 12/1).
Racing Post Hurdle, Paddy
Power bet: 5/1
Darlan; 7/1 It's A Gimme; 8/1 Cash And Go; 10/1 Domination, Kazlian; 12/1
Ranjaan, Dark Lover, Raya Star; 14/1 Prospect Wells, Staying Article, Lexi's
Boy, Une Artiste; 16/1 Ile de Re, Dodging Bullets, Hinterland, Edgardo Sol,
Snap Tie, Vendor, Olofi, Ted Spread; 20/1 Moon Dice, Cause of Causes, Maller
Tree; 25/1 Starluck, Bothy, Desert Cry, Constant Contact, Conquisto, Hi Dancer,
Rattan, King Of Queens; 33/1 Changing The Guard, Star of Aragon, Blue Bajan,
Alasi, One Cool Shabra, Hunters Belt, Glam Gerry, Albert Hall; 50/1 Grey
Soldier, The Tiddly Tadpole, Akula
For more information,
please contact Andy Clifton, Cheltenham Racecourse's Communications Manager, on
07876 330090
Twitter: @CheltenhamRaces
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thehomeofjumpracing
THE PADDY
POWER GOLD CUP
Class 1,
Grade 3, £160,000 Total Prize Fund. 2.35pm,. Cheltenham, Saturday,
November 17, 2012. For 4yo+, 2m 4f 110yds. Entries closed October 30, entries
revealed October 31 (44 entries, 1 subsequently scratched), weights
revealed November 7. Penalties: after November 4, a winner of a chase 5lb (no
penalty to increase a horse's weight above 11st 12lb). Five-day confirmation
stage November 12, final 48-hour declaration stage 10.00am, November 15. Form
figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing
of Monday, October 29.
Form
Horse Age/Wgt Owner Trainer
1/5U26-4 POQUELIN
(FR) 9-11-12 The Stewart Family Paul Nicholls
26F25-2 WISHFULL
THINKING 9-11-11 Diana Whateley Philip Hobbs
22213-1 FOR
NON STOP (IRE) 7-11-11 Potensis Limited & Chris Giles Nick
Williams
11F314- MENORAH
(IRE) 7-11-09 Diana Whateley Philip Hobbs
1/11343- AL
FEROF (FR) 7-11-08 John Hales Paul Nicholls
F/05110- CALGARY
BAY (IRE) 9-11-07 Camilla Radford Mick Channon
0/11P2-1 CRISTAL
BONUS (FR) 6-11-06 Robin Geffen Paul Nicholls
211113- HUNT
BALL (IRE) 7-11-06 Anthony Knott Keiran Burke
2/61114- GRANDS
CRUS (FR) 7-11-06 Roger Stanley & Yvonne Reynolds III David Pipe
435216- EDGARDO
SOL (FR) 5-11-06 Axom XXXII Paul Nicholls
123122- CHAMPION
COURT (IRE) 7-11-04 Mark Boothright Martin Keighley
2/02105-
QUANTITATIVEEASING (IRE) 7-11-04 J P McManus Nicky
Henderson
2/41412- AERIAL
(FR) 6-11-04 Tony Hayward and Barry Fulton Paul Nicholls
25145-4 TIME
FOR RUPERT (IRE) 8-11-04 Littlecote Racing Partnership Paul Webber
3/1F32P- TANKS
FOR THAT (IRE) 9-11-04 Bridget Hanbury Nicky Henderson
023-031 TORPHICHEN
7-11-01 J P McManus Edward O'Grady IRE
11264-1 SOLIX
(FR) 6-10-13 Paul Vogt Ian Williams
33464-2 FORPADYDEPLASTERER
(IRE) 10-10-13 Goat Racing Syndicate Thomas Cooper IRE
52/460-1 GHIZAO
(GER) 8-10-13 The Johnson & Stewart Families Paul Nicholls
603/10-1 NADIYA
DE LA VEGA (FR) 6-10-08 J P McManus Nicky Henderson
11114-3 PEPITE
ROSE (FR) 5-10-08 Falcons Line Ltd Venetia Williams
40124-5 MICHEAL
FLIPS (IRE) 8-10-08 Martin Tedham Andy Turnell
5/2100-0 GIORGIO
QUERCUS (FR) 7-10-08 Seasons Holidays Nicky Henderson
06050-6 TARTAK
(FR) 9-10-08 Power Panels Electrical Systems Ltd Tim Vaughan
11323F- NOTUS
DE LA TOUR (FR) 6-10-07 D Bradshaw,J Dale,P Deal,J Smee,W Walsh David Pipe
0/1345P- WALKON
(FR) 7-10-06 McNeill Family Alan King
1/15001- THE
KNOXS (IRE) 9-10-06 Andrea & Graham Wylie Paul Nicholls
F021F3 FOSTERS
CROSS (IRE) 10-10-05 Pat O'Donovan Thomas Mullins IRE
S41141 THE
DISENGAGER (IRE) 8-10-04 Govier & Brown Philip Hobbs
01P11-F DARNA
6-10-03 Julie Martin and David Martin Kim Bailey
3U040-0 DIVERS
(FR) 8-10-01 Let's Live Racing Ferdy Murphy
41110-2 TRIOLO
D'ALENE (FR) 5-10-01 Mr & Mrs Sandy Orr Nicky Henderson
1F-211F KINGSMERE
7-10-00 Hamer & Hawkes Henry Daly
336-120 CASEY
TOP (IRE) 9-9-13 Casey Brothers
Syndicate
Leonard Whitmore IRE
F0-3633 FINGER
ONTHE PULSE (IRE) 11-9-13 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill
123F2-0 HAVINGOTASCOOBYDO
(IRE) 7-9-12 D Bishop C Bowkley M Parker M Thornton Martin Keighley
12541-1 TIPTOEAWAY
(IRE) 7-9-11 Trevor Hemmings Tim Easterby
PP/212-4 CRIQTONIC
(FR) 5-9-10 Axom XXXIII Paul Nicholls
26/0-023 QUESTIONS
ANSWERED (IRE) 7-9-07 B Graham Eric McNamara IRE
2P6244 JAMSIE
HALL (IRE) 9-9-07 Teresa Mangan Gordon Elliott IRE
05F132 ORDINARY
MAN (IRE) 7-9-06 Simply The Best Syndicate Liam Burke IRE
3P0F-30 GILBARRY
(IRE) 7-9-04 Mrs Peter Bond Jonjo O'Neill
23400-4 VINO
GRIEGO (FR) 7-9-03 C E Stedman Gary Moore
43
entries
7
Irish-trained
THE
FOLLOWING HORSE HAS BEEN SCRATCHED:
KALELLSHAN
(IRE)
THE
RACING POST HURDLE
Class 1,
Grade 3, £100,000 Total Prize Fund. 2.55pm,. Cheltenham, Sunday,
November 18, 2012. For 4yo+, 2m 110yds. Entries closed October 30, entries
revealed October 31 (43 entries, 1 subsequently scratched), weights
revealed November 7. Penalties: after November 4, a winner of a hurdle race 5lb
(no penalty to increase a horse's weight above 11st 12lb). Five-day
confirmation stage November 13, final 48-hour declaration stage 10.00am,
November 16. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and
including the racing of Monday,2October 29.
Form
Horse Age Owner Trainer
31301-1 RAYA
STAR (IRE) 6-11-12 Simon Munir Alan King
111F21- DARLAN
5-11-08 J P McManus Nicky Henderson
2306/1//1-
SNAP TIE (IRE) 10-11-08 Diana Whateley Philip Hobbs
246-1
DODGING BULLETS 4-11-07 Martin Broughton & Friends Paul
Nicholls
1123F-1 HINTERLAND
(FR) 4-11-05 Chris Giles & Potensis Limited Paul Nicholls
214453- PROSPECT
WELLS (FR) 7-11-03 Andrea & Graham Wylie Paul Nicholls
11/213- STAYING
ARTICLE (IRE) 7-11-03 Thomas Barr Edward O'Grady IRE
50-0FF1 MOON
DICE (IRE) 7-11-02 Three Friers Cross Syndicate Paul Flynn IRE
3134/30-0
STARLUCK (IRE) 7-11-01 Andrew Wates David
Arbuthnot
435216- EDGARDO
SOL (FR) 5-11-01 Axom XXXII Paul Nicholls
004/600//-
BLUE BAJAN (IRE) 10-11-01 Dr John Hollowood David
O'Meara
32111-B
LEXI'S BOY (IRE) 4-10-13 Tim Leslie Donald McCain
0-20131 RATTAN
(USA) 7-10-13 J A Coleman Willie Mullins IRE
4/31115- CASH
AND GO (IRE) 5-10-12 Robin Geffen Nicky Henderson
2F11-
RANJAAN (FR) 4-10-12 Highclere Thoroughbred Racing - Ranjaan Paul
Nicholls
1411R-1 UNE
ARTISTE (FR) 4-10-12 Simon Munir Nicky Henderson
2(5)220/-2
BOTHY 6-10-11 Dan Gilbert Brian Ellison
21210-2 IT'S
A GIMME (IRE) 5-10-11 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill
52000-5 DESERT
CRY (IRE) 6-10-10 NYPD Racing Donald McCain
1U145-2 ALASI
8-10-09 Shully Liebermann Paul Webber
31440-1 MALLER
TREE 5-10-09 Favourites
Racing
Jessica Harrington IRE
6D1/21-2 DOMINATION
5-10-07 Patrick Wilmott/Ms C Cleary Charles Byrnes IRE
101-155 CONSTANT
CONTACT 5-10-07 Delboy & Rodney Donald McCain
21140-
KAZLIAN (FR) 4-10-07 Twelve Pipers Piping David
Pipe
0/42F50- OLOFI
(FR) 6-10-07 McNeill Family Tom George
2F131-P VENDOR
(FR) 4-10-07 Thurloe 52 Alan King
5123-63 CONQUISTO
7-10-06 Phil Martin Steve Gollings
4-45023 ONE
COOL SHABRA (IRE) 4-10-06 Rita Shah Oliver Brady IRE
2-10126 CAUSE
OF CAUSES (USA) 4-10-05 Timeform Betfair Racing Club Ltd Gordon Elliott IRE
42100-0 TED
SPREAD 5-10-03 False Nose 'n Glasses Partnership Paul Nicholls
25511-1 HI
DANCER 9-10-02 R Tocher Ben Haslam
601U3P- GLAM
GERRY (IRE) 8-10-02 Barry Connell Colm Murphy IRE
311426
CHANGING THE GUARD 6-10-02 BetterTipster.co.uk Dr Richard
Newland
2/21(2)1/-1
DARK LOVER (GER) 7-10-02 Des Nichols & Peter Hart Paul
Nicholls
F33511 HUNTERS
BELT (IRE) 8-10-01 R A Fisher & John Blair George
Bewley
160-FUF
AKULA (IRE) 5-10-00 Jay Three Racing Mark Tompkins
04133///-1
KING OF QUEENS (IRE) 7-10-00 Ashley Scanlon Thomas
Mullins
PP/1/-111
ALBERT HALL (USA) 7-9-09 Claudine
Minier Arnaud Chaille-Chaille
FR
32110-0 ILE
DE RE (FR) 6-9-08 D Mead Donald McCain
F101-05 STAR
OF ARAGON (IRE) 6-9-08 Holly's Buddies Syndicate James Nash IRE
P004-30 GREY
SOLDIER (IRE) 7-9-07 J O'Brien & Christian Leech
Sophie Leech
043525
THE TIDDLY TADPOLE 7-9-04 The Frog Chorus Simon
West
THE
FOLLOWING HORSE HAS BEEN SCRATCHED:
COTTON
MILL
42
entries
9
Irish-trained
1
French-trained
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