| R5 GB - CHELTENHAM | 10 March 2020 |
| Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle) G1 4UM HDLE ($236,690), 4005m 5:08.73 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 6. HONEYSUCKLE (GB) 6yo Mare | HENRY DE BROMHEAD RACHAEL BLACKMORE | 72.0 $3.25 | |||||||
| SULAMANI (IRE) - FIRST ROYAL (GER) | ||||||||||
| MR K ALEXANDER | 2nd | 1. BENIE DES DIEUX (FR) 9yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 72.0 $1.67 | ||||||
| GREAT PRETENDER (IRE) - CANA (FR) | ||||||||||
| MRS S RICCI | 3rd | 5. ELFILE (FR) 6yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS D E MULLINS | 72.0 $17.00 | ||||||
| SAINT DES SAINTS (FR) - RAPIDE (FR) | ||||||||||
| MR K ALEXANDER | ||||||||||
| 4th | 9. ROKSANA (IRE) 8yo Mare | DAN SKELTON HARRY SKELTON | 72.0 $13.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 10. STORMY IRELAND (FR) 6yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS ROBBIE POWER | 72.0 $8.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 2. CAP SOLEIL (FR) 7yo Mare | F M O'BRIEN PADDY BRENNAN | 72.0 $67.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 7. LADY BUTTONS (GB) 10yo Mare | P A KIRBY MR T DOWSON | 72.0 $21.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 8. POPONG (IRE) 6yo Mare | HENRY DE BROMHEAD A COLEMAN | 72.0 $67.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 4. DESARAY GIRL (FR) 5yo Mare | P A KIRBY SAM TWISTON-DAVIES | 72.0 $101.00 | |||||||
A closely fought finish between Benie Des Dieux and Honeysuckle sees the latter take the win.
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