Full Result 2.30 Cheltenham | 1 January 2004

Steel Plate Trial Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class B

(Class 2) (4yo) (2m179yds) 2m1f New Good 8 hurdles

1st £9,613.49 2nd £3,646.50 3rd £1,823.25 4th £828.75 5th £414.38 6th £248.63

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	3. Trouble At Bay (IRE) 5/6F Robert Thornton Alan King	Robert Thornton Alan King	4	117	–	74	124	–
b g Slip Anchor - Fight Right (FR) (Crystal Glitters)
Held up in touch, quickened to challenge 2 out, led, ridden and hung left last and run-in, driven and held on well (tchd 4-5 and 10-11, Evens in places)

2 ¾	7. Meryl (FR) 25/1 Benoit Gicquel G Macaire	Benoit Gicquel G Macaire	4	110	–	66	113	–
ch g Garde Royale (IRE) - Vindhy (FR) (Yelpana)
Slight advantage to 4th, slight lead again 3 out, narrowly headed next, soon one pace, rallied last, kept on well to take 2nd close home, going on (tchd 33-1 in places)

3 ¾ [1½]	4. Val Du Don (FR) 9/1 Jacques Ricou G Macaire	Jacques Ricou G Macaire	4	117	–	72	119	–
b g Garde Royale (IRE) - Vallee Normande (FR) (Bellypha)
Disputed lead until led 4th, narrowly headed 3 out, slight lead again and went left next, headed before last and went left again, no extra run-in (op 8-1 tchd 10-1, 11-1 in places)

4 3 [4½]	9. Zimbabwe 7/2 Jamie Moore Gary Moore	Jamie Moore Gary Moore	4	110	–	61	109	–
b g Kahyasi (IRE) - Zeferina (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Chased leaders, challenged from 4 out until ridden and outpaced last (op 4-1 after 9-2 in places)

5 6 [10½]	5. Downtherefordancin (IRE) 33/1 Tom Scudamore M C Pipe	Tom Scudamore M C Pipe	4	114 v	106	58	106	–
b g Groom Dancer (USA) - Merlin's Fancy (Caerleon)
Behind, ridden after 3 out, stayed on under pressure from 2 out but never a danger (tchd 40-1)

6 19 [29½]	2. Pilca (FR) 100/1 Regis Schmidlin M C Pipe	Regis Schmidlin M C Pipe	4	117	–	–	90	–
ch g Pistolet Bleu (IRE) - Caricoe (Baillamont)
Tracked leaders, still travelling well approaching 2 out, weakened soon after (tchd 150-1 in places)

7 8 [37½]	8. Travel (POL) 50/1 Paul Moloney Tom George	Paul Moloney Tom George	4	110	–	–	75	–
gr g Freedom's Choice (USA) - Transylwania (POL) (Baby Bid)
Took keen hold, tracked leaders, weakened 2 out (tchd 66-1)

8 2½ [40]	6. Betterware Boy 100/1 Davy Russell Pat Phelan	Davy Russell Pat Phelan	4	110	–	–	73	–
ch g Barathea (IRE) - Crystal Drop (Cadeaux Genereux)
Took keen hold in rear, headway 3 out, weakened 2 out (tchd 150-1 in places)

9 5 [45]	1. Major Speculation (IRE) 11/2 A P McCoy M C Pipe	A P McCoy M C Pipe	4	117	–	–	75	–
b g Spectrum (IRE) - Pacific Grove (Persian Bold)
Behind, not fluent 4th, weakened after 3 out (op 6-1 in places)

9 ran Off time: 2:30:00 Winning time: 4m 18.70s (slow by 21.70s) Total SP: 113%
1st owner: Nigel Bunter (Trouble At Bay) 1st breeder: Patrick K Stephens
2nd owner: Exors of the late Claude Cohen (Meryl)
3rd owner: Jacques Detre (Val Du Don)
Tote win: £1.90 PL: £1.10 £4.10 £2.10 Ex: £27.90 CSF: £25.07 Trifecta: £113.70 Pool £1,121.36 - 7.00 winning units.

2:30 Cheltenham 1 Jan 2004

Steel Plate Trial Juvenile Novices' Hurdle Class B