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Carruthers Grabs Hennessy Glory
26/11/11

1 Carruthers 10/1
2 Planet Of Sound 14/1
3 Fair Along 33/1
4 Great Endeavour 5/1
18 ran Distances: 3¾l, ¾l, ½l
TIME 6m 31.02s (fast by 2.98s)

Carruthers outstayed his rivals to land a famous victory for the small stable of Mark Bradstock in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury.

Carruthers
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Carruthers

The 10-1 shot, who is part-owned and was bred by Lord Oaksey, proved a popular victor as he held Planet Of Sound by three and three-quarter lengths in gutsy style. Fair Along stayed on from a long way back to be third, with Paddy Power winner Great Endeavour finishing fourth.

Mattie Batchelor always had the eight-year-old in the front rank and though he ploughed into one or two fences, he kept going and when big danger Great Endeavour ran out of petrol, he sealed victory with a fine leap at the final obstacle before keeping up to the task on the run to the line.

An emotional Batchelor said: "I can't speak. I lost my mum two years ago today.

"He's a brilliant old horse. Last year he was wrong, this year he's better than ever. I schooled him the other morning and he was in the form of his life. He doesn't know when to give up. He came up for me at the last - he's a great horse.

"Last week I was struggling for a winner, then on Thursday I got one (on Carruthers' half-brother Coneygree) and that was great, but to come here and win is fantastic."

Bradstock added: "It's my biggest win by a long way. You've got the King George and the Gold Cup, but the Hennessy is in the top six races you would want to win as a trainer.

"We bought the mare just as a bit of fun for John Oaksey's retirement and this is her first progeny. We're just a small yard, but we've got good owners and horses like this are a reason to get out of bed in the morning. He stays well and I'm so grateful for my wife, who does all the work with him."

Philip Hobbs was thrilled with the efforts of both Planet Of Sound and Fair Along.

He said: "Fair Along has run an absolute blinder and it looks like he's going to be suited by staying chases from now on. Planet Of Sound has run particularly well considering it was was his first run for nearly a year. He might be a nice horse to train for the Grand National."

 

Position
Horse
Trainer
Jockey
Weight
Starting Price
Beaten Distance
1
Carruthers
M Bradstock
Matthew Batchelor
10st 4lbs
10 - 1
Winner
2
Planet Of Sound
P J Hobbs
R Johnson
11st 2lbs
14 - 1
3 3/4 lengths
3
Fair Along
P J Hobbs
Miss N Carberry
10st 0lbs
33 - 1
3/4 length
4
Great Endeavour
D Pipe
T J Murphy
10st 9lbs
5 - 1
1/2 length
5
Beshabar
Tim Vaughan
Aidan Coleman
10st 8lbs
10 - 1
Neck
6
Wymott
D McCain Jnr
G Lee
10st 2lbs
10 - 1
1 1/2 length
7
The Giant Bolster
D G Bridgwater
T Scudamore
10st 4lbs
16 - 1
8 lengths
8
Blazing Bailey
A King
R Thornton
10st 9lbs
50 - 1
1 1/2 length
9
Tullamore Dew
N J Gifford
L Treadwell
10st 0lbs
25 - 1
1/2 length
10
Michel Le Bon
P F Nicholls
N Fehily
10st 4lbs
10 - 1
1 1/2 length
11
Aiteen Thirtythree
P F Nicholls
R Walsh
10st 10lbs
9 - 2
1/2 length
12
Balthazar King
P J Hobbs
Giles Hawkins
10st 0lbs
66 - 1
20 lengths
13
Muirhead
N Meade
P Carberry
10st 4lbs
18 - 1
10 lengths
14
Qhilimar
C E Longsdon
R McGrath
10st 0lbs
33 - 1
28 lengths
PulledUp
Neptune Collonges
P F Nicholls
Harry Derham
11st 12lbs
33 - 1
Fell
Sarando
P R Webber
W Kennedy
10st 11lbs
22 - 1
PulledUp
Wayward Prince
Ian Williams
D C Costello
10st 8lbs
6 - 1
PulledUp
Billie Magern
N A Twiston-Davies
S Twiston-Davies
10st 0lbs
33 - 1
       

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