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Argento Chase 2012
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Midnight Chase Strikes Argento Gold
28/01/12
1 Midnight Chase 11/2
2 Tidal Bay 9/2
3 Knockara Beau 22/1
9 ran Distances: 2l, 10l, 1l
TIME 6m 32.44s (slow by 13.44s)
Midnight Chase produced a supreme round of front running to take the Argento Chase at Cheltenham.
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Neil Mulholland's stable star was recording a fifth win at the track as he adopted his usual front-running tactics and got into a good ryhthm with his jumping.
Mulholland has had a dissapointing season, and this was only winner number 12. "We just haven't had the horses. We've had success for a couple of years and a lot are badly handicapped. Him and Dougie get on great together," said the winning trainer.
Midnight Chase (9-2) had fallen on his comeback at Gold Cup and Mulholland added: "I thought he was in the same form as a year ago, but he's got stronger and he's very genuine.
"He loves racing and he loves Cheltenham, so he has to go for the Gold Cup after that."
| Position |
Horse Trainer |
Jockey Weight |
Starting Price Beaten Distance |
| 1 |
Midnight Chase N P Mulholland |
D C Costello 11st 6lbs |
11 - 2 Winner |
| 2 |
Tidal Bay P F Nicholls |
R Walsh 11st 0lbs |
9 - 2 2 3/4 lengths |
| 3 |
Knockara Beau G A Charlton |
Jan Faltejsek 11st 0lbs |
22 - 1 10 lengths |
| 4 |
Time For Rupert P R Webber |
D F O'Regan 11st 6lbs |
10 - 3 1 length |
| 5 |
Diamond Harry Nick Williams |
N Fehily 11st 6lbs |
10 - 3 1 1/4 length |
| 6 |
Little Josh N A Twiston-Davies |
S Twiston-Davies 11st 6lbs |
16 - 1 29 lengths |
| 7 |
Any Currency M Keighley |
A P Cawley 11st 0lbs |
66 - 1 13 lengths |
| 8 |
The Sawyer R H Buckler |
Nathan Sweeney 11st 0lbs |
66 - 1 11 lengths |
| PulledUp |
Captain Chris P J Hobbs |
R Johnson 11st 5lbs |
4 - 1 |
