Full Result 3.10 Cheltenham | 29 January 2005

Pillar Property Chase Class A Grade 2

(Class 1) (6yo+) (3m1f56yds) 3m1½f New Good To Soft 21 fences

1st £47,600 2nd £17,600 3rd £8,800 4th £4,000 5th £2,000

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	1. Grey Abbey (IRE) 100/30 Graham Lee Howard Johnson	Graham Lee Howard Johnson	11	1110	163	117	174	–
gr g Nestor I (IRE) - Tacovaon (Avocat)
Led to 6th, stayed with leader, led again 8th, headed 10th, led 13th, ridden after 3 out, powered clear after 2 out (op 7-2 tchd 4-1 in places)

2 16	4. Therealbandit (IRE) 11/4F Timmy Murphy M C Pipe	Timmy Murphy M C Pipe	8	116	158	99	157	–
b g Torus - Sunrise Highway VII (Damsire Unregistered)
Held up in rear, headway 11th, tracked winner after 3 out, driven and effort after 2 out, no impression and soon weakened (tchd 3-1 in places)

3 12 [28]	3. Royal Auclair (FR) 7/2 R Walsh Paul Nicholls	R Walsh Paul Nicholls	8	116 t	155	89	144	–
ch g Garde Royale (IRE) - Carmonera (FR) (Carmont)
Held up in rear, headway 11th, chased winner 15th, ridden after 4 out, no impression, weakened from 3 out (op 4-1 tchd 9-2 in places)

4 nk [28¼]	2. Cloudy Bays (IRE) 10/1 Barry Geraghty C Byrnes	Barry Geraghty C Byrnes	8	116	–	89	143	–
ch g Hubbly Bubbly (USA) - Bellteen (Beau Charmeur)
With winner, led 6th to 8th and again 10th to 13th, hit next, weakened 15th

5 dist [58¼]	5. Ballycassidy (IRE) 11/1 Richard Johnson Peter Bowen	Richard Johnson Peter Bowen	9	115	149	–	117	–
br g Insan (USA) - Bitofabreeze (IRE) (Callernish)
Blundered and behind from 3rd, blundered 3 out, tailed off

PU	7. Strong Magic (IRE) 200/1 Tom Siddall John Cornwall	Tom Siddall John Cornwall	13	110	99	–	–	–
br g Strong Gale (IRE) - Baybush (Boreen)
Soon behind, tailed off 7th, pulled up after 11th

UR	6. Ollie Magern 4/1 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies	Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies	7	115	152	–	–	–
b g Alderbrook - Outfield (Monksfield)
Tracking leaders in 3rd when blundered and unseated rider 4th (op 7-2)

7 ran Off time: 3:11:00 Winning time: 6m 57.00s (slow by 32.00s) Total SP: 110%
1st owner: The Roper Family and Norman Furness (Grey Abbey) 1st breeder: Francis Small
2nd owner: The Johnson Family (Therealbandit)
3rd owner: Clive D Smith (Royal Auclair)
Tote win: £3.60 PL: £2.40 £2.30 Ex: £14.50 CSF: £12.33

3:10 Cheltenham 29 Jan 2005

Pillar Property Chase Class A Grade 2