| R6 GB - CHELTENHAM | 10 December 2005 |
| Hurdle Grade 2 G2 HDLE ($109,110), 3420m 4:00.30 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | HARCHIBALD (FR) 6yo Gelding | JOHN E KIELY P A CARBERRY | 73.5 $1.91 | |||||||
| PERUGINO (USA) - DAME D'HARVARD (USA) | ||||||||||
| MR D P SHARKEY | 2nd | INTERSKY FALCON (GB) 8yo Gelding | JONJO O'NEILL A P MCCOY | 70.0 $15.00 | ||||||
| POLAR FALCON (USA) - I'LL TRY (GB) | ||||||||||
| INTERSKYRACING COM & MRS JONJO | 3rd | FAASEL (IRE) 4yo Gelding | N G RICHARDS A DOBBIN | 71.5 $5.50 | ||||||
| UNFUWAIN (USA) - WAQOOD (USA) | ||||||||||
| MR J HEARD | ||||||||||
| 4th | PENZANCE (GB) 4yo Gelding | ALAN KING MR R THORNTON | 71.5 $13.00 | |||||||
| 5th | ROYAL SHAKESPEARE (FR) 6yo Gelding | S GOLLINGS TOM SCUDAMORE | 71.5 $11.00 | |||||||
| 6th | PHAR BLEU (FR) 4yo Gelding | P F NICHOLLS M A FITZGERALD | 71.5 $21.00 | |||||||
| 7th | SPORAZENE (IRE) 6yo Gelding | P F NICHOLLS CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS | 70.0 $12.00 | |||||||
| 98th | WESTENDER (FR) 9yo Gelding | MARTIN PIPE T J MURPHY | 71.5 $26.00 | |||||||
| 98th | AKILAK (IRE) 4yo Gelding | J HOWARD JOHNSON GRAHAM LEE | 71.5 $13.00 | |||||||
In a golden age of two mile Hurdlers, Harchibald was an infuriating horse at times but one of the most talented of his era. On this day, Paul Carberry delivered Harchibald as late as he possibly could and one could argue it was still too soon! A fantastic winner on this day in December 2005.
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