| Course: HEREFORD | Race date:20/11/08 | Race time:2:20 | Runners:6 |
| Race distance:3m1½f | Going:Good | Winners time:6m 28.30s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gone To Lunch | A P McCoy | J Scott | 11-2 | 8 | 0 | 143 | 8/15F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | ||
| The Cool Guy | P J Brennan | N A Twiston-Davies | 11-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11/4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 25 | |
| Crank Hill | Daryl Jacob | R H Buckler | 11-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 28 | |
| Pangbourne | Jack Doyle | A King | 10-13 | 7 | 0 | 120 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 25 | |
| Roseville | Gerard Tumelty | S T Lewis | 10-6 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 80/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 44 | |
| Off The Shelf | Alex Merriam | N B King | 10-9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | PU |
Gone To Lunch with leader, led 6th, reminders after 3 out, clear after 2 out, easily
The Cool Guy held up, hit 5th, headway on inside approaching 8th, chased winner approaching 14th, mistake 2 out, soon beaten, 10 lengths 2nd and weakening when pecked last
Crank Hill held up in rear, headway 14th, weakened approaching 4 out
Pangbourne prominent, reminders after 8th, weakened 14th
Roseville led to 6th, with winner until weakened 14th, tailed off
Off The Shelf held up in touch, reminders after 9th, hit 11th, soon ridden, weakened 13th, tailed off when jumped slowly 3 out soon pulled up
The Cool Guy, a former very useful novice hurdler, had seemed set to win a novice chase at Fakenham in February 2007 only to fall at the last when clear, sustaining a leg injury which has kept him off the track until now. He jumped well enough and moved into second early on the final circuit, but weakened three out and made a bad blunder at the next, followed by a less serious one at the final fence when well beaten. He looked to blow up and could be a different proposition with the run behind him.
Runner-up from out of the handicap over 2m3f here last week, Roseville faced an impossible task on these terms. Off The Shelf won an Irish point back in May but was out of his depth on this debut under rules.
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