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Ashley gets back to his best.


ASHLEY Brook rolled back the years to run out an impressive winner of the Grade Two William Hill The name William Hill may refer to the following: People
  • William Hill (Australian politician) (1866-1939), a long serving member of the Australian House of Representatives.
 Gold Cup Chase under Richard Johnson yesterday.

The popular 10-year-old, a Grade One winner as a novice in 2005, lost his way somewhat last season but travelled zestfully in the extended two-mile-one-furlong contest.

The 8-1 chance produced some fantastic leaps upon taking up the running going down the back straight and galloped all the way to the line to score by seven lengths from Mahogany Blaze. Twist Magic, the 9-4 favourite, emptied out some way from home and failed to show his true form.

Winning trainer Kevin Bishop Kevin Bishop born June 18, 1980 (age 27) is an English actor. Early life and career
Bishop was born in Kent, England. After appearing on the television series, Grange Hill, he was cast as "Jim Hawkins" in the 1996 Muppet version of Treasure Island,
 said: "That was such a relief. One more bad run and it would have been a terrible worry.

"He's always been a 110 percenter. We couldn't put our finger on what was wrong last year but he probably had some sort of a virus. He really relished it today."

VC Bet make the winner 16-1 from 33s for the Paddy Power Gold Cup The Paddy Power Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 2 miles 4½ furlongs (4,124 metres) on the Old Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in mid November.  at Cheltenham on Saturday week.
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Nov 5, 2008
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