Randox Health Handicap Chase |
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| Cheltenham 15:10 £50,000 added, 4yo plus, 2m, Class 2  |
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| Saturday 28th October 2017 | |
1 Foxtail Hill 15/2
2 Le Prezien 5/2F
3 Sizing Platinum 12/1
15 ran NR: Exitas Distances: nk, 11l, 7l
Time: 3m 56.20s (slow by 4.20s)
Foxtail Hill lands a double for team Twiston-Davies
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Sam Twiston-Davies said: "I didn't think that Foxtail Hill would be sharp enough early , but he got into a really good rhythm - he has winged every fence and was very brave when he needed to be in the straight.
"I said to Dad beforehand that there were a lot of sharp horses in the race and I wouldn't be surprised if we had to sit a little bit further back, but he was adamant that Foxtail Hill had been really raring at home and there wasn't a horse that could lay up with him in his early bits of work.
"The horse got into a great rhythm, found it all smooth and jumped really well when I needed him to. It was a little bit of a surprise but, at the same time, I am really happy.
"Paul Nicholls obviously gets his horses very fit and, when you see them coming, you know that it is going to be a real fight. One thing about Foxtail Hill is that he is a really tough horse and he was always going to dig in when it came to a scrap.
"It was a good test today and, depending what the handicapper does, he will probably take his place in the BetVictor Gold Cup (G3, 2m 4½f, November 18) back here next month. He will be one of those horses that whoever is riding him will be looking forward to because he is very tough and can be hard to peg back round here."
Randox Health Handicap Chase
£50,000.00 added, 4yo plus, 2m, Class 2
15 ran
Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
| Pos | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | Foxtail Hill (IRE) 15/2 | Sam Twiston-Davies 10-8 |
N A Twiston-Davies | 8 | |
| 2nd | nk | Le Prezien (FR) 5/2f | B J Geraghty 10-12 |
P F Nicholls | 6 |
| 3rd | 11 | Sizing Platinum (IRE) 12/1 | B J Cooper 11-2 |
C L Tizzard | 9 |
| 4th | 7 | Poker School (IRE) 5/1 | J E Moore 10-0 |
Ian Williams | 7 |
| 5th | 1 | Cobra De Mai (FR) 7/1 | Harry Skelton 10-2 |
D Skelton | 5 |
| 6th | ¾ | Doitforthevillage (IRE) 20/1 | P J Brennan 10-3 |
P Henderson | 8 |
| 7th | ½ | Vaniteux (FR) 20/1 | T Scudamore 11-12 |
D Pipe | 8 |
| 8th | 1½ | Some Plan (IRE) 12/1 | A E Lynch 11-0 |
H de Bromhead | 9 |
| 9th | 7 | Theflyingportrait (IRE) 25/1 | Sean Quinlan 10-8 |
Jennie Candlish | 8 |
| 10th | 3 | Mr Fiftyone (IRE) 25/1 | R M Power 10-5 |
Mrs J Harrington | 8 |
| 11th | 11 | Eastlake (IRE) 40/1 | Aidan Coleman 11-4 |
Jonjo O'Neill | 11 |
| 12th | ½ | Lord Ballim (FR) 33/1 | C Gethings (3) 10-0 |
N J Hawke | 7 |
| 13th | 1½ | Un Beau Roman (FR) 33/1 | James Best 10-0 |
P Henderson | 9 |
| 14th | 17 | Double W's (IRE) 8/1 | B Hughes 10-10 |
J M Jefferson | 7 |
| 15th | 12 | Lord Ben (IRE) 100/1 | Sean Houlihan (7) 10-0 |
D L Williams | 12 |
| NR | Exitas (IRE) (ex7) | James Bowen (7) 10-0 |
P W Middleton | 9 |
