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13-Nov-21	14:15	Cheltenham	Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race)
2m 4f 44y	4YO plus	C1	Prize: 90,032	Good (Good to Soft in places)
19 ran	Time: 4m 59.52s (299.52s)

Pos	Name	SP	Weight	Trainer	Jockey	OR	Rating
1	Midnight Shadow	9/1	8 11-5	Mrs S J Smith	Ryan Mania	147	157
-	chased leading pair went 2nd 3 out left in clear lead next stumbled badly last idled runin always just doing enough
2	¾ Protektorat (FR)	11/2 Fav	6 11-12 t	D Skelton	Harry Skelton	154	163
0.75	middivision on inside bad mistake 5th headway chased leaders 2 out hung left under pressure and went 2nd runin closed on idling winner just held
3	1½ Lalor (GER)	7/1	9 11-7 t1	P F Nicholls	H Cobden	149	156
2.25	chased leaders out wide 5th and plenty to do at the last stayed on into 3rd runin not pace to challenge
4	1 Dostal Phil (FR)	16/1	8 11-0	P J Hobbs	Aidan Coleman	142	148
3.25	towards rear of middivision headway last stayed on well runin nearest finish
5	2¼ Galahad Quest (FR)	22/1	5 10-7 t	Nick Williams	David Noonan	135	139
5.5	off the pace towards rear stayed on well runin never nearer
6	hd Simply The Betts	20/1	8 11-12	P F Nicholls	Bryony Frost	154	158
5.65	led until 2nd chased leader until before 8th chased leaders left in 2nd 2 out well held when bad mistake last weakened runin
6	dh Zanza	12/1	7 11-2	P J Hobbs	T J OBrien	144	148
5.65	middivision towards rear and struggling 12th mistake 4 out stayed on well runin never nearer
8	nse Manofthemountain	14/1	8 11-2	Miss E C Lavelle	Thomas Bellamy	144	148
5.67	chased leaders on inside ridden after 3 out outpaced before next stayed on again runin never going pace to reach leaders
9	1¼ Spiritofthegames	33/1	9 11-2 p	D Skelton	Bridget Andrews	144	147
6.92	towards rear some headway runin never a threat
10	1¼ Caribean Boy (FR)	12/1	7 11-6	N J Henderson	D A Jacob	148	149
8.17	middivision out wide not fluent 10th (water) towards rear and struggling 12th never on terms after
11	1 Deyrann de Carjac (FR)	50/1	8 10-9	A King	Tom Cannon	137	137
9.17	never closer than middivision last pair and struggling 8th tailed off
12	3¾ Paint The Dream	11/1	7 11-10 t	F OBrien	C Brace	152	149
12.92	chased leaders went 2nd before 8th until 3 out chased leading trio left 3rd and mistake 2 out weakened badly runin
13	3¾ Aso (FR)	50/1	11 11-11	Miss V Williams	Charlie Deutsch	153	146
16.67	mistake and towards rear 2nd bit closer in middivision 11th pushed along and struggling before 4 out tailed off
14	3¼ Up The Straight	20/1	7 10-5	R Rowe	Tabitha Worsley⁵	138	123
19.92	off the pace and always towards rear never on terms
15	12 Al Dancer (FR)	13/2 2Fav	8 11-7	Sam Thomas	Sam TwistonDavies	149	127
31.92	middivision weakened 4 out tailed off
16	11 Funky Dady (FR)	33/1	6 10-1	Denis Hogan	S A Mulcahy⁷	136	96
42.92	always reardivision never a factor tailed off
F	Coole Cody	14/1	10 10-13	Evan Williams	Adam Wedge	141	0
-	chased leader led 2nd ridden and 1 length ahead when fell 2 out
F	Belargus (FR)	33/1	6 10-5	N J Gifford	N F Houlihan⁵	138	0
-	towards rear when fell 1st
R	Nietzsche	28/1	8 10-5 t	B Ellison	S Bowen	133	0
-	never travelled or jumped with any fluency in rear tailed off when refused 3 out