Full Result 3.15 Cheltenham | 10 December 2005

totesport Bula Hurdle Class A Grade 2

(Class 1) (4yo+) (2m179yds) 2m1f New Good To Soft 8 hurdles

1st £42,765 2nd £16,042.50 3rd £8,032.50 4th £4,005 5th £2,010 6th £1,005

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	1. Harchibald (FR) 10/11F Paul Carberry Noel Meade	Paul Carberry Noel Meade	6	118	–	167	168	–
b g Perugino (USA) - Dame D'Harvard (USA) (Quest For Fame)
Held up in rear, smooth headway from 2 out, not clear run on rail and switched left approaching last, led on bit soon after, easily (op 5-4)

2 1¾	8. Intersky Falcon 14/1 A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill	A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill	8	110 tb	160	157	156	–
ch g Polar Falcon (USA) - I'll Try (Try My Best)
Led, clear 3rd, ridden and kept on when challenged approaching last, headed run-in, stayed on but no chance with winner (op 10-1 tchd 16-1)

3 5 [6¾]	3. Faasel (IRE) 9/2 Tony Dobbin Nicky Richards	Tony Dobbin Nicky Richards	4	114 v	145	157	157	–
b g Unfuwain (USA) - Waqood (USA) (Riverman)
Held up in rear, headway 2 out, driven to challenge approaching last, weakened under pressure run-in (tchd 5-1)

4 11 [17¾]	4. Penzance I 12/1 Robert Thornton Alan King	Robert Thornton Alan King	4	114	145	144	144	–
ch g Pennekamp (USA) - Kalinka (IRE) (Soviet Star)
Held up in rear, ridden 2 out, never going pace to reach leaders (op 10-1 tchd 14-1)

5 7 [24¾]	6. Royal Shakespeare (FR) 10/1 Tom Scudamore Steve Gollings	Tom Scudamore Steve Gollings	6	114	153	137	137	–
b g King's Theatre (IRE) - Persian Walk (FR) (Persian Bold)
Chased leader from 3rd, weakened after 2 out (op 16-1 tchd 20-1)

6 6 [30¾]	5. Phar Bleu (FR) 20/1 Mick Fitzgerald Paul Nicholls	Mick Fitzgerald Paul Nicholls	4	114 t	138	130	134	–
b g Agent Bleu (FR) - Guilt Less (FR) (Useful)
In touch, ridden and effort approaching 2 out, soon weakened (op 16-1)

7 15 [45¾]	9. Sporazene (IRE) 11/1 Christian Williams Paul Nicholls	Christian Williams Paul Nicholls	6	110	154	108	116	–
gr g Cozzene (USA) - Sporades (USA) (Vaguely Noble)
Chased leaders but never fluent, weakened after 3 out, no chance when hampered next (op 9-1)

PU	7. Westender (FR) 25/1 Timmy Murphy M C Pipe	Timmy Murphy M C Pipe	9	114 b	157	–	–	–
b g In The Wings - Trude (GER) (Windwurf)
Chased leaders until weakened 3rd, soon tailed off, pulled up before 2 out (op 20-1 tchd 33-1)

UR	2. Akilak (IRE) 12/1 Graham Lee Howard Johnson	Graham Lee Howard Johnson	4	114	–	–	139	–
br g Charnwood Forest (IRE) - Akilara (IRE) (Kahyasi)
In touch, headway 3 out, disputing 5 lengths 2nd and going well when blundered badly and unseated rider 2 out (op 10-1)

9 ran Off time: 3:17:00 Winning time: 4m 0.70s (slow by 3.70s) Total SP: 119%
1st owner: D P Sharkey (Harchibald) 1st breeder: S N C Ecurie Bouchard Jean-Lo
2nd owner: Interskyracing.com & Mrs Jonjo O'Neill (Intersky Falcon)
3rd owner: Jim Ennis (Faasel)
Tote win: £1.90 PL: £1.20 £3.90 £1.60 Ex: £26.40 CSF: £16.53 Trifecta: £90 Pool £2,029.79. 16 winning units.

3:15 Cheltenham 10 Dec 2005

totesport Bula Hurdle Class A Grade 2