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| Grade 3 Handicap, Newbury 15:00 £250,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 3m 1f 214y, Class 1  |
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Jamie Snowden is ready to defend his Coral Gold Cup title with Colonel Harry as 31 contenders remain in the running for the prestigious Newbury showpiece.
Snowden, who secured the handicap's top prize with the ill-fated Datsalrightgino last year, seeks to replicate that success with Colonel Harry. Sporting the same colours of The GD Partnership, Colonel Harry follows a similar path to his predecessor.
A Grade Two winner at Wetherby last year, Colonel Harry sharpened up with a second-place finish in the Colin Parker at Carlisle. Now, the seven-year-old will test his stamina over a staying trip for the first time at his home track.
"We wanted a prep run at Carlisle, and he has a similar profile to Datsalrightgino," Snowden explained. "Both were Grade Two winners as novice chasers and did most of their running over two and two and a half miles. Stepping up to three miles for the Coral Gold Cup will be a big question mark, but if he stays, there's plenty of room to improve off his handicap mark."
A one-two for @HenrydeBromhead in the @WilliamHill Committed To Top Prices Handicap Chase, as Senior Chief who travelled sweetly throughout, denies his stablemate The Short Go, ridden by Darragh O'Keeffe 🥇 pic.twitter.com/t4zFGTDOLB
— CheltenhamRacecourse (@CheltenhamRaces) October 26, 2024
Colonel Harry is joint favourite at 8-1 with Coral, alongside Henry de Bromhead’s Irish raider, Senior Chief. Next in the betting is Nigel Twiston-Davies’ Broadway Boy at 10-1, followed by Trelawne at 12-1, representing Kim Bailey.
"Colonel Harry's second at Carlisle was encouraging, while Senior Chief impressed at Cheltenham, placing them at the top of this year’s Coral Gold Cup market," said Coral's David Stevens. "Kim Bailey's Chianti Classico remains in the race but is unlikely to run at Newbury, so we've removed him from the betting."
Coral Gold Cup (Grade 3 Handicap)
£250,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 3m 1f 214y, Class 1
31 entries
Going:
NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY
1 2256-2 Bravemansgame 9 12-0 Paul Nicholls
2 6F/1F- Royale Pagaille 10 12-0 Venetia Williams
3 12113- Grey Dawning 7 11-6 Dan Skelton
4 1214-1 Chianti Classico 7 11-6 Kim Bailey
5 11P0-P Nassalam 7 11-5 Gary & Josh Moore
6 11122- Ginny's Destiny 8 11-4 Paul Nicholls
7 5126-3 Sam Brown 12 11-3 Anthony Honeyball
8 1/3F-3 Midnight River 9 11-0 Dan Skelton
9 321P-1 Senior Chief 7 11-0 Henry De Bromhead
10 -23F22 Horantzau d'Airy 7 10-12 W P Mullins
11 P6110- Shakem Up'arry 10 10-12 Ben Pauling
12 /4172- Annual Invictus 9 10-12 Chris Gordon
13 1364-2 Colonel Harry 7 10-11 Jamie Snowden
14 11-313 General En Chef 8 10-11 Noel George & Amanda Zetterholm
15 1135-3 Broadway Boy 6 10-11 Nigel Twiston-Davies
16 24/8-1 Grandero Bello 8 10-10 Eddie & Patrick Harty
17 12P23- Kandoo Kid 8 10-8 Paul Nicholls
18 7PP-1F Remastered 11 10-8 David Pipe
19 2248-2 Galia Des Liteaux 8 10-7 Dan Skelton
20 /P35P- Monbeg Genius 8 10-7 Jonjo & A J O'Neill
21 1323F- Trelawne 8 10-7 Kim Bailey
22 1174P- Victtorino 6 10-6 Venetia Williams
23 /PP33- Shan Blue 10 10-5 Dan Skelton
24 2118F- Heltenham 7 10-5 Dan Skelton
25 2351-4 Apple Away 7 10-4 Lucinda Russell
26 111P-4 Henry's Friend 7 10-2 Ben Pauling
27 /253P- Cloudy Glen 11 10-1 Venetia Williams
28 23P8-3 Iron Bridge 8 9-13 Jonjo & A J O'Neill
29 1124F- Inch House 7 9-13 Paul Nicholls
30 51-313 Neon Moon 8 9-13 David Pipe
31 /35PU- Major Dundee 9 9-9 Alan King
