5:30 Cheltenham – Kim Muir Challenge Cup tips, odds & racecard – Thur 16th March 2017

5:30 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Riders’ Handicap Chase

No DRAW	FORM AGE	HORSE LAST RUN (RATING) JOCKEY / TRAINER / OWNER
1	045/150-9yo Gelding	Pendra 341 (145) Mr Derek OʼConnor (11st 12lb) C E Longsdon Mr John P McManus
2	1-33323 BF 7yo Gelding	Mall Dini 26 (143) Ms K Walsh (11st 10lb) P G Kelly Mr Philip J Reynolds
3	4612-8111yo Gelding	Forgotten Gold 109 (143) Mr N George (11st 10lb) T R George Mr R Cornock
4	18-2515 BF 8yo Mare	La Vaticane 51 (143) Mr D Edwards (11st 10lb) D Pipe Ms Maria Bukhtoyarova
5	1U-P92P9yo Gelding	Doctor Harper 61 (141) Ms Lisa OʼNeill (11st 8lb) D Pipe The Johnson Family
6	2/117-P89yo Gelding	Local Show 61 (141) Mr Thomas Greatrex (11st 8lb) Mrs S J Humphrey The Friday Lunch Club
7	1124-707yo Gelding	Southfield Royale 47 (141) Mr James King (11st 8lb) N P Mulholland Mrs Angela Yeoman
8	120-000 C 9yo Gelding	Unioniste 79 (141) Mr D Maxwell (11st 8lb) P F Nicholls David Maxwell Racing Limited
9	P/7U6-9410yo Gelding	Hadrianʼs Approach 110 (140) Mr W Biddick (11st 7lb) N J Henderson Mr & Mrs R Kelvin-hughes
10	3-112427yo Gelding	Potters Legend 47 (139) Mr M Legg (11st 6lb) Mrs L Wadham Mrs J May
11	61P21P D 10yo Gelding	Potters Cross 47 (139) Mr B OʼNeill (11st 6lb) Miss R Curtis Conyers, OʼReilly, Roddis, Zeffman
12	7P1/01P D 10yo Gelding	Lamb Or Cod 74 (138) Mr Sean Houlihan (11st 5lb) P J Hobbs Mr Terry Warner
13	147-2117yo Gelding	Premier Bond 48 (137) Mr S Waley-Cohen (11st 4lb) N J Henderson Middleham Park Racing XI
14	0-456837yo Gelding	Domesday Book 28 (137) Miss G Andrews (11st 4lb) Stuart Edmunds Mr J Humberstone
15	3P31/1-2 C 10yo Gelding	Whats Happening 32 (137) Mr R O Harding (11st 4lb) T R George David Rea & Express Contract Drying Lt
16	11F-6438yo Gelding	Another Hero 47 (136) Mr J J OʼNeill (11st 3lb) Jonjo OʼNeill Mr John P McManus
17	010-1F37yo Gelding	Sugar Baron 85 (135) Mr Joshua Newman (11st 2lb) N J Henderson Mr Anthony Speelman
18	9-465F68yo Gelding	Venitien De Mai 21 (135) Mr P W Mullins (11st 2lb) J T R Dreaper Ann & Alan Potts Partnership
19	23U-3529yo Gelding	Lessons In Milan 33 (135) Mr H Hunt (11st 2lb) N J Henderson Mr Trevor Hemmings
20	6-578P26yo Gelding	Squouateur 33 (135) Mr J J Codd (11st 2lb) G Elliott Mr John P McManus
21	P2214F D 9yo Gelding	Kilfinichen Bay 1112 (135) Mr J Nailor (11st 2lb) C E Longsdon Cracker Syndicate
22	F25/26-88yo Gelding	Balbir Du Mathan 96 (134) Mr S Clements (11st 1lb) A Fleming Mr Barry Connell
23	59-1P458yo Gelding	Father Edward 14 (134) Mr Rex Dingle (11st 1lb) D Pipe Mr Fergus Wilson
24	4/82-6F6 BF 12yo Gelding	Alvarado 40 (133) Mr Z Baker (11st) F OʼBrien Mr & Mrs William Rucker

Forecast: 6/1 Squouateur, 13/2 Mall Dini, 7/1 Southfield Royale, 10/1 Doctor Harper, 12/1 Another Hero, 12/1 Premier Bond, 16/1 Whats Happening, 16/1 Unioniste, 16/1 Potters Cross, 16/1 Lessons In Milan, 20/1 Alvarado, 20/1 Hadrian’s Approach, 20/1 Pendra, 20/1 La Vaticane, 20/1 Balbir Du Mathan, 20/1 Domesday Book, 20/1 Sugar Baron, 20/1 Potters Legend, 25/1 Forgotten Gold, 25/1 Lamb Or Cod, 25/1 Father Edward, 25/1 Venitien De Mai, 25/1 Local Show, 33/1 Kilfinichen Bay

Tip – Doctor Harper has plenty of experience around here and could be worth an each-way play at odds of around 12/1.  Has been in and out of form – was favourite to win the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase here in 2016 but unseated rider while having no chance of winning.