Age fails to stop Spot

CROSS-COUNTRY specialist Spot Thedifference once again proved age is no barrier as the 13-year-old landed the Sporting Index Handicap Chase for the second time in three years at Cheltenham yesterday.

Sat, 09 Dec, 2006 - 00:00
Simon Milham

As he did when completing a hat-trick in the Sporting Index Chase here last month, JP McManus’s evergreen gelding once again defied top weight under JT McNamara, fending off Plum’tee for a length victory.

Favourite Silver Birch was a further length and a quarter back in third.

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CourtsRacingPlace: CheltenhamPlace: Prestbury ParkPlace: New AlcoPlace: WarwickPlace: ChepstowPerson: Spot ThedifferencePerson: JP McManusPerson: JT McNamaraPerson: Plum’teePerson: Enda BolgerPerson: d’ArgentPerson: Alan KingPerson: Robert ThorntonPerson: My WillPerson: KingPerson: Patsy HallPerson: Robert PowerPerson: Michael CunninghamPerson: CunninghamEvent: Sporting Index Handicap ChaseEvent: Sporting Index ChaseEvent: Cross Country ChaseEvent: FestivalEvent: Handicap ChaseEvent: Scottish Grand NationalEvent: Grand NationalEvent: SunAlliance Novices’ ChaseEvent: ChaseEvent: March FestivalOrganisation: Sunalliance
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