Full Result 6.50 Chester | 25 June 1997

Yellow Label Claiming Stakes Class D

(Class 4) (3yo+) (1m2f70yds) 1m2½f Soft

1st £3,493 2nd £1,054 3rd £512 4th £241

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	1. Break The RulesI 2/5F Kevin Darley M C Pipe	Kevin Darley M C Pipe	5	912	–	69	72	–
b g Dominion - Surf Bird (Shareef Dancer)
Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon clear

2⁽⁴⁾ 7	5. Nicola's Princess 16/1 M Wigham B A McMahon	M Wigham B A McMahon	4	813	–	44	47	–
b f Handsome Sailor - Barachois Princess (USA) (Barachois)
With leader over 7f, hard driven 2f out, kept on final furlong, no chance with winner

3⁽³⁾ 3½ [10½]	2. Whittle Rock 9/2 Tony Culhane Mrs M Reveley	Tony Culhane Mrs M Reveley	4	97	–	47	49	–
b f Rock City (IRE) - Lurking (Formidable I)
Steadied start, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, no impression

4⁽⁵⁾ 7 [17½]	4. Steal 'Em 20/1 P Roberts ⁵ Alan Bailey	P Roberts ⁵ Alan Bailey	4	89 v	–	23	30	–
b f Efisio - Eastern Ember (Indian King)
Made most, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened quickly

5⁽¹⁾ 9 [26½]	6. Taragona 10/1 Fergal Lynch Reg Hollinshead	Fergal Lynch Reg Hollinshead	4	810	–	9	11	–
b f Handsome Sailor - Queen Of Aragon (Aragon)
Held up, driven along and lost touch over 3f out, tailed off

6⁽⁶⁾ dist [56½]	3. Thenorthernplayboy (IRE) 50/1 D Griffiths ³ Trevor Wall	D Griffiths ³ Trevor Wall	4	813 b	–	–	–	–
gr g Distinctly North (USA) - Monetary Wish (Wishing Star I)
Lost touch over 4f out, tailed off

6 ran Off time: 6:51:00 Winning time: 2m 23.20s (slow by 14.50s) Total SP: 112%
1st owner: A J Lomas (Break The RulesI) 1st breeder: Cleaboy Farms Co
2nd owner: J D Graham (Nicola's Princess)
3rd owner: Bay Horse Racing Syndicate (Whittle Rock)
Tote win: £1.40 PL: £1.30 £2.60 Ex: £5.30 CSF: £7.83
The winner was claimed by J McCreedy-Smith for £15,000. Hand timed due to technical problem