A few of the horses were re-routed there for race entry, namely Seven Is My Number who unfortunately didn’t perform on the day. It’s not a surprise given the traveling that he had to do but the big shocker of the day had to be Taranis who hadn’t run competitively in over 765 days because of injury but managed to come back and absolutely kill off the competition to take the Argento Chase in fine style. Even Paul Nicholls was stunned by the performance quoting ‘Understatement” when asked if he was surprised by the win!

You would have been forgiven for thinking it was a three horse race at the start with Joe Lively, Carruthers and Madison Du Berlais all vieing for the win but it wasn’t to be and because of that Taranis’s odds have been slashed for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March having gone from 66/1 at the beginning of the day to 25/1 after the race.

The full list of ante-post odds from Paddy Power Bookmakers are below…

3.20 totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase 3m 2 1/2f

• Kauto Star 5/4
• Denman 2/1
• Imperial Commander 12/1
• Cooldine 16/1
• What A Friend 25/1
• Taranis 25/1
• Notre Pere 33/1
• Carruthers 40/1
• Money Trix 40/1
• Albertas Run 50/1
• Tricky Trickster 50/1
• Glencove Marina 50/1
• Madison Du Berlais 66/1
• Aran Concerto 66/1
• Schindlers Hunt 66/1
• Air Force One 66/1
• Casey Jones 66/1
• Cloudy Lane 66/1
• In Compliance 66/1
• Rare Bob 100/1
• Roll Along 100/1
• Calgary Bay 100/1
• Mon Mome 100/1
• My Will 100/1
• Trabolgan 100/1
• Mr Pointment 200/1
• Cerium 250/1

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