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Newbury – Hennessy Gold Cup Day

Saturday 01 December 2012

Race 1: Jockey Will Biddick and trainer Venetia Williams are pleased to have won the Amateur Riders’ Handicap Chase (the amateurs’ Hennessy) with Ballyoliver 01 December 2012	Race 2: One circuit to go in the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle Race (Listed). Eleven Fifty Nine leads (not pictured) from Ma Filleule (Barry Geraghty), She Ranks Me (AP McCoy), Call Me A Star (Choc), September Blaze (Dominic Elsworth) and Was My Valentine (Daryl Jacob) 01 December 2012
Race 2: Call Me A Star gallops to the line to finish 3rd. 01 December 2012	Race 2: Choc and his mount return to the Winners’ Enclosure 01 December 2012
Race 2: Ditto 01 December 2012	Race 2: And the winner is ... She Ranks Me, trained by Donald McCain, and ridden by AP McCoy 01 December 2012
Race 2: Choc debriefs connections 01 December 2012	Race 2: Choc returns to the Weighing Room 01 December 2012
Race 3: Novices’ Handicap Chase. In the Parade Ring, Choc greets connections prior to his ride aboard Godsmejudge 01 December 2012	Race 3: Alan King with jockeys, Charlie ‘Jockey Style’ Huxley and Choc 01 December 2012
Race 3: Ditto.. Charlie Huxley’s mount is Patsy Finnegan 01 December 2012	Race 4: Long Distance Hurdle, one circuit to go. Five Dream and Big Buck’s 01 December 2012
Race 4: No surprises here – Big Buck’s wins his 18th consecutive race 01 December 2012	Race 5: Handicap Hurdle Race, one circuit to go. Passato (Daryl Jacob) leads from Ardlui (Choc), At Fishers Cross (AP McCoy) & Princely Player (Richard Johnson) 01 December 2012
Race 5: The finish of the Handicap Hurdle. At Fishers Cross wins from Salubrious (Ruby Walsh) and Ardlui. 01 December 2012	Race 6: The 56th running of the The Hennessy Gold Cup - the on-course parade begins 01 December 2012
Race 6: First Lieutenant (Bryan J Cooper) and Hold On Julio (Choc) 01 December 2012	Race 5: Hold On Julio and Choc 01 December 2012
Race 6: Ditto. Tidal Bay and Ruby Walsh in the background 01 December 2012	Race 6: One circuit to go – Fruity O’Rooney (Jamie Moore), First Lieutenant (Bryan J Cooper) & Soll (Mark Grant) lead the way. The loose horse is Alfie Spinner. Hold On Julio is partially obscured by the ½ furlong post 01 December 2012
Race 6: Choc unsaddles Hold On Julio having finished 5th. 01 December 2012	Race 6 And the winner of the 2012 Hennessy Gold Cup is ... Bobs Worth trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by Barry Geraghty 01 December 2012
Race 6: The victors pose for a photograph 01 December 2012	Race 6: The trophies and mementos are presented 01 December 2012
Race 6: But this is how the vanquished feel ... poor Choc L 01 December 2012	Race 7: Oh Crick ahead of the final race of the day, the 2 mile 1 furlong Handicap Chase 01 December 2012
Race 7: Oh Crick, who looked very well in the Parade Ring, finishes 2nd under Mr Joshua Newman (claiming 7lbs) 01 December 2012