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Day 1 - Tuesday 13th March 2012 - 4.00pm - Glenvarclas Handicap Chase - Cross Country - 3m7f

The Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase is the fifth race on the first day of theCheltenham Festival. This year the race was won by 11/2 shot Balthazar King for trainer Phillip Hobbs, giving an English trained winner of the race for the first time.

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2012 Cross Country Chase Result

16:00 Glenfarclas Handicap Cross Country Chase (3m7f)

	Horse/SP	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1st	Balthazar King 11/2	8	R Johnson	P Hobbs
2nd	A New Story 20/1	14	A Heskin	M Hourigan
3rd	Wedger Pardy 33/1	11	J Coward	K Bailey
4th	Sizing Australia 5/1	10	A Lynch	H De Bromhead

Cross Country Chase Background

The Cross Country Handicap Chase involves a distance of 3 miles and 7 furlongs and takes place on the opening day of the Festival. It was one of the first races to be added to the Festival to make it a four day event and it now has a prize purse of £45,000.

It was first run in 2005 and trainer Enda Bolger claimed four of the first five winners to become the most successful trainer in the race's short history. A standout winner of the Cross Country Chase was Garde Champetre, who won the 2008 and 2009 renewals. The veteran horse is back for another crack in 2011 after a disappointing performance in 2010. Nine Carberry is the leading jockey with three wins, including two aboard Garde Champetre that made it three consecutive successes between 2007 and 2009.

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