Full Result 3.10 York | 15 May 1997

Yorkshire Cup Class A (Group 2)

(Class 1) (4yo+) (1m5f194yds) 1m6f OMS Good

1st £55,338.60 2nd £20,447.40 3rd £9,786.20 4th £3,971 5th £1,548 6th £578.80

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	3. Celeric 7/2 Pat Eddery D Morley	Pat Eddery D Morley	5	89	–	80	114	–
b g Mtoto - Hot Spice I (Hotfoot I)
Held up, headway over 3f out, squeezed through and led inside final furlong, hard ridden just held on

2⁽¹⁾ shd	6. Mons 13/2 J Weaver Luca Cumani	J Weaver Luca Cumani	4	89	–	81	115	–
b c Deploy - Morina (USA) (Lyphard)
Tracked leaders, effort over 4f out, hard ridden, wandered and led just inside final furlong, soon headed, rallied close home

3⁽⁸⁾ ¾ [¾]	9. Whitewater Affair 6/1 Mick Kinane Sir Michael Stoute	Mick Kinane Sir Michael Stoute	4	86	–	77	111	–
ch f Machiavellian (USA) - Much Too Risky (Bustino)
Tracked leaders, stayed on well and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish

4⁽⁶⁾ 1½ [2¼]	7. Samraan (USA) 14/1 T Quinn John Dunlop	T Quinn John Dunlop	4	89	–	79	112	–
br c Green Dancer (USA) - Sedra (Nebbiolo)
Pulled hard, soon tracking leaders, challenged over 2f out, not much room and kept on same pace inside final furlong

5⁽⁴⁾ ½ [2¾]	5. Kutta 14/1 Richard Hills R W Armstrong	Richard Hills R W Armstrong	5	89	–	77	111	–
b h Old Vic - Ardassine (Ahonoora)
Held up, effort on inside and not clear run over 2f out, soon outpaced, stayed on well final furlong

6⁽⁵⁾ hd [3]	4. Key To My Heart I (IRE) 16/1 Kieren Fallon Sally Hall	Kieren Fallon Sally Hall	7	89	–	77	110	–
b h Broken Hearted - Originality (Godswalk)
Tracked leaders, led over 2f out until just inside final furlong, weakened near finish

7⁽⁹⁾ 7 [10]	8. Wilawander 25/1 Michael Hills B W Hills	Michael Hills B W Hills	4	89	–	70	103	–
ch c Nashwan (USA) - Wilayif (USA) (Danzig)
Held up, effort over 3f out, weakened 2f out

8⁽⁷⁾ nk [10¼]	2. Sacrament 33/1 Kevin Darley Sir Michael Stoute	Kevin Darley Sir Michael Stoute	6	812	–	71	105	–
b h Shirley Heights - Blessed Event (Kings Lake)
Tracked leaders, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened

9⁽³⁾ 18 [28¼]	1. Classic Cliche (IRE) EvensF Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor	Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor	5	90	–	52	85	–
b h Salse (USA) - Pato (High Top)
Led until over 3f out, soon lost place and eased. stewards told: trainer was unable to offer any explanation

9 ran Off time: 3:11:00 Winning time: 2m 59.39s (slow by 3.59s) Total SP: 126%
1st owner: Christopher Spence (Celeric) 1st breeder: Chieveley Manor Enterprises
2nd owner: Mrs E H Vestey (Mons)
3rd owner: J M Greetham (Whitewater Affair)
Tote win: £3.80 PL: £1.40 £1.90 £1.90 Ex: £9.90 CSF: £26.73 Trifecta: £21.90 Pool: £1,731.80. 55.91 winning tickets.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 73 (68%) M [4-6] 50 (15%) H [7-9] 27 (17%)

3:10 York 15 May 1997

Yorkshire Cup Class A (Group 2)