STAGE STAR led from the front to win the first race on day three at Cheltenham.
The 15-2 shot fended off Notlongtillmay (40/1) and hot favourite Mighty Potter (4/6) to score the Grade 1 Turners Novices’ Chase.
GettyStage Star won the Grade 1 Turners Novices’ Chase for trainer Paul Nicholls (left) and jockey Harry Cobden[/caption]
GettyThe gelding is owned by the Owners Group syndicate[/caption]
ReutersCo-owners pay just £49.99-a-year for shares in the horse[/caption]
Harry Cobden was in the saddle for the Paul Nicholls trained seven-year-old gelding.
Stage Star is owned by the Owners Group syndicate.
The syndicate is made up of a big group of people who have shares in the horse.
Some of Stage Star’s co-owners were there at Cheltenham to cheer him home.
And shares in the horse cost just £49.99 per year.
A bargain price considering the prize pot for the race was £98,573 altogether.
Following the victory, winning trainer Nicholls suggested Stage Star could target the Ryanair Chase next year.
He told Racing TV: “He was brilliant.
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“The whole thing today, riding from the front, make plenty use of him, it was superb.
“I’ve been dreaming he might be a Ryanair [Chase] horse for next season. He had to do that today to do that.
“So we’ve got something to look forward to.”
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