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The numbers are returned! Our Cheltenham Festival 2009 Tipping competition has been scored and adjudicated; checked and re-checked.

The result of the Citroen Challenge for Top Jockey at Cheltenham Festival 2009 is as follows (points awarded are in brackets):

1. R Walsh (10)
2. B Geraghty (7)
3. AP McCoy (4)
4. TJ Murphy (2)
5. DN Russell (1)

The Result of the Citroen Challenge for Top Trainer was:

1. PF Nicholls (10)
2. N Henderson (7)
3. W Mullins (4)
4. Venetia Williams (2)
5. Twiston-Davies (1)

Tipping Competition Winners

Here are the results of the competition proper, which was to select the Top Three jockeys, the Top Three Trainers, with the tiebreak question “Which horse will win the Foxhunters Chase?”:

• 1st Joint – R Lindsay 100% Correct + Tiebreak Correct
• 1st Joint – R Stanley 100% Correct + Tiebreak Correct
• 3rd Joint – K Horobin 100% Correct + Tiebreak Non-Runner (= SP Favourite, Jouveineur)
• 3rd Joint – S Gorman 100% Correct + Tiebreak Non-Runner (= SP Favourite, Jouveineur)
• 3rd Joint – P Elliot 100% Correct + Tiebreak Non-Runner (= SP Favourite, Jouveineur)
• 3rd Joint – M Jowett 100% Correct + Tiebreak = Jouveineur
• 3rd Joint – C Tomlinson 100% Correct + Tiebreak = Jouveineur

This means we have a playoff for both 1st and third prizes – all competitors will be notified by email with the details of the tie-break which we’ll confirm this week for Saturday’s racing. Players are competing for the following prizes, courtesy of Betfair betting exchange:

1. £100 Bet Voucher
2. £50 Bet Voucher
3. £25 Bet Voucher

We’ll let you know about the playoff at the end of the week when Saturday’s entries are finalised.

Spot Prize Winners

We also drew spot prizes – £50 Free Bet Vouchers from Paddy Power were available to the first name drawn out of the hat from those who got each part of the competition 100% correct, including:

Best Jockey Spot Prize Winner

The following entrants correctly selected Ruby Walsh, AP McCoy and Barry Geraghty as the top three jockeys in this year’s Cheltenham Festival:

The winner, selected at random, of the £50 free bet voucher was P Elliot, who will be receiving a £50 bet voucher from Paddy Power.

Best Trainer Spot Prize Winner

The following entrants all correctly selected P Nicholls, Nicky Henderson and Willie Mullins as the top three trainers of Cheltenham Festival 2009:

From which we selected S Lynch at random to receive the £50 Paddy Power free bet voucher.

Tie Break Spot Prize Winner

We also drew a winner from all who correctly selected Cappa Bleu as the winner of the Foxhunters Chase on Friday 13th 2009 – from the following correct entries:

R Hart came out of the hat on this occassion – he too will receive an email with details of his free £50 Paddy Power bet voucher!