Full Result 1.40 Cheltenham | 1 January 2003

Miles Gosling Handicap Chase Class B

(Class 2) (0-145, 5yo+) (4m120yds) 4m½f New Soft 27 fences

1st £12,620.80 2nd £4,787.20 3rd £2,393.60 4th £1,088 5th £544 6th £326.40

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	6. Sir Frosty 15/8F Timmy Murphy John Ryall	Timmy Murphy John Ryall	10	1010 t	121	–	125	–
b g Arctic Lord (IRE) - Snowy Autumn (Deep Run)
Behind, not fluent 4th, 8th and 14th, ridden 4 out, hit next, soon ridden and no impression, stayed on from 2 out, strong run after last to lead close home (op 9-4)

2 nk	3. Polar Champ 5/1 A P McCoy M C Pipe	A P McCoy M C Pipe	10	115 v	130	–	134	–
b g Polar Falcon (USA) - Ceramic (USA) (Raja Baba)
Led to 3rd, prominent, led 17th, soon headed, challenged from 21st until led 4 out, headed last, soon led again, stayed on gamely, caught close home (op 3-1)

3 8 [8¼]	2. Wonder Weasel (IRE) 9/2 John McNamara Kim Bailey	John McNamara Kim Bailey	10	119 p	134	–	132	–
b g Lancastrian (IRE) - The She Weasel (Gulf Pearl)
Pressed leaders, challenged from 12th, still upsides 3 out and ridden, rallied gamely to lead last, soon headed, weakened final 100yds (op 4-1 tchd 5-1 in a place)

4 8 [16¼]	5. High Cotton (IRE) 11/2 Barry Fenton David Elsworth	Barry Fenton David Elsworth	8	1011	122	–	111	–
gr g Ala Hounak (IRE) - Planalife (Beau Charmeur)
In touch, headway to chase leaders 17th, ridden from 21st and stayed on, weakened after 3 out (op 6-1 tchd 13-2 in a place)

5 nk [16½]	1. Samuel Wilderspin 5/1 Tom Doyle Richard Lee	Tom Doyle Richard Lee	11	1112 t	137	–	125	–
b g Henbit (USA) - Littoral (Crash Course)
Behind, ridden and headway when hit 4 out, weakened after next (op 9-2 tchd 11-2 in places)

6 13 [29½]	4. Royal Tommy (IRE) 12/1 Jimmy McCarthy Bob Buckler	Jimmy McCarthy Bob Buckler	11	110 b	125	–	100	–
b g Royal Fountain - Cherry Token (Prince Hansel)
Led 3rd, kept narrow advantage until headed and hit 4 out, weakened next (op 10-1 tchd 14-1 in places)

6 ran Off time: 1:41:00 Winning time: 9m 46.90s (slow by 1m 24.90s) Total SP: 110%
1st owner: J F Tucker (Sir Frosty) 1st breeder: J F And Mrs Tucker
2nd owner: The Reims Partnership (Polar Champ)
3rd owner: D A Halsall (Wonder Weasel)
Tote win: £2.50 PL: £1.80 £2.40 Ex: £9.10 CSF: £11.04

1:40 Cheltenham 1 Jan 2003

Miles Gosling Handicap Chase Class B