| R5 GB - CHELTENHAM | 16 March 2021 |
| Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) G1 4UM HDLE ($161,290), 4005m 4:56.51 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 1. BLACK TEARS (GB) 7yo Mare | MRS DENISE FOSTER JACK W KENNEDY | 72.0 $12.00 | |||||||
| JEREMY (USA) - OUR GIRL SALLEY (IRE) | ||||||||||
| MRS C WALSH/MR J LIGHTFOOT | 2nd | 2. CONCERTISTA (FR) 7yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 72.0 $1.91 | ||||||
| NATHANIEL (IRE) - ZAGZIG (GB) | ||||||||||
| SIMON MUNIR & ISAAC SOUEDE | 3rd | 10. ROKSANA (IRE) 9yo Mare | DAN SKELTON HARRY SKELTON | 72.0 $4.00 | ||||||
| DUBAI DESTINATION (USA) - TALKTOTHETAIL (IRE) | ||||||||||
| MRS SARAH FAULKS | ||||||||||
| 4th | 7. INDEFATIGABLE (IRE) 8yo Mare | PAUL WEBBER REX DINGLE | 72.0 $34.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 9. MY SISTER SARAH (IRE) 7yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS BRYAN J COOPER | 72.0 $41.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 5. FLORESSA (FR) 6yo Mare | NICKY J. HENDERSON NICO DE BOINVILLE | 72.0 $34.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 8. MINELLA MELODY (IRE) 7yo Mare | HENRY DE BROMHEAD RACHAEL BLACKMORE | 72.0 $13.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 6. GREAT WHITE SHARK (FR) 7yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS D E MULLINS | 72.0 $21.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 3. DAME DE COMPAGNIE (FR) 8yo Mare | NICKY J. HENDERSON A COLEMAN | 72.0 $13.00 | |||||||
| 10th | 11. WHITEHOTCHILLIFILI (IRE) 7yo Mare | H FRY SEAN BOWEN | 72.0 $201.00 | |||||||
After earlier successes for Appreciate It, Shishkin and Honeysuckle, plenty of accumulators were resting on Concertista, but there was relief for bookmakers and heartbreak for many punters in the 2011 Close House Mares' Hurdle at the #CheltenhamFestival as Black Tears caught the favourite in the final stride.
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