Full Result 6.30 Worcester | 10 May 1989

Ian Botham Novices' Handicap Chase

2m4f OMS Firm 13 fences

1st £1,761 2nd £528 3rd £254 4th £117

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	0. Western Counties 6/1 I Lawrence ⁷ R J Holder	I Lawrence ⁷ R J Holder	10	105	6	–	89	–
ch g True Song - Gay Air (Romany Air)
Led 8th, clear from 2 out

2 10	0. Al Misk (USA) 3/1F Peter Scudamore M C Pipe	Peter Scudamore M C Pipe	7	1110	18	–	91	–
b g Dewan (USA) - Hogan's Sister (USA) (Speak John)
Led to 6th, led 7th to 8th, chased winner from 11th, beaten when mistake last

3 15 [25]	0. One Of The Lads 50/1 J Lodder ⁷ Ken Wingrove	J Lodder ⁷ Ken Wingrove	7	913	–	–	–	–
ch g Decent Fellow - Medford Lady (Kabale)
Headway 8th, weakened 2 out

4 shd [25]	0. Carogrove 7/1 J Bryan J M Bukovets	J Bryan J M Bukovets	6	1013	7	–	–	–
b g Rusticaro (FR) - Heather Grove (Hethersett)
Headway 11th, hard ridden 2 out, soon beaten

5 2 [27]	0. Lucky Fen 11/2 N Dawe Brian Forsey	N Dawe Brian Forsey	9	110	8	–	–	–
br g Lucky Wednesday - Ensign Steel (Majority Blue)
Chased leaders until weakened 11th, mistake 2 out

6 4 [31]	0. Earl Hansel 11/1 A Webb John Spearing	A Webb John Spearing	8	117	15	–	–	–
b g Hardboy - Cool Amanda (Prince Hansel)
Pulled hard, prominent to 7th, soon weakened

7 1½ [32½]	0. Danny's Luck (NZ) 14/1 P Nicholls D H Barons	P Nicholls D H Barons	6	118	16	–	–	–
b g St Puckle - Kiss Girl (NZ) (Palm Beach)
Never trouble leaders

8 [32½]	0. Jezail 6/1 S Moore Jimmy Fox	S Moore Jimmy Fox	9	1012	6	–	–	–
b g Tarqogan - Durham Downs (Royal Buck)
Always behind

PU	0. Kameo Style 9/1 Martin Kinane Peter Jones	Martin Kinane Peter Jones	6	111 b	9	–	–	–
b g Kambalda - Smashing Style (Harwell)
Prominent, ridden 8th, soon behind, pulled up before 2 out

PU	0. Di's Wag 50/1 S 'Old' Donohoe ⁷ Miss B Sykes	S 'Old' Donohoe ⁷ Miss B Sykes	8	913	–	–	–	–
gr m Scallywag - Light Dian (Indian Ruler)
Always behind, tailed off when pulled up after 12th, lame

PU	0. Blue Danube (USA) 14/1 Steve Smith-Eccles D R Gandolfo	Steve Smith-Eccles D R Gandolfo	5	119	17	–	–	–
ch g Riverman (USA) - Wintergrace (USA) (Northern Dancer)
Led 6th to 7th, behind when pulled up before 12th

UR	0. Quiet Star (NZ) 33/1 S McNeill P Davis	S McNeill P Davis	7	106 b	–	–	–	–
br g Big Hush (NZ) - Astronomy (Red Mars)
Prominent when blundered and unseated rider 7th

12 ran Off time: 6:33:00 Winning time: 5m 4.50s (slow by 19.50s) Total SP: 120%
1st owner: Mrs A Smith (Western Counties) 1st breeder: S M Kent
2nd owner: Neil Leggett (Al Misk)
3rd owner: Racing Thoroughbreds Plc (One Of The Lads)

6:30 Worcester 10 May 1989

Ian Botham Novices' Handicap Chase