Full Result 2.30 Chester | 31 August 2001

Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series Handicap Class E (For Gentleman Amateur Riders)

(Class 5) (0-80, 3yo+) (1m4f63yds) 1m4½f Good To Soft

1st £3,535 2nd £1,010 3rd £505

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	3. Green Bopper (USA) 8/1 J F Levins ⁷ Les Eyre	J F Levins ⁷ Les Eyre	8	108	56	48	71	–
b g Green Dancer (USA) - Wayage (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Made all, drew clear over 7f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well (op 7-1)

2⁽¹¹⁾ 5	7. Classic Conkers (IRE) 9/2J Mr S Rees ⁵ Pat Mitchell	Mr S Rees ⁵ Pat Mitchell	7	106	52	34	58	–
b g Conquering Hero (USA) - Erck (Sun Prince)
Started very slowly, behind, ridden over 4f out, good headway when not clear run and switched right well over 1f out, stayed on, not reach winner (op 6-1)

3⁽⁶⁾ shd [5]	6. Bachelors Pad 6/1 Mr S Dobson ⁵ Miss S J Wilton	Mr S Dobson ⁵ Miss S J Wilton	7	107	53	35	59	–
b g Pursuit Of Love - Note Book I (Mummy's Pet)
Midfield, ridden along and lost place well over 7f out, kept on under pressure from 2f out, chased winner briefly but no impression inside final furlong (op 9-2)

4⁽³⁾ 1¾ [6¾]	2. Redouble 6/1 G Richards ³ Rod Millman	G Richards ³ Rod Millman	5	110	58	36	61	–
b g First Trump - Sunflower Seed (Mummy's Pet)
Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced 3f out, chased clear leader over 1f out until inside final furlong, no extra (op 5-1 tchd 13-2 in places)

5⁽⁴⁾ 1¼ [8]	1. Duello 9/2J Tom Scudamore M C Pipe	Tom Scudamore M C Pipe	10	120 v	69	44	70	–
b g Sure Blade (USA) - Royal Loft (Homing)
Midfield, ridden and outpaced over 4f out, kept on one pace final 2f (op 3-1 tchd 5-1 in places)

6⁽⁵⁾ 2½ [10½]	8. Major Attraction 8/1 Mr Nicky Tinkler ³ Mark Brisbourne	Mr Nicky Tinkler ³ Mark Brisbourne	6	105	49	19	47	–
gr g Major Jacko - My Friend Melody (Sizzling Melody)
Started slowly, midfield, not much room well over 7f out, outpaced over 4f out (op 11-2 tchd 9-1 in places)

7⁽⁷⁾ nk [11]	11. Acquittal (IRE) 12/1 Mr P Collington ⁵ Patrick Clinton	Mr P Collington ⁵ Patrick Clinton	9	97	39	8	36	–
b g Danehill (USA) - Perfect Alibi I (Law Society)
Chased clear winner until ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong (op 8-1 tchd 14-1 in places)

8⁽⁸⁾ hd [11]	9. Top Of The Class (IRE) 20/1 Sam Thomas ⁷ David Evans	Sam Thomas ⁷ David Evans	4	910	44	13	41	–
b f Rudimentary (USA) - School Mum (Reprimand)
Held up, steady headway from over 7f out, driven to stay on over 2f out, no extra when not much room and hampered over 1f out (op 14-1 tchd 25-1 in places)

9⁽¹⁾ 5 [16]	5. Nathan's Boy 11/1 Danny Cook ⁷ A Streeter	Danny Cook ⁷ A Streeter	5	106 v¹	54	13	43	–
gr g Tragic Role (USA) - Gold Belt (IRE) (Bellypha)
Chased leaders, disputed 2nd from 6f out until weakened over 2f out (op 8-1 tchd 12-1 in a place)

10⁽⁹⁾ dist [46]	4. Medkhan (IRE) 25/1 Paul Robson ⁵ F Jordan	Paul Robson ⁵ F Jordan	4	109	55	–	–	–
ch g Lahib (USA) - SafaynI (USA) (Lyphard)
Held up, ridden over 5f out, soon lost touch, tailed off (op 14-1)

11⁽¹⁰⁾ 6 [52]	10. Never Ending Story 50/1 Andrew Tinkler ⁵ Eric Alston	Andrew Tinkler ⁵ Eric Alston	3	910	52	–	–	–
b f Deploy - Bold Gem (Never So Bold)
Raced keenly, midfield, ridden and weakened over 6f out, tailed off (op 33-1)

11 ran Off time: 2:30:00 Winning time: 2m 47.06s (slow by 10.86s) Total SP: 114%
1st owner: W R B Racing 39 (wrbracing.com) (Green Bopper) 1st breeder: Lucy G Bassett
2nd owner: Steven Rees (Classic Conkers)
3rd owner: John Pointon And Sons (Bachelors Pad)
Tote win: £8.60 PL: £2 £1.60 £1.80 Ex: £56.90 CSF: £37.73 Tricast: £211.08
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 65 (46%) M [5-7] 58 (29%) H [8-11] 27 (25%)

2:30 Chester 31 Aug 2001

Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series Handicap Class E (For Gentleman Amateur Riders)