Full Result 4.35 Chester | 30 August 2003

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(Class 4) (0-85, 3yo+) (1m7f196yds) 2m Good To Firm

1st £5,492.50 2nd £1,690 3rd £845 4th £422.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	9. Opportune (GER) 4/1F Sam Hitchcott ³ Mark Brisbourne	Sam Hitchcott ³ Mark Brisbourne	8	83	55	–	65	–
br g Shirley Heights - On The Tiles (IRE) (Thatch)
Held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, not clear run over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well (op 7-2 tchd 9-2 in places)

2⁽⁴⁾ 1	5. Vicars Destiny 33/1 Eddie Ahern Mrs S Lamyman	Eddie Ahern Mrs S Lamyman	5	90	63	–	72	–
b m Sir Harry Lewis (USA) - Church Leap (Pollerton)
Held up, ridden over 3f out, headway and switched right over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong (op 25-1 tchd 40-1 in a place)

3⁽³⁾ 1½ [2½]	3. Dancinginthestreet 9/2 Micky Fenton James Given	Micky Fenton James Given	3	94	81	–	88	–
b g Groom Dancer (USA) - Usk The Way (Caerleon)
In touch, ridden over 7f out, headway 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong (vet said gelding finished lame) (tchd 4-1)

4⁽⁵⁾ hd [2¾]	1. Jack Dawson (IRE) 9/2 George Baker John Berry	George Baker John Berry	6	910	73	5	80	–
b g Persian Bold (IRE) - Dream Of Jenny (Caerleon)
Midfield, headway 5f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra (op 7-2 tchd 5-1 in places)

5⁽⁶⁾ 2 [4¾]	2. Blue Star 10/1 Lisa Jones ⁵ Michael Mullineaux	Lisa Jones ⁵ Michael Mullineaux	7	94 b	72	2	76	–
b g Whittingham (IRE) - Gold And Blue (IRE) (Bluebird)
Pulled hard, held up, headway after 6f, soon prominent, ridden when not much room over 1f out, one pace (tchd 11-1 and 12-1 in places)

6⁽¹⁾ 2 [6¾]	4. Essnaad (USA) 5/1 Michael Hills B W Hills	Michael Hills B W Hills	3	91	78	–	80	–
b c Swain (IRE) - Shfoug (USA) (Sheikh Albadou)
Prominent, ridden briefly halfway, led over 4f out, ridden again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 4-1)

7⁽⁹⁾ 3 [9¾]	6. Suzuka (USA) 9/1 K Dalgleish Mark Johnston	K Dalgleish Mark Johnston	3	812 b¹	75	–	73	–
bb c A.P. Indy (USA) - Sha ThaI (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Started slowly, headway to chase leaders after 3f, weakened over 5f out (op 12-1)

8⁽⁷⁾ 2½ [12¼]	8. Forever My Lord 13/2 David Allan ³ John Best	David Allan ³ John Best	5	84	56	–	51	–
b g Be My Chief (USA) - In Love Again (IRE) (Prince Rupert)
Led, ridden and headed over 4f out, stayed pressing leader, weakened over 1f out (op 6-1 tchd 7-1 in places)

9⁽⁸⁾ 2 [14¼]	7. Allez Mousson 16/1 Franny Norton Alan Bailey	Franny Norton Alan Bailey	5	812	61	–	54	–
b g Hernando (FR) - Rynechra (Blakeney)
In touch, ridden 7f out, weakened over 5f out (op 20-1 tchd 25-1)

9 ran Off time: 4:35:00 Winning time: 3m 27.22s (slow by 2.52s) Total SP: 115%
1st owner: The Ox Hill Flyers (Opportune) 1st breeder: Littleton Stud
2nd owner: Terence Deal (Vicars Destiny)
3rd owner: The 4th Middleham Partnership (Dancinginthestreet)
Tote win: £4.90 PL: £1.70 £6.30 £1.30 Ex: £280.50 CSF: £126.54 Tricast: £615.13
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 80 (48%) M [4-6] 70 (26%) H [7-9] 0 (26%)

4:35 Chester 30 Aug 2003

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