Full Result 4.00 Wolverhampton (AW) | 9 December 2005

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(Class 4) (0-85, 3yo+) (1m141yds) 1m½f Poly Standard

1st £5,748.98 2nd £1,710.40 3rd £854.76 4th £426.94

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽³⁾	3. Hail The Chief 11/2 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	8	92	85	87	93	–
b h Be My Chief (USA) - Jade Pet (Petong)
Soon led, ridden clear well over 1f out, driven out (op 6-1 tchd 13-2)

2⁽¹⁰⁾ 1	9. Claret And Amber 25/1 Tony Hamilton Richard Fahey	Tony Hamilton Richard Fahey	3	89 b¹	80	79	86	–
b g Forzando - Artistic Licence (High Top)
Held up and behind, headway on outside 3f out, soon ridden, ran on inside final furlong, not reach winner

3⁽⁶⁾ ½ [1½]	1. Master Theo (USA) 9/2 J F Egan Julian Poulton	J F Egan Julian Poulton	4	92 p	85	83	90	–
b g Southern Halo (USA) - Lilian Bayliss (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Held up in mid-division, headway on inside 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong (op 7-2)

4⁽¹³⁾ hd [1¾]	4. Obrigado (USA) 8/1 Tony Culhane William Haggas	Tony Culhane William Haggas	5	811	80	78	84	–
b g Bahri (USA) - Glorious Diamond (USA) (His Majesty)
Held up and behind, headway over 2f out, ridden and hung left from over 1f out, kept on towards finish (op 15-2)

5⁽⁹⁾ 1 [2¾]	12. Following Flow (USA) 50/1 Liam Keniry Reg Hollinshead	Liam Keniry Reg Hollinshead	3	87 p	78	74	80	–
bb g King Of Kings (IRE) - Sign Here (USA) (Private Terms)
Behind, soon pushed along, ridden and headway over 2f out, bumped inside final furlong, one pace

6⁽¹⁾ 2½ [5¼]	7. Dr Thong 13/2 Eddie Ahern Paul Cole	Eddie Ahern Paul Cole	4	810	79	69	76	–
ch c Dr Fong (USA) - Always On My Mind (Distant Relative)
Led early, prominent, ridden to chase winner over 2f out until over 1f out, soon weakened (tchd 6-1 and 7-1)

7⁽²⁾ 1¼ [6½]	13. Stoic Leader (IRE) 16/1 Jimmy Quinn Roger Fisher	Jimmy Quinn Roger Fisher	5	86	75	62	69	–
b g Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Starlust I (Sallust)
Held up in mid-division, ridden and lost place when not clear run briefly on inside 3f out, headway over 2f out, soon no impression (op 20-1)

8⁽⁴⁾ hd [6¾]	10. Eastborough (IRE) 66/1 Fergus Sweeney Brendan Powell	Fergus Sweeney Brendan Powell	6	88	77	64	71	–
b g Woodborough (USA) - Easter Girl (Efisio)
Slowly into stride, behind, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous (op 50-1)

9⁽¹²⁾ ½ [7¼]	2. Te Quiero 40/1 Steve Drowne Gay Kelleway	Steve Drowne Gay Kelleway	7	92 t	85	71	78	–
gr g Bering - Ma Lumiere (FR) (Niniski)
Held up and behind, short-lived effort over 1f out

10⁽⁷⁾ 10 [17¼]	6. Sea Storm (IRE) 20/1 Greg Fairley ⁵ D R MacLeod	Greg Fairley ⁵ D R MacLeod	7	85	79	42	51	–
b g Dolphin Street (FR) - Prime Interest (IRE) (Kings Lake)
Prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out (op 25-1)

11⁽¹¹⁾ 1½ [18¾]	8. Overlord Way (GR) 16/1 Ian Mongan Patrick Chamings	Ian Mongan Patrick Chamings	3	89	80	40	49	–
br c Tony Galvin (GR) - Fortunate Way (GR) (Wadood)
With leader until ridden and weakened quickly over 2f out

12⁽⁵⁾ 3 [21¾]	11. Libre 25/1 Micky Fenton F Jordan	Micky Fenton F Jordan	5	88 1	77	30	39	–
b g Bahamian Bounty - Premier Blues (FR) (Law Society)
Prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

13⁽⁸⁾ 4 [25¾]	5. Zarabad (IRE) 5/2F Robert Winston K R Burke	Robert Winston K R Burke	3	811	82	26	36	–
b g King's Best (USA) - Zarannda (IRE) (Last Tycoon)
Held up in mid-division, lost place 3f out, soon behind (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown) (op 11-4 tchd 9-4)

13 ran Off time: 4:00:00 Winning time: 1m 47.93s (slow by 1.93s) Total SP: 117%
1st owner: Peter M Crane (Hail The Chief) 1st breeder: Green Meadow Stud And P Crane
2nd owner: The Matthewman Partnership (Claret And Amber)
3rd owner: K W & Mrs L A Styles (Master Theo)
Tote win: £6.30 PL: £1.90 £5.60 £1.90 Ex: £134.20 CSF: £143 Tricast: £698.81
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 68 (31%) M [5-9] 27 (49%) H [10-13] 55 (20%)

4:00 Wolverhampton (AW) 9 Dec 2005

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