Thursday, January 16, 2001
TOTE PRICES FOR THE LANZAROTE HURDLE AND LINGFIELD TOMORROW
Tote Bookmakers Lanzarote Hurdle, 2m, Kempton, Saturday
9/2 Landing Light
6/1 Mater Tern, Torso, Valiramix
7/1 Milligan
9/1 Dhaudeloup
10/1 Cardiff Arms
11/1 Clifton Fox, Ferrers
12/1 Just Our Job
14/1 Captain Miller, The Prince
16/1 Chaos Theory, nemisto
25/1 Eastwell Hall. Mite Equal
33/1 Final Settlement
33/1 Hariymi
33/1 Ocean Park
33/1 Tequila
NQ Fondmort
3.10 Lingfield, Tote Trifecta 1-2-3 Handicap, 1m 4f, Tomorrow
2/1 White Plains
7/2 Ursa Major, The Grey Moon
5/1 Hannibal Lad
7/1 Arabian Moon
12/1 Moon Emperor
16/1 Santiburi Girl
33/1 Cezanne
LATEST LADBROKES ANTE-POST PRICES
Queen Mother Champion Chase:(Cheltenham, Thursday 14th March 2001)
Flagship Uberalles 2/1, Edredon Bleu 9/2, Tiutchev 8/1, Direct Route 8/1, Function Dream 9/1 (from 10/1), Fadalko 14/1, Cenkos 14/1, Native Upmanship 16/1, Bellator 16/1, Grey Shot 20/1, The Outback Way 25/1, Call Equiname 25/1, Nordance Prince 33/1, Wahiba Sands 33/1, Aghawadda Gold 40/1, Frozen Groom 40/1, Get Real 40/1, Rathbawn Prince 40/1, Space Trucker 40/1, Red Ark 50/1, Davoski 66/1, Celibate 66/1, Puget Blue 66/1, Corniche 100/1, Reveillon 100/1.
Odds 1/ 4 the odds a place 1, 2, 3, 4 (All quoted)
Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup:(Thursday 15th March 2001)
First Gold 2/1, See More Business 7/1, Cyfor Malta 8/1, Rince Ri 8/1, Marlborough 10/1, Beau 11/1, Florida Pearl 14/1, Nick Dundee 14/1, Legal Right 16/1, Native Upmanship 16/1, Alexander Banquet 25/1, Dorans Pride 25/1, Commanche Court 33/1, Bobby Grant 33/1, Ad Hoc 33/1, Bellator 40/1, Kings Road 40/1, Logician 40/1, Lord Noellie 40/1, Mickos Dream 40/1, Upgrade 40/1, Brother Of Iris 50/1, Foxchapel King 50/1, Go Ballistic 50/1, Rathbawn Prince 50/1, Arctic Camper 66/1, Imperial Call 66/1, Moral Support 66/1, Mulligan 66/1, Red Marauder 66/1.
Odds 1/ 4 a place 1, 2, 3 (Others on request)
Smurfit Champion Hurdle:(Cheltenham, Wednesday 14th March 2001)
Istrabaq 4/6, Geos 7/1, Barton 12/1, Hitman 14/1, Stage Affair 14/1, Moscow Flyer 16/1, Hors La Loi III 20/1,Youreneverwalkalone 20/1, Grimes 25/1, Mantles Prince 25/1, Mr Cool 25/1, Happy Change 33/1, Landing Light 33/1, Mister Morose 33/1, Seebald 33/1, Auetaler 40/1, Bounce Back 40/1, Make a Stand 40/1, Theatreworld 40/1, Ben Ewar 50/1, Hit and Run 50/1, Hulysse Royal 50/1, Katarino 50/1, Rodock 50/1, Sir Talbot 50/1, The French Furze 50/1, San Suru 66/1,Bring Sweets 66/1, Hidebound 66/1, His Song 66/1, Lord Brex 66/1, Penny Rich 66/1, Ricardo 66/1, Greyfield 100/1, Guns n Roses 100/1, Inching Closer 100/1, Life is Life 100/1, The Glow Worm 100/1, Ulundi 100/1, Batswing 150/1, Silent Warning 150/1, Maidstone Monument 200/1, All Allone 1000/1, Althrey Ruler 1000/1.
Odds 1/ 4 a place 1, 2, 3 (Others on request)
Elite Racing Club Triumph Hurdle:(Cheltenham, Thursday 15th March 2001)
Bilboa 8/1, Pedro Pete 8/1, Pittsburgh Phil 10/1, Jait du Cochet 10/1, Jocko Glasses 16/1, Kadarran 20/1, Quality Team 20/1, Fruits Defendu 20/1, Caesars Palace 25/1, Montreal 25/1, Francies Fancy 25/1, Fait Le Jojo 33/1, Sprit of Park 33/1, Albatros 33/1, Billy Bonnie 33/1, Conway Castle 33/1, El Emel 33/1, Gold Street 33/1, Riddlesdown 33/1, Ravenswood 33/1, Belle D'Anjou 33/1, Benovia 33/1, Eternal Spring 40/1, Stormness 40/1, Moon Emperor 40/1, Goss 40/1, Summer Break 40/1, Sunday Rain 40/1.
Odds 1/ 4 a place 1, 2, 3, 4 (Others on request)
Martell Grand National:(Aintree, Saturday 7th April 2001)
Noble Lord 14/1, Papillon 16/1, Beau 16/1, Young Kenny 20/1, Micko's Dream 20/1, Niki Dee 25/1, Rince Ri 25/1, Commanche Court 25/1, Bobby Grant 25/1, Browjoshy 25/1, Mely Moss 25/1, Smarty 25/1, Jocks Cross 25/1, Moral Support 25/1, Inch Rose 33/1, Bobbyjo 33/1, Ackzo 33/1, Edmond 33/1, Ardent Scout, Ad Hoc 33/1, Paddys Return 33/1.
Odds 1/ 4 a place 1, 2, 3, 4 (Others on Request)
COLD SNAP PUTS RACING IN DOUBT ONCE AGAIN
Racing is once again bracing itself for another round of abandonments.
Tomorrow's meeting at Huntingdon is subject to an inspection at 7.30am.
Racecourse manager Jim Allen commented earlier today: "Frost is the threat. We had -4C last night - it is quite firm out there now - and it is forecast to be -4C again tonight.
"But they do get it wrong occasionally."
The future of Newcastle's meeting tomorrow was determined by an inspection at 1.00pm today - which found the track to be frozen.
Kelso are "pretty pessimistic" about their chances on Friday but Uttoxeter are hopeful that their meeting on the same day will go ahead, with no frost in the ground at present.
Meanwhile at Haydock the ground is currently frozen although racecourse officials are "cautiously optimistic" that conditions will improve before Saturday's valuable Bet Direct Peter Marsh Chase meeting. Saturday's fixture at Catterick is in doubt due to parts of the course being frozen at present.
FIRST TIM FORSTER CUP TO BE RUN AT WINCANTON
The inaugural running of the Tim Forster Cup is set to take place at Wincanton on Thursday, January 25, 2001 and Henry Daly, who was assistant to Forster for eight years and then took over as trainer at Downton Hall Stables, Shropshire, hopes to run High In The Clouds.
Daly said: "I plan to have a runner and it will probably be High In The Clouds but he must have goodish ground. It would be very exciting to win the Tim Forster Cup."
This new race had been due to be run for the first time last year but, unfortunately, frost meant the fixture had to be abandoned.
The £12,000-added TIM FORSTER CUP (3.10pm), a handicap chase over three miles, one and a half furlongs, is the richest race of the day and commemorates the late Captain Tim Forster, trainer of three Grand National winners (Well To Do 1972, Ben Nevis 1980 and Last Suspect 1985), who died in April,1999.
Wincanton was Forster's favourite track and he stated in his will that, if a memorial race were to be held for him, it should be at Wincanton and for no longer than five years.
Forster enjoyed considerable success at Wincanton during his 36 years as a trainer and his connections with the Somerset track were strong. He said in 1991: "For years I used to be leading trainer or thereabouts at Wincanton. Now since they drained the course, I can't win a race there! It used to resemble a ploughed field - not a blade of grass. So it suited my horses!"
More recently, Dublin Flyer, typical of the courageous chasers Forster so often produced, won the 1996 John Bull Chase at Wincanton, after getting rid of his rider at the last in the same race the previous year. Dublin Flyer also won a 1994 amateur riders' handicap chase at Wincanton.
Another of his top-class chasers, Martha's Son, won twice at Wincanton, a 1992 handicap hurdle and then a chase in 1994 at the course's most popular fixture on Boxing Day.
A challenge trophy, as well as a trophy to keep, will be presented by friends of the late trainer to the winning connections. When the equivalent event was last held in 1999, it fell to the Paul Nicholls-trained Double Thriller who went on to land Wincanton's Jim Ford Challenge Cup before finishing fourth to his stable companion See More Business in that year's Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup.
As well as having been Forster's favourite course, Wincanton is also held in high regard by racegoers and was voted the best small racecourse in the South-West of Britain for 2000 by the Racegoers Club for the 11th year in succession.
Some riding stars of the future could be on show in the £6,000-added PAT RUTHVEN AND GUY NIXON MEMORIAL VASE (3.40pm), a handicap chase for amateur riders over three miles, one and a half furlongs. When this contest last took place in 1999, it was won by the Paul Nicholls-trained Dancetillyoudrop, ridden by Sam Stronge who is now a successful conditional jockey with the same trainer. Second in 1999 was Rocky Park, ridden by Paul Flynn who went on to become champion amateur last season and is currently second behind Noel Fehily in this season's conditional jockeys' championship.
Over timber, the best race on the card is the £7,500-added two-mile TOTE BOOKMAKERS HANDICAP HURDLE (2.40pm). Wincanton specialist Kino's Cross, trained by Jim Wilson was successful in the last renewal of this contest. Racing gets underway at 1.40pm when the JUVENILE NOVICES' CLAIMING HURDLE over two miles is run.
Ian Renton, Clerk of the Course at Wincanton said: "The Tim Forster Cup commemorates one of National Hunt racing's greatest supporters and we are greatly looking forward to its first running."
Admission prices are Club £15 (Juniors aged 17-22 with ID £7.50), Tattersalls £10 (Students with ID half-price) and Course £5. There is FREE admission for accompanied children aged 16 and under and parking is FREE except inside the Course Enclosure where there is a charge of £5.
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