The four-mile £85,000 Toby Balding National Hunt Chase is the longest race run at the Cheltenham Festival and has attracted 58 entries. Don Poli is clear favourite in the ante-post market with most bookmakers.
This year's renewal commemorates the late Toby Balding OBE, who died on September 25th at the age of 78. Balding trained over 2,000 winners during the course of his career. His 11 Cheltenham Festival winners included two Champion Hurdles (1989 Beech Road & 1991 Morley Street) plus the Gold Cup (1992 Cool Ground). There were also two successes in the National Hunt Chase - Lucky Vane in 1981 and Boraceva in 1989.
TOBY BALDING NATIONAL HUNT CHASE (Amateur Riders)
Listed, £85,000, 4.40pm Tuesday, March 10th. 4m.
Horse Age Owner Trainer
ALLIED VICTORY (IRE) 6 Gigginstown House Stud Mouse Morris IRE
APACHE JACK (IRE) 7 Mrs Pat Sloan Sandra Hughes IRE
BALBIR DU MATHAN (FR) 6 Barry Connell Gordon Elliott IRE
BALLYBOUGH PAT (IRE) 8 Favourites Racing David Dennis
BALLYCULLA (IRE) 8 No Dramas Partnership Warren Greatrex
BAND OF BLOOD (IRE) 7 Gigginstown House Stud Mouse Morris IRE
BROADWAY BUFFALO (IRE) 7 Jo Tracey David Pipe
CADEAU GEORGE 6 Genesis Racing Partnership Ben Pauling
CAUSE OF CAUSES (USA) 7 J P McManus Gordon Elliott IRE
COGRY 6 Graham and Alison Jelley Nigel Twiston-Davies
DOING FINE (IRE) 7 Carl Hinchy Rebecca Curtis
DON POLI (IRE) 6 Gigginstown House Stud Willie Mullins IRE
DROP OUT JOE 7 The Jesters Charlie Longsdon
FINAGHY AYR (IRE) 7 Ronnie Lilley Ian Duncan
GRAND VISION (IRE) 9 Terry Warner Colin Tizzard
HEATHFIELD (IRE) 8 P J McGee Tony Martin IRE
I NEED GOLD (IRE) 7 Deva Racing Golden Partnership Donald McCain
I SHOT THE SHERIFF (IRE) 8 Malcolm Denmark Tony Martin IRE
JARRY D'HONNEUR (FR) 6 J P McManus Willie Mullins IRE
KNOCKANRAWLEY (IRE) 7 Kim Bailey Racing Partnership VIII Kim Bailey
LINE D'AOIS (IRE) 7 S M Smith & Keith Hunter Michael Scudamore
LOWER HOPE DANDY 8 Clive Richards Venetia Williams
MALA BEACH (IRE) 7 C Jones Gordon Elliott IRE
MINELLA ON LINE (IRE) 6 AHB Racing Partnership Rebecca Curtis
MORTLESTOWN (IRE) 7 M Boothright Martin Keighley
MOSSPARK (IRE) 7 N Mustoe & Tim Syder Emma Lavelle
PERFECT CANDIDATE (IRE) 8 ISL Recruitment Fergal O'Brien
PERFECT GENTLEMAN (IRE) 10 Mrs J M Mullins Willie Mullins IRE
RAVISHED (IRE) 7 Gigginstown House Stud Mouse Morris IRE
RETURN SPRING (IRE) 8 D J Jones Philip Hobbs
ROYAL PALLADIUM (FR) 7 Mrs A Timpson Venetia Williams
ROYAL PLAYER 6 Diana Whateley Philip Hobbs
SEGO SUCCESS (IRE) 7 Mr Tim Leadbeater Alan King
SHANTOU MAGIC (IRE) 8 Owners For Owners: Shantou Magic Charlie Longsdon
SMILES FOR MILES (IRE) 7 Prof Caroline Tisdall David Pipe
SON OF SUZIE 7 Mrs P Duncan Fergal O'Brien
SOUTHFIELD THEATRE (IRE) 7 Angela Yeoman Paul Nicholls
STROLLAWAYNOW (IRE) 8 Andrew Wates David Arbuthnot
TARA ROAD 7 Nigel Morris Rebecca Curtis
THEATRE QUEEN (IRE) 8 Datrack Mark Wall
THE CRAFTY BUTCHER (IRE) 8 Cairde Chiarrai Syndicate Michael Hourigan IRE
THE JOB IS RIGHT 7 Mrs M Devine Michael Hourigan IRE
THE LAST SAMURI (IRE) 7 Paul & Clare Rooney Donald McCain
THE MUSICAL GUY (IRE) 9 The Musical Guy's Girls Nigel Twiston-Davies
THE OULD LAD (IRE) 7 Roger Brookhouse Tom George
THE YOUNG MASTER 6 Dajam Ltd Neil Mulholland
THUNDER AND ROSES (IRE) 7 Gigginstown House Stud Sandra Hughes IRE
TONVADOSA 7 T Meehan & D J Burke Donald McCain
TOP TOTTI 7 Hamer, Hawkes & Hellin Henry Daly
URANO (FR) 7 Mrs M McMahon Willie Mullins IRE
VAL DE FERBET (FR) 6 A Heffernan Willie Mullins IRE
VALSEUR LIDO (FR) 6 Gigginstown House Stud Willie Mullins IRE
VASCO DU MEE (FR) 6 Stephen McAuley Gordon Elliott IRE
VERY WOOD (FR) 6 Gigginstown House Stud Noel Meade IRE
VIVALDI COLLONGES (FR) 6 The Gi Gi Syndicate Paul Nicholls
VROUM VROUM MAG (FR) 6 Susannah Ricci Willie Mullins IRE
WATER GARDEN (FR) 9 Love To Race Partnership Rebecca Menzies
WOUNDED WARRIOR (IRE) 6 Gigginstown House Stud Noel Meade IRE
58 entries, 22 Irish-trained
Current betting: 7/2 Don Poli, 10 The Young Master, Sego Success, 12 Wounded Warrior, Sausalito Sunrise, 14 Mala Beach, 16 Southfield Theatre, 20/1 bar.
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