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13-Mar-20	16:50	Cheltenham	Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
2m 62y	5YO plus	C2	Prize: 61,897	Good to Soft (Soft in places)
18 ran	Time: 4m 7.90s (247.90s)

Pos	Name	SP	Weight	Trainer	Jockey	OR	Rating
1	Chosen Mate	7/2 Fav	7 11-4 t	G Elliott	D N Russell	147	155
-	held up towards rear headway after 3 out led going well after 2 out mistake last stayed on ridden out
2	1¾ Eclair De Beaufeu (FR)	13/2	6 11-1	G Elliott	S F OKeeffe⁵	149	152
1.75	middivision headway approaching 3 out went 2nd last stayed on not trouble winner
3	3½ Us And Them	10/1	7 11-5 t b	Joseph P OBrien	J J Slevin	148	148
5.25	in touch in middivision mistake 1st closed 5th lost place 4 out rallied 2 out went 3rd from last stayed on
4	nk Greaneteen (FR)	5/1 2Fav	6 11-7	P F Nicholls	H Cobden	150	149
5.45	raced keenly in touch in middivision effort 4 out mistake 2 out stayed on flat
5	2¾ Theinval (FR)	50/1	10 10-12 p	N J Henderson	J McGrath	141	136
8.2	held up in rear mistake 3 out headway last stayed on flat never nearer
6	½ Ballywood (FR)	28/1	6 11-3	A King	Thomas Bellamy	146	140
8.7	held up in middivision headway after 3 out driven from 2 out kept on flat
7	1¼ Lisp	7/1	6 11-1	A King	Tom Cannon	144	137
9.95	held up in middivision outpaced after 3 out kept on flat but no impression
8	2¾ The Bay Birch	50/1	9 10-11 t p1	M Sheppard	Stan Sheppard	140	128
12.7	held up towards rear headway after 8th weakened before last
9	nse Croco Bay	25/1	13 11-1 p	B I Case	Kielan Woods	144	132
12.72	prominent pecked 3 out soon outpaced no impression after
10	nk Jan Maat (GER)	12/1	7 10-13	H de Bromhead	Rachael Blackmore	142	130
12.92	chased leaders led when stumbled 2 out soon headed weakened final 150 yards
11	½ Two Taffs	14/1	10 11-1 t p	D Skelton	Harry Skelton	144	131
13.42	chased leaders driven before 2 out weakened before last
12	¾ Paloma Blue	17/2	8 11-9 t	H de Bromhead	Aidan Coleman	152	138
14.17	middivision headway approaching 4 out ridden before 2 out weakening when mistake last
13	½ Marracudja (FR)	50/1	9 11-11 t	D Skelton	Bridget Andrews	154	139
14.67	prominent led 10th hit 3 out headed next slow and beaten last weakened flat
14	17 Capeland (FR)	25/1	8 11-10 t	P F Nicholls	Bryony Frost	153	113
31.67	mistakes always behind
15	5 Winter Escape	33/1	9 11-1	B M R Haslam	M P Walsh	144	96
36.67	always in rear
PU	Great Field (FR)	33/1	9 11-12	Jonjo ONeill	J S McGarvey	155	0
-	held up in rear mistake 2nd headway 4 out hampered after 3 out soon weakened pulled up before 2 out
PU	Mcgroarty	50/1	9 11-9 t	Dr R D P Newland	Sam TwistonDavies	152	0
-	prominent lost place 4th well behind 9th pulled up before 4 out
PU	Gino Trail	20/1	13 11-8 (ex5) p	F OBrien	J E Moore	151	0
-	led not fluent 6th (water) or 7th headed 10th weakened after 3 out eased and pulled up before 2 out