bet365 Gold Cup |
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| Sandown 15:50 Grade 3 Handicap, £150,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 5f 110y, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 25th April 2015 | |
1 Just A Par 14/1
2 Vics Canvas 12/1
3 Le Reve 8/1
4 Paint The Clouds 13/2F
20 ran Distances: 1¼l, 2½l, 1l
TIME 7m 23.15s (slow by 8.15s)
Just A Par wins the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown under Sean Bowen from Vics Canvas and Le Reve
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Champion conditional Sean Bowen topped an already memorable day at Sandown by steering Just A Par to a last-gasp win.
Bowen had sealed his title by winning the first race of the afternoon but he really underlined his potential in the saddle as he produced Just A Par to challenge at the last before kicking away up the Sandown hill.
It looked as though Paint The Clouds, Le Reve and Guess Again might battle out the finish but a clutch of horses fought their way back into contention by the last, with Just A Par proving strongest of all.
Bowen pushed on after jumping the last and the 14-1 chance responded for pressure to run out a one-and-quarter-length winner for the rider's boss, Paul Nicholls.
Vics Canvas was another to muster a late charge in second, with Le Reve third and Paint The Clouds fourth.
Seventeen-year-old Bowen said: "All he needed was that trip. All he does is keep galloping.
"I thought at the third-last I'd been waiting too long, but I thought they'd come back to me and thankfully they did."
Nicholls said: "He gave him a peach of a ride. I had no doubts he'd stay."
Bet365 Gold Cup Chase
£150,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 5f 110y, Class 1
20 ran
Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
| Pos | Dist | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | Just A Par (IRE) 14/1 | Sean Bowen (3) 10-3 |
P F Nicholls | 8 | |
| 2nd | 1¼ | Vics Canvas (IRE) 12/1 | R Walsh 10-5 |
D A McLoughlin | 12 |
| 3rd | 2¾ | Le Reve (IRE) 8/1 | L P Aspell 10-10 |
Mrs L Wadham | 7 |
| 4th | 1 | Paint The Clouds 13/2f | Mr S Waley-Cohen (3) 10-0 |
W Greatrex | 10 |
| 5th | 2 | Guess Again (IRE) 12/1 | P Townend 10-0 |
A J Martin | 10 |
| 6th | 3½ | Bally Legend 25/1 | T J O'Brien 10-5 |
Mrs Caroline Keevil | 10 |
| 7th | 5 | Algernon Pazham (IRE) 12/1 | Jamie Bargary (7) 10-0 |
N A Twiston-Davies | 6 |
| 8th | 9 | Unioniste (FR) 12/1 | Sam Twiston-Davies 11-8 |
P F Nicholls | 7 |
| 9th | ¾ | Grandads Horse 40/1 | Aidan Coleman 10-3 |
C E Longsdon | 9 |
| 10th | 21 | Duke Of Lucca (IRE) 16/1 | R Johnson 10-0 |
P J Hobbs | 10 |
| 11th | 8 | Bobs Worth (IRE) 10/1 | Nico de Boinville 11-8 |
N J Henderson | 10 |
| 12th | 9 | Return Spring (IRE) 33/1 | James Best 10-1 |
P J Hobbs | 8 |
| PU | Rocky Creek (IRE) 20/1 | Nick Scholfield 11-12 |
P F Nicholls | 9 | |
| PU | Wonderful Charm (FR) 16/1 | N D Fehily 11-8 |
P F Nicholls | 7 | |
| PU | The Package 14/1 | T Scudamore 10-10 |
D Pipe | 12 | |
| PU | Lost Legend (IRE) 33/1 | R P McLernon 10-4 |
Jonjo O'Neill | 8 | |
| PU | Royale Knight 20/1 | Brendan Powell 10-2 |
Dr R D P Newland | 9 | |
| PU | Ely Brown (IRE) 33/1 | W Kennedy 10-2 |
C E Longsdon | 10 | |
| PU | Roalco De Farges (FR) 25/1 | M G Nolan 10-1 |
P J Hobbs | 10 | |
| RR | Grand Jesture (IRE) 8/1 | J J Burke (3) 10-10 |
H de Bromhead | 7 |
