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Quantitativeeasing Helps Out Bookies
10/12/11

1 Quantitativeeasing 6/1
2 Medermit 11/1
3 Roudoudou Ville 10/1
4 I'msingingtheblues 25/1
NR: Woolcombe Folly (IRE)
16 ran Distances: ¾l, nk, 10l
TIME 5m 9.77s (slow by 2.77s)

It is a rare occasion when the bookmakers celebrate a JP McManus winner at Cheltenham but it was certainly the case in the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup.

Quantitativeeasing
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The decision of the legendary owner and gambler's retained jockey Tony McCoy to waste down to 10st 4lb in order to ride Sunnyhillboy caused him to be sent off an incredibly well-backed 7-2 favourite, only to be eventually pulled up.

Instead, it was McCoy's original mount Quantitativeeasing (6-1) who got the better of a close finish in the hands of Barry Geraghty, forming part of a memorable 61st birthday for trainer Nicky Henderson, whose Grandouet and Oscar Whisky later displayed their top hurdling credentials.

Each leg of the 34-1 treble was ridden by Geraghty, who dusted himself off after a heavy fall from Tanks For That to focus all his energies on bustling Quantitativeeasing along from the back of the pack to deprive Medermit by three-quarters of a length up the hill.

"It has been a great day, but it relies on a lot of people working together and it's a happy coincidence it all happened on December 10," said Henderson.

Of Quantitativeeasing, he went on: "It was a great race and a great ride. I feel sorry for AP, it was his idea I suppose (to ride Sunnyhillboy). I thought he would ride our horse with it having 10st 7lb and the other horse 10st 4lb.

"The horse has been very consistent and you'd have to say he deserves one. He was second at the Festival and in the Paddy Power, so he's got one back at last."

McManus added: "I didn't really know which one AP was going to pick, I got the impression it was going to be a toss-up and you don't always make the right decision. I'm sure he'll be happy for me anyway."

Geraghty said: "We knew he had a chance, but I didn't think we had much of a chance four or five out. I struggled a bit through the race.

"But I knew turning in if I wasn't far off I'd have a chance, and I pinged the last few. It was a rough race if you weren't travelling."

Position	Horse Trainer	Jockey Weight	Starting Price Beaten Distance
1	Quantitativeeasing N J Henderson	B J Geraghty 10st 7lbs	6 - 1 Winner
2	Medermit A King	R Thornton 11st 5lbs	11 - 1 3/4 length
3	Roudoudou Ville V R A Dartnall	A Glassonbury 10st 7lbs	10 - 1 Neck
4	I'msingingtheblues D Pipe	Hadden Frost 11st 0lbs	25 - 1 10 lengths
5	Calgary Bay Miss H C Knight	D Elsworth 10st 7lbs	20 - 1 1/2 length
6	Ghizao P F Nicholls	R Walsh 11st 2lbs	17 - 2 1 1/2 length
7	Tatenen R Rowe	A Thornton 10st 7lbs	33 - 1 4 1/2 lengths
8	Mad Moose N A Twiston-Davies	S Twiston-Davies 10st 0lbs	33 - 1 4 lengths
9	Roberto Goldback D T Hughes	P J Brennan 11st 4lbs	25 - 1 12 lengths
10	Matuhi D Pipe	T Scudamore 10st 3lbs	16 - 1 3 1/4 lengths
11	Great Endeavour D Pipe	T J Murphy 11st 5lbs	8 - 1 2 3/4 lengths
12	Salut Flo D Pipe	Conor O'Farrell 10st 0lbs	13 - 2 6 lengths
Fell	Finger Onthe Pulse T J Taaffe	W Kennedy 10st 6lbs	50 - 1
UnseatedRider	Divers Ferdy Murphy	K Mercer 10st 4lbs	11 - 1
PulledUp	Sunnyhillboy Jonjo O'Neill	A P McCoy 10st 4lbs	7 - 2
PulledUp	Nomecheki N J Gifford	L Aspell 10st 0lbs	66 - 1
NonRunner	Woolcombe Folly P F Nicholls	Ryan Mahon 11st 12lbs	-

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