Ladbrokes Champion Chase |
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| Grade 1, Down Royal 14:25 €140,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m  |
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| Saturday 31st October 2020 | |
1 The Storyteller 9/2
2 Chris's Dream 5/2F
3 Tout Est Permis 8/1
9 ran Distances: nk, 4½l, 1¼l
Time: 6m 41.10s (slow by 41.10s)
A finish worthy of a Grade 1 in the @Ladbrokes Champion Chase! The Storyteller gets up to deny Chris's Dream in the closing stages. A treble on the card for @gelliott_racing! @donoghue_keith the winning jockey. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/c100byPnWK
— Down Royal Racecourse (@Downroyal) October 31, 2020
The Storyteller landed the biggest success of his career when pipping Chris’s Dream in a thrilling race at Down Royal.
Gordon Elliott’s nine-year-old has been in the form of his life through the autumn, but he has regularly come up short in Grade One company since winning at the highest level as a novice.
Dropped out at the rear by Keith Donoghue, The Storyteller came through to challenge Chris’s Dream between the last two fences and the two settled down to fight it out.
For most of the run to the line, Henry de Bromhead’s Chris’s Dream looked likely to hold on, but Donoghue was not to be denied aboard 9-2 shot The Storyteller, who prevailed by a neck.
Noel Meade’s Tout Est Permis stayed on for third past a weakening Presenting Percy.
Ladbrokes Champion Steeplechase
€140,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m
9 ran
Going: Yielding, Yielding to Soft in places
POS. DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 The Storyteller 9 11-12 Gordon Elliott Keith Donoghue 9/2
2 nk Chris's Dream 8 11-12 Henry De Bromhead Robbie Power 5/2F
3 4½l Tout Est Permis 7 11-12 Noel Meade Sean Flanagan 8/1
4 1¼l Presenting Percy 9 11-12 1 Gordon Elliott Denis O'Regan 3/1
5 nk Delta Work 7 11-12 Gordon Elliott Jack Kennedy 3/1
6 ½ Snow Falcon 10 11-12 Noel Meade Jonathan Moore 40/1
7 3½ Balko Des Flos 9 11-12 Henry De Bromhead Rachael Blackmore 33/1
8 1¾ Ravenhill 10 11-12 Gordon Elliott Mark Walsh 125/1
9 1 Alpha Des Obeaux 10 11-12 Gordon Elliott B J Cooper 40/1
