not often i post up my horse winners anymore but this one today had me up off my chair and screaming towards the telly..this was my silent(ish) fancy today( i did say to a couple of guys in the bookies..awesome finish...i had origionally back it to win only but i changed my mind and backed each way...it went off at 40-1 having touched 50-1...
c&p from attheraces...
Snoopy Loopy provided Haverfordwest trainer Peter Bowen with his finest hour as former Gold Cup hero Kauto Star failed to complete in the Betfair Chase at Haydock.
The 2007 blue riband winner (2-5 favourite) made a bad mistake in the straight, but was driven up to challenge front-running Tamarinbleu when he slithered on landing at the final fence and got rid of Sam Thomas.
Kauto Star's departure should have left Tamarinbleu clear, but 33-1 outsider Snoopy Loopy swooped late on and denied him by a half length under Seamus Durack.
Bowen said: "He was rated 108 this time last year - and I thought the handicapper had been hard on him! Since then he has done nothing but improve.
"He has had a lot of problems so he is lightly raced, and all he has needed is time. I can't believe this. It is the biggest race we have ever won and it is just amazing.
"He'll have an entry in the Gold Cup and we'll see where we go from there, but the Order Of Merit is the aim (the Summer Plate winner now has a 10-point lead)."
Durack added: "I expected him to improve for his first two starts but it was a big leap up to think he could finish in front of Kauto Star and Exotic Dancer. Those in front of him got tired close home - it's unbelievable."
David Pipe said of the runner-up: "That is probably another career-best from him. I suppose we will have to think about the King George now."
Last year's runner-up Exotic Dancer finished third and Barry Simpson, racing manager to owner Sir Robert Ogden, said: "You would have to be a little disappointed with that.
"The pace wasn't satisfactory for him, he didn't travel and carried his head in the air. It just did not slot into place for him. Voy Por Ustedes is going for the King George, so we might look at the Lexus Chase in Ireland over Christmas for him."
14:15 Haydock, 22 Nov 2008
3m
Betfair Chase (Grade 1) (Class 1) (5YO plus)
Winner £126,742 - 6 ran
Good to Soft
Weighed In
PosDist.SilkHorseSPAge / WtJockey / TrainerOR1
Snoopy Loopy (IRE) 33/110 11 - 7 p
157 2 1/2
Tamarinbleu (FR) 25/18 11 - 7 b
167 3 2 1/4
Exotic Dancer (FR) 7/2 2Fav8 11 - 7 p
174 4 10
Cloudy Lane16/18 11 - 7
158 5 dist
Ollie Magern25/110 11 - 7
159 U
Kauto Star (FR) 2/5 Fav8 11 - 7 t
179
SNOOPY LOOPY ROCKS!!!!!
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