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Wed 1st Jan

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2.05

Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase

(Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) of £100,000.00 5-y-o plus 2m. 4f. 127yds.

2.05 2m. 4f. 127yds. Hcap Chase (Class 1) 5-y-o plus 11 Entered

Betfair Exchange Handicap Chase

(Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) of £100,000.00

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9,b g 11-12

Falco (USA)-Tercah Girl(Martaline)

(66) (Mason, Hogarth, Ferguson & Done)
Rated 156

Paul Nicholls

H Cobden

Paul Nicholls

H Cobden

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
UK	21	3	12	-14.24

27th Oct 24 Aintree(2m 3f 200yds Hcap Chase, Good (Good to Soft in places)) Rated 157 11/2 10-11 Freddie Gingell (3) 2nd of 5 runners, 1.75L behind Minella Drama

27th Apr 24 Sandown(2m 6f 164yds Chase, Good-Good to Soft in places) Rated 158 5/2JFav 11-2 Harry Cobden 3rd of 7 runners, 2.5L and 9L behind Fantastic Lady and Ga Law

14th Mar 24 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds Chase, Soft) Rated 157 40/1 11-10 Bryony Frost 8th of 11 runners, 34.75L behind Protektorat

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Hitman (FR) has met

Horse	No. Of times
Lounge Lizard (GB)	1
27th Jan 2024 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds, Hcap Chase, Good to Soft) Lounge Lizard (GB) 2nd (25/1 10-2 Rated 130) J J Burke 25.00L in front of Hitman (FR) 9th (12/1 11-9 Rated 156) Freddie Gingell (13 ran)

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10,ch g 11-4

Midnight Legend (GB)-Well Connected(Presenting)

(32) cd¹ (Mr Frank McAleavy)
Rated 148 Won When Rated 151

D Skelton

Harry Skelton

D Skelton

Harry Skelton

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
UK	22	7	7	8.00

30th Nov 24 Newbury(3m 1f 214yds Hcap Chase, Chase: Good to Soft; Hurdle: Soft-Good to Soft in places) Rated 151 28/1 11-11 James Bowen 12th of 13 runners, 55.75L behind Kandoo Kid

1st Nov 24 Wetherby(2m 3f 85yds Hcap Chase, Good) Rated 153 5/2 12-0 Harry Skelton 3rd of 4 runners, 3.25L and 10L behind Genois and Galop De Chasse

2nd Dec 23 Newbury(3m 1f 214yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft-Good in places) Rated 156 10/1 11-1 Harry Skelton fell of 20 runners, in race won by Datsalrightgino

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Midnight River (GB) has met

Horse	No. Of times
Seddon (IRE)	1
16th Mar 2023 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds, Hcap Chase, Soft (Good to Soft in places)) Seddon (IRE) 1st (20/1 10-9 Rated 143) Ben Harvey 15.78L in front of Midnight River (GB) 11th (15/2 11-9 Rated 152) Harry Skelton (23 ran)

Colonel Harry (IRE)	1
30th Nov 2024 Newbury(3m 1f 214yds, Hcap Chase, Chase: Good to Soft; Hurdle: Soft-Good to Soft in places) Colonel Harry (IRE) 11th (10/1 11-8 Rated 148) G Sheehan 13.00L in front of Midnight River (GB) 12th (28/1 11-11 Rated 151) James Bowen (13 ran)

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8,ch g 11-2

Shirocco (GER)-Stateable Case(Be My Native)

(32) (The GD Partnership)
Rated 146

Jamie Snowden

G Sheehan

Jamie Snowden

G Sheehan

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
UK	13	4	5	-2.67
P2P	2	1	0

30th Nov 24 Newbury(3m 1f 214yds Hcap Chase, Chase: Good to Soft; Hurdle: Soft-Good to Soft in places) Rated 148 10/1 11-8 G Sheehan 11th of 13 runners, 42.75L behind Kandoo Kid

3rd Nov 24 Carlisle(2m 3f 210yds Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Rated 145 11/8Fav 11-10 G Sheehan 2nd of 4 runners, 3.75L behind Marble Sands

11th Apr 24 Aintree(2m 3f 200yds Chase, Soft (Heavy in places)) Rated 147 22/1 11-7 G Sheehan 4th of 5 runners, 18.13L behind Il Etait Temps

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Colonel Harry (IRE) has met

Horse	No. Of times
Midnight River (GB)	1
30th Nov 2024 Newbury(3m 1f 214yds, Hcap Chase, Chase: Good to Soft; Hurdle: Soft-Good to Soft in places) Colonel Harry (IRE) 11th (10/1 11-8 Rated 148) G Sheehan 13.00L in front of Midnight River (GB) 12th (28/1 11-11 Rated 151) James Bowen (13 ran)

Marble Sands (FR)	1
3rd Nov 2024 Carlisle(2m 3f 210yds, Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Marble Sands (FR) 1st (15/8 11-4 Rated 146) Kielan Woods 3.75L in front of Colonel Harry (IRE) 2nd (11/8Fav 11-10 Rated 145) G Sheehan (4 ran)

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8,b g 11-1

Kayf Tara (GB)-Winning Counsel(Leading Counsel)

(19) c¹ (Mrs Gay Smith)
Rated 145

Jonjo O'Neill

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
IRE	1	0	1	-1.00
UK	13	6	4	2.84

13th Dec 24 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Rated 145 13/2 11-12 Jonjo O Neill Jr 2nd of 5 runners, 6.5L behind Jango Baie

15th Nov 24 Cheltenham(3m 110yds Chase, Good (Good to Soft in places)) Rated 145 2/1JFav 11-9 Jonjo O Neill Jr 3rd of 4 runners, 0.5L and 4L behind Hyland and Resplendent Grey

12th Oct 24 Chepstow(2m 3f 98yds Chase, Hurdle: Good to Soft; Chase: Good-Good to Soft in places) 10/3 11-5 Jonjo O Neill Jr 1st of 5 runners, by 1.25L and shd from Insurrection and Boombawn

6913

9,gr g 11-0

Martaline (GB)-Sans Rien(Poliglote)

(32) d¹ (Dl Adams, Ja Adams & G McPherson)
Rated 144

Graeme P Mcpherson

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
UK	21	7	6	31.54

30th Nov 24 Newcastle(2m 7f 91yds Hcap Chase, Good) Rated 146 14/1 11-11 Nick Slatter (3) 3rd of 13 runners, 1.25L and 16L behind Frero Banbou and The Changing Man

3rd Nov 24 Carlisle(2m 3f 210yds Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Rated 146 15/8 11-4 Kielan Woods 1st of 4 runners, by 3.75L and 2.5L from Colonel Harry and Traprain Law

5th Oct 24 Southwell(1m 13yds Flat, Standard) 66/1 9-7 K T O Neill 9th of 11 runners, 20.75L behind Sardinian Warrior

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Marble Sands (FR) has met

Horse	No. Of times
Colonel Harry (IRE)	1
3rd Nov 2024 Carlisle(2m 3f 210yds, Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Marble Sands (FR) 1st (15/8 11-4 Rated 146) Kielan Woods 3.75L in front of Colonel Harry (IRE) 2nd (11/8Fav 11-10 Rated 145) G Sheehan (4 ran)

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9,b g 11-0

Al Namix (FR)-Queenjo(Grand Tresor)

(18) cd¹ (The Bellamy Partnership)
Rated 144

Miss Venetia Williams

Charlie Deutsch

Miss Venetia Williams

Charlie Deutsch

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
UK	19	5	7	7.33

14th Dec 24 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft) Rated 136 11/2 10-2 Charlie Deutsch 1st of 11 runners, by 1L and 7.5L from Madara and Fugitif

22nd Nov 24 Ascot(2m 5f 8yds Hcap Chase, Good) Rated 128 10/3 10-12 Charlie Deutsch 1st of 7 runners, by 7.5L and 2.75L from Nocte Volatus and Terresita

17th Apr 24 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds Hcap Chase, Good (Good to Soft in places)) Rated 131 17/2 10-6 Charlie Deutsch 10th of 12 runners, 24.5L behind In Excelsis Deo

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Gemirande (FR) has met

Horse	No. Of times
Torn And Frayed (FR)	1
17th Apr 2024 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds, Hcap Chase, Good (Good to Soft in places)) Torn And Frayed (FR) 4th (12/1 9-13 Rated 126) James Turner 15.50L in front of Gemirande (FR) 10th (17/2 10-6 Rated 131) Charlie Deutsch (12 ran)

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12,b g 10-13

Stowaway (GB)-Andreas Benefit(Beneficial)

(19) cd¹ (Galaxy Horse Racing Syndicate)
Rated 144 Won When Rated 143

John C McConnell

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
IRE	6	2	2	6.00
UK	27	7	9	25.48

13th Dec 24 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Rated 146 13/2 11-10 Ben Harvey 5th of 10 runners, 7.38L behind Numitor

13th Oct 24 Naas(2m 23yds Flat Hcap, Yielding, Good to Yielding in places) Rated 90 10/1 9-3 C T Keane 9th of 20 runners, 9.53L behind Comfort Zone

27th Sep 24 Listowel(1m 6f Flat, Hurdle/Bumper: Soft. Chase: Soft to heavy) Rated 84 7/2JFav 10-11 Mr F R Buckley (7) 1st of 12 runners, by 5L and 4.5L from Ascending and Anyway

Trainer Quotes

Quotes on Seddon (IRE)

One of the girls in the (Galaxy Racing) syndicate said to me 'it's unbelievable' and I said 'it is unbelievable',. He is such an easy horse for me to do anything with. It made sense to come for the hurdle, even though it was strong, with his mark. Ben gave him a beautiful ride and as I said at Cheltenham he just loves galloping. People give out about horse racing and say it's cruel and all that rubbish. He should be the poster boy for racing because he loves doing it and on top of that he's very good. He's been a horse of a lifetime for these boys and for me. I don't want it to end but it has to end sometimes. I've been banging on about the American Grand National since Leopardstown. He's 148 over fences now, two-mile-five on good ground so why not. It would be some trip and he's paid for it anyway. We thought he might win a race and get to Cheltenham in October for the guys but to have done what he's done is crazy. What do you do to top Cheltenham now? He's probably not good enough to win graded races in this country.
After Seddon (IRE) finished 1st at Punchestown on Sat, 29th Apr 2023 2m 3f Hcap Hurdle Good to Yielding

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Seddon (IRE) has met

Horse	No. Of times
Torn And Frayed (FR)	1
13th Dec 2024 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds, Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Seddon (IRE) 5th (13/2 11-10 Rated 146) Ben Harvey 1.25L in front of Torn And Frayed (FR) 6th (9/2 10-9 Rated 131) Sam Twiston-Davies (10 ran)

Midnight River (GB)	1
16th Mar 2023 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds, Hcap Chase, Soft (Good to Soft in places)) Seddon (IRE) 1st (20/1 10-9 Rated 143) Ben Harvey 15.78L in front of Midnight River (GB) 11th (15/2 11-9 Rated 152) Harry Skelton (23 ran)

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8,b g 10-7

Court Cave (IRE)-Royal Stream(Alderbrook)

(45) cd¹ (Matthew Rogers)
Rated 134

Ian Donoghue

S Bowen

Ian Donoghue

S Bowen

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
IRE	8	1	2	3.00
UK	6	3	2	17.98
P2P	1	1	0

17th Nov 24 Navan(3m 50yds Hcap Chase, Yielding, Good to Yielding in places) Rated 134 11/1 11-0 P T Enright fell(18 ran) in race won by Stuzzikini

26th Oct 24 Cheltenham(2m 4f 44yds Hcap Chase, Good) Rated 134 20/1 11-7 Sean Bowen 1st of 11 runners, by 0.5L and 2.25L from Weveallbeencaught and Riskintheground

10th Aug 24 Kilbeggan(2m 4f 38yds Hcap Chase, Good to Yielding) Rated 125 9/4Fav 11-7 K M Donoghue 4th of 7 runners, 21.5L behind The Dara Man

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8,b g 10-5

Kayf Tara (GB)-Lifestyle(Karinga Bay)

(17) (Arnold, Lukas, Leitao And Wrigley)
Rated 135

H D Daly

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
UK	17	3	11	-6.75

15th Dec 24 Carlisle(2m 4f 198yds Hcap Chase, Soft (Heavy in places)) Rated 136 4/1 12-0 J J Burke 3rd of 7 runners, 10L and 2.25L behind Grandads Cottage and Lieutenant Command

3rd Mar 24 Huntingdon(2m 3f 189yds Hcap Chase, Soft) Rated 133 5/2Fav 11-13 J J Burke 1st of 8 runners, by nk and 5L from Dibble Decker and General Medrano

27th Jan 24 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft) Rated 130 25/1 10-2 J J Burke 2nd of 13 runners, 1.75L behind Ga Law

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Lounge Lizard (GB) has met

Horse	No. Of times
Hitman (FR)	1
27th Jan 2024 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds, Hcap Chase, Good to Soft) Lounge Lizard (GB) 2nd (25/1 10-2 Rated 130) J J Burke 25.00L in front of Hitman (FR) 9th (12/1 11-9 Rated 156) Freddie Gingell (13 ran)

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11,b g 10-0

Califet (FR)-Chic Et Zen(Chichicastenango)

(19) cd¹ (Mrs Caroline Beresford-Wylie)
Rated 130 Won When Rated 131

Nigel Twiston-Davies

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
UK	27	4	9	-10.05

13th Dec 24 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Rated 131 9/2 10-9 Sam Twiston-Davies 6th of 10 runners, 8.63L behind Numitor

21st Nov 24 Warwick(3m Hcap Chase, Good to Soft-Soft in places ) Rated 125 10/3 10-3 Sam Twiston-Davies 1st of 6 runners, by 8.5L and 21L from Eldorado Allen and Rapper

27th Oct 24 Aintree(3m 210yds Hcap Chase, Good (Good to Soft in places)) Rated 126 15/8Fav 11-0 Finn Lambert (3) 5th of 7 runners, 29.75L behind Copperhead

Head to Head

In the last 3 years Torn And Frayed (FR) has met

Horse	No. Of times
Seddon (IRE)	1
13th Dec 2024 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds, Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Good in places)) Seddon (IRE) 5th (13/2 11-10 Rated 146) Ben Harvey 1.25L in front of Torn And Frayed (FR) 6th (9/2 10-9 Rated 131) Sam Twiston-Davies (10 ran)

Gemirande (FR)	1
17th Apr 2024 Cheltenham(2m 4f 127yds, Hcap Chase, Good (Good to Soft in places)) Torn And Frayed (FR) 4th (12/1 9-13 Rated 126) James Turner 15.50L in front of Gemirande (FR) 10th (17/2 10-6 Rated 131) Charlie Deutsch (12 ran)

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6,b g 9-13

Sixties Icon (GB)-Six Cents(Shirocco)

(17) (Mr N A Twiston-Davies)
Rated 129

Nigel Twiston-Davies

Last Three Runs

NH Statistics	Runs	Wins	Places	€Level
UK	18	3	8	-10.38

15th Dec 24 Windsor(2m 33yds Hcap Chase, Good to Soft (Soft in places)) Rated 128 5/2 11-2 Jamie Brace (7) 2nd of 5 runners, 1.75L behind Vincenzo

29th Nov 24 Newbury(2m 92yds Hcap Chase, Soft (Good to Soft in places)) Rated 124 12/1 10-10 Jamie Brace (7) 2nd of 10 runners, 0.75L behind Kalif Du Berlais

9th Nov 24 Wincanton(2m 4f 35yds Hcap Chase, Good) Rated 124 5/6Fav 11-9 Jamie Brace (3) 2nd of 4 runners, 2.75L behind Beau Balko

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Previous Years
2024 Shakem Up'arry 10 10-2 Ben Jones 11/2 (B Pauling)
2023 Midnight River 8 11-4 Harry Skelton 6/1 (Dan Skelton)
2022 Vienna Court 7 10-6 Sam Twiston-Davies 10/1 (Nigel Twiston-Davies)

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