Full Result 3.55 Chester | 23 September 2006

The Sportsman Handicap

(Class 2) (0-100, 3yo) (1m2f70yds) 1m2½f Good To Firm

1st £20,565.60 2nd £6,157.80 3rd £3,078.90 4th £1,541.10 5th £768.90 6th £386.10

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁷⁾	4. Stotsfold 4/1 Adam Kirby ³ Walter Swinburn	Adam Kirby ³ Walter Swinburn	3	88	91	101	105	–
b g Barathea (IRE) - Eliza Acton (Shirley Heights)
Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, pushed out and in command inside final furlong (op 3-1)

2⁽³⁾ 2½	3. Salute Him (IRE) 10/1 Tadhg O'Shea Mick Channon	Tadhg O'Shea Mick Channon	3	811	91	97	97	–
b g Mull Of Kintyre (USA) - Living Legend (ITY) (Archway)
Led, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong (op 12-1)

3⁽⁶⁾ 1 [3½]	2. Purple Moon (IRE) 5/1 Robert Winston Sir Michael Stoute	Robert Winston Sir Michael Stoute	3	93	97	101	102	–
ch c Galileo (IRE) - Vanishing Prairie (USA) (Alysheba)
Midfield, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, soon edged left, stayed on inside final furlong

4⁽⁹⁾ 1¼ [4¾]	8. Safqa 9/1 Eddie Ahern B W Hills	Eddie Ahern B W Hills	3	85	85	87	87	–
b f Singspiel (IRE) - Shamah (Unfuwain)
Slowly into stride, held up, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong (op 10-1)

5⁽⁵⁾ shd [4¾]	9. Thumpers Dream 12/1 Franny Norton Sir Henry Cecil	Franny Norton Sir Henry Cecil	3	84 2	84	86	86	–
b f Cape Cross (IRE) - Perfect Peach (Lycius)
Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, no extra inside final furlong

6⁽¹⁾ 1 [5¾]	5. Numeric (GER) 6/1 Robert Havlin John Gosden	Robert Havlin John Gosden	3	89 b	89	89	89	–
br g Singspiel (IRE) - Narola (GER) (Nebos)
Slowly into stride, midfield, lost place 4f out, not clear run over 1f out, soon switched right, kept on inside final furlong (op 7-1)

7⁽⁴⁾ 1 [6¾]	6. Punta Galera (IRE) 25/1 Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon Snr	Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon Snr	3	88 b¹	88	86	86	–
br c Zafonic (USA) - Kobalt Sea (FR) (Akarad)
Prominent, ridden when not much room under 2f out, soon weakened

8⁽²⁾ 6 [12¾]	1. Noble Gent (IRE) 100/30F Daragh O'Donohoe Saeed bin Suroor	Daragh O'Donohoe Saeed bin Suroor	3	94	98	85	85	–
b c Danehill (USA) - Blanche Dubois (Nashwan)
In touch, ridden over 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out (op 7-2)

9⁽⁸⁾ 7 [19¾]	7. Babcary 10/1 Dale Gibson Marcus Tregoning	Dale Gibson Marcus Tregoning	3	86	86	60	60	–
b f Bertolini (USA) - Midnight Break (Night Shift)
Midfield, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened (op 9-1)

9 ran Off time: 3:55:00 Winning time: 2m 7.15s (fast by 1.25s) Total SP: 114%
1st owner: Mrs P W Harris (Stotsfold) 1st breeder: Pendley Farm
2nd owner: Jaber Abdullah (Salute Him)
3rd owner: Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier (Purple Moon)
Tote win: £3.30 PL: £1.80 £3 £1.60 Ex: £40.90 CSF: £42.67 Tricast: £202.28
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 47 (41%) M [4-6] 43 (25%) H [7-9] 60 (34%)

Course record.

3:55 Chester 23 Sep 2006

The Sportsman Handicap