Meeting - The Boylesports International, Dates - Friday, December 14 & Saturday, December 15
Advance Admission Prices - Friday, Club/Tattersalls £18, Best Mate £8; Saturday, Club £27, Tattersalls £20, Best Mate £10
Gates Open - 10am all days
First race - 12.10pm Friday, 12.20pm Saturday
Malton trainer Malcolm Jefferson is hoping that Roman Ark will line up in the £150,000 Boylepsorts.com Gold Cup (2.40pm), run over two miles and five furlongs at Cheltenham on Saturday, December 15, the second day of the Boylesports International.
Currently rated a 14/1 chance with Boylesports, Roman Ark made a winning seasonal reappearance at Haydock Park on November 24 in a two-mile handicap chase, when he defied top-weight of 11st 12lb to record a comfortable three-length success over Some Touch.
Jefferson said today: “There is a good chance Roman Ark will go for the Boylesports.com Gold Cup if everything is in his favour.
“The main consideration is the ground - the softer the better for him.
“He looks to me as if he has come out of Haydock very well and he is just taking it easy at the moment before he starts cantering again next week. The horse looks great and doesn’t seem to have lost any weight since Haydock.
“So I think, if everything is right, then the Boylesports.com Gold Cup is where we will go with him.”
The nine-year-old Terimon gelding has posted some very good efforts at Cheltenham in the past, most notably when fourth to Non So in the Grade Three Racing Post Plate over the same distance of two miles and five furlongs at The Festival in 2006 and when fourth behind Whispered Secret (also entered in the Boylesports.com Gold Cup) in the Grade Three Ladbrokes Trophy, also run over two miles and five furlongs, on Festival Trials Day in January, 2007.
Jefferson continued: “In the Ladbrokes Trophy, four fences were missed out (because of low sun on the day impairing visibility) and I think that cost him the race as he jumps so well. He was in great fettle that day and it was very soft. The ground is worth a lot to him.
“You don’t have many options for a horse like Roman Ark, when they are up in the handicap. You have to go where you can run.
“The thing is, he is a very good horse and, if everything was in his favour, he might have a big chance in a race like the Boylesports.com Gold Cup.”
A total of 45 entries have been received for the Boylesports.com Gold Cup, including the first seven horses home from the Paddy Power Gold Cup - L’Antartique, Il Duce, Knowhere, Palarshan, Patman Du Charmil, Bob Hall and Copsale Lad.
Weights for the £150,000 contest will be revealed on Wednesday, December 5.
REMINDER - FESTIVAL DISCOUNTS END NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER 3
Cheltenham Racecourse would like to remind customers that early booking discounts for The Festival end at the close of business next Monday, December 3.
The Festival takes place from Tuesday, March 11 through to Friday, March 14 in 2008.
All tickets are subject to availability.
LATEST BETTING FROM BOYLESPORTS ON THE Boylesports.com GOLD CUP
L'Antartique 7/1, Abragante 7/1, New Alco 8/1, Palarshan 10/1, Knowhere 10/1, Madison du Berlais 10/1, Our Vic 12/1, New Little Bric 12/1, Kalca Mome 12/1, Howle Hill 12/1, Ungaro 12/1, Il Duce 12/1, Imperial Commander 12/1, Limited Edition 12/1, Copsale Lad 14/1, Roman Ark 14/1, The Railway Man 14/1, Knight Legend 14/1, Tamarinbleu 14/1, Jack The Giant 14/1, Slim Pickings 16/1, Le Volfoni 16/1, Idole First 16/1, Private Be 16/1, Newman des Plages 16/1, Patman Du Charmil 16/1, Fier Nomand 16/1, Whispered Secret 16/1, Bob Hall 20/1, Ardaghey 20/1, Tidal Fury 20/1, Yes Sir 20/1, Faasel 20/1, Turko 20/1, Too Forward 20/1, Cerium 20/1, Three Mirrors 20/1, Our Armageddon 20/1, Vodka Bleu 20/1, Tikram 25/1, Black Hills 25/1, Regal Heights 25/1, Magic Sky 33/1, Mr Boo 40/1, The Reverend 40/1
THE Boylesports.com GOLD CUP
Class 1, Grade 3, £150,000 Total Prize Fund. 2.40pm Cheltenham, Saturday, December 15, 2007. For four-year-olds & upwards, two miles & five furlongs. New Course. Penalties: after December 1, a winner of a Class 3 chase 4lb; of a Class 1 or 2 chase 6lb; no penalty to increase a horse’s weight above 11st 12lb. Entries closed November 28, entries revealed November 29 (45 entries), weights revealed December 5. Five-day confirmation stage 12 noon, December 10. Final declaration stage, 10.00am December 14. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys & are correct up to & including the racing of Thursday, November 29, 2007.
Form Horse Age Owner Trainer
2341-11 ABRAGANTE (IRE) 6 David Johnson David Pipe
P062-16 ARDAGHEY (IRE) 8 D J & S A Goodman Nigel Twiston-Davies
221-001 BLACK HILLS 8 The Kingfisher Partnership Jonathan Geake
1522-36 BOB HALL (IRE) 6 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill
10P/10P- CERIUM (FR) 6 Barry Fulton, Tony Hayward, Steve Fisher, Liam Brady Paul Nicholls
PP105-0 COPSALE LAD 10 Swallow Partnership Nicky Henderson
51422-2 FAASEL (IRE) 6 Jim Ennis Nicky Richards
6/1-3F22 FIER NORMAND (FR) 8 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill
504/11-1 HOWLE HILL (IRE) 7 The Brown Family, R Benton & R Lucas Alan King
6/1341-P IDOLE FIRST (IRE) 8 D and J Racing Ltd Venetia Williams
PF23-12 IL DUCE (IRE) 7 Mrs Peter Prowting Alan King
6103-11 IMPERIAL COMMANDER (IRE) 6 Our Friends in the North Nigel Twiston-Davies
211136- JACK THE GIANT (IRE) 5 Hanbury Syndicate Nicky Henderson
20206-1 KALCA MOME (FR) 9 Miss I D Du Pre Philip Hobbs
1021B2 KNIGHT LEGEND (IRE) 8 Lynn Wilson Jessica Harrington IRE
300U-13 KNOWHERE (IRE) 9 Raymond Mould Nigel Twiston-Davies
F21U-11 L'ANTARTIQUE (FR) 7 Mrs A N Durkan Ferdy Murphy
3646-U5 LE VOLFONI (FR) 6 A F Banks Paul Nicholls
14//P11F- LIMITED EDITION (IRE) 9 Malcolm Denmark Carl Llewellyn
53103-4 MADISON DU BERLAIS (FR) 6 Roger Stanley & Yvonne Reynolds II David Pipe
5-00042 MAGIC SKY (FR) 7 thehorseracingclubcom partnership Milton Harris
0P22-14 MR BOO (IRE) 8 The Hon Mrs C Cameron Gary Moore
32260-1 NEW ALCO (FR) 6 D McGowan And S Murphy Ferdy Murphy
13110-4 NEW LITTLE BRIC (FR) 6 Kathy Stuart Paul Nicholls
114P0-0 NEWMAN DES PLAGES (FR) 6 Sir Robert Ogden Jonjo O'Neill
14//0041/- OUR ARMAGEDDON (NZ) 10 Leslie Garrett Richard Guest
01/1223- OUR VIC (IRE) 9 David Johnson David Pipe
036P//2-4 PALARSHAN (FR) 9 Sumner Wellesley Henry Daly
PP-1135 PATMAN DU CHARMIL (FR) 5 Raymond Mould Nigel Twiston-Davies
0131-B0 PRIVATE BE 8 David and Daphne Walsh Philip Hobbs
12114-0 REGAL HEIGHTS (IRE) 6 Janet Heler Donald McCain Jnr
11400-1 ROMAN ARK 9 Richard Collins Malcolm Jefferson
P3F53-6 SLIM PICKINGS (IRE) 8 Doubtful Five Syndicate Tom Taaffe IRE
61P6-31 TAMARINBLEU (FR) 7 The Arthur White Partnership David Pipe
1P103/1- THE RAILWAY MAN (IRE) 8 Cathal Ryan Arthur Moore IRE
13240-3 THE REVEREND (IRE) 7 Andrea & Graham Wylie Howard Johnson
1131-40 THREE MIRRORS 7 Sean Murphy Ferdy Murphy
104-21P TIDAL FURY (IRE) 5 Twelfth Night Jonathan Jay
440U3-U TIKRAM 10 Mike Charlton And Rodger Sargent Gary Moore
10102-P TOO FORWARD (IRE) 11 T L Gibson & D Mathias Carl Llewellyn
1210P-P TURKO (FR) 5 The Stewart Family Paul Nicholls
1166-36 UNGARO (FR) 8 Sir Robert Ogden Keith Reveley
P0400-0 VODKA BLEU (FR) 8 David Johnson David Pipe
504312- WHISPERED SECRET (GER) 8 David Manasseh David Pipe
D0-1500 YES SIR (IRE) 8 Ms Y M Hill & Mr T J Healy Peter Bowen
45 entries
3 Irish-trained
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