16:00 Cheltenham

Sunday 16 November 2025

All13:1513:4514:2014:5515:3016:00

Three Counties Christmas Open NH Flat Race (Listed) (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 4m 1.42s

1^st

Saint Clovis

411-2

12/1

T: T CooperJ: H Cobden

Made all, shaken up 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went clear inside final furlong, readily op 10/1

2^nd

4 ¾

Sinchi Roca

511-2

13/2

T: S HosieJ: Charlie Deutsch

Held up in rear of midfield, shaken up and headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, went second inside final furlong, no match for winner op 10/1

3^rd

1 ½

Bud Fox

411-2

11/8f

T: G P CromwellJ: Keith Donoghue

Held up in midfield, headway going best in behind leaders rounding home turn, went second over 2f out, ridden and raced awkwardly over 1f out, weakened and lost second inside final furlong op 5/4 tchd 6/4

4^th

A Likeable Rogue

411-2

80/1

T: John DawsonJ: B S Hughes

Midfield, outpaced 3f out, ridden over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong op 66/1

5^th

The Mad Poet

411-2

14/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Towards rear, made headway and in behind leaders over 3f out, pushed along rounding home turn, ridden on outer over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong op 10/1

6^th

2 ½

Chicker

411-2

5/2

T: F O'BrienJ: J J Burke

Tracked leaders, shaken up over 3f out, ridden to challenge rounding home turn, weakened over 1f out op 11/4 tchd 9/4

7^th

Onlyforfrankie

511-2

20/1

T: A RalphJ: C Gethings

In touch with leaders, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced rounding home turn, kept on same pace from over 1f out op 22/1 tchd 16/1

8^th

Wonder Flying

411-2

18/1

T: Miss H C KnightJ: Brendan Powell

Never better than mid-division op 22/1

9^th

3 ½

Makingplansfor

411-2

50/1

T: P D EvansJ: James Bowen

Held up in rear, always behind op 40/1

10^th

Lion City

511-2

200/1

T: C EllamJ: Ben Ffrench-Davis

Keen, prominent, ridden over 3f out, soon no extra and weakened op 150/1

11^th

7 ½

Eclat De Marvel

511-2

9/1

T: B PaulingJ: Ben Jones

Front rank, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out tchd 17/2 and tchd 10/1

12^th

1 ¾

Hawk's Rock

511-2

28/1

T: J J HanlonJ: P Hanlon

Chased leaders, ridden and faded over 3f out op 25/1

13^th

Kampari

511-2

250/1

T: T GallagherJ: Mr J Reddington

In rear, detached halfway, never on terms op 200/1 tchd 300/1

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Non-Runners

Lucky Diamond³²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: F O'Brien J: Jack Hogan

Saint Jeannais²⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: Non Runner

Freddie Steady Go³⁶

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: S Corbett J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£15.20Pl:£3.10, £2.20, £1.30EX:£106.60Trifecta:£339.30SF:£90.18Swingers:£10.20, £5.80, £3.10

Forecasts

Bud Fox (11/8), Chicker (5/2), Saint Jeannais (6/1), Sinchi Roca (13/2), Eclat De Marvel (9/1), Saint Clovis (12/1), The Mad Poet (14/1), Wonder Flying (18/1), Onlyforfrankie (20/1), Hawk's Rock (28/1), Lucky Diamond (33/1), Freddie Steady Go (33/1), Makingplansfor (50/1), A Likeable Rogue (80/1), Lion City (200/1), Kampari (250/1)

BUD FOX was impressive when landing a Punchestown bumper that has thrown up a host of subsequent winners back in the spring and Gavin Cromwell's 4-y-o is fancied to make a bold bid to maintain his 100% record on this return from 6 months off. Sinchi Roca, Chicker and Hawk's Rock head up the dangers.

BUD FOX (IRE)
SINCHI ROCA (IRE)
CHICKER

Previous Winners

2024

Fortune De Mer

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 4

J: Harry Skelton | T: D Skelton

5/2

Prize Money

1st: £14,860.002nd: £5,565.003rd: £2,780.004th: £1,388.00