Full Result 5.00 Exeter | 30 April 1997

Royal Marines Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class F

(Class 4) (0-100, 4yo+) 2m2f OMS Good To Firm 8 hurdles

1st £1,906.10 2nd £534.60 3rd £260.30

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	2. Geisway (CAN) 9/4 X Aizpuru N J H Walker	X Aizpuru N J H Walker	7	117	89	79	96	–
br g Geiger Counter (USA) - Broadway Beauty (USA) (Chompion)
Held up in mid-division, headway 6th, chased leader 2 out, led last, quickened clear flat

2 5	4. Safecracker I 6/1 P Henley Charlie Morlock	P Henley Charlie Morlock	4	106	80	60	76	–
ch g Sayf El Arab (USA) - My Polished Corner (IRE) (Tate Gallery)
Always prominent, led approaching 2 out, ridden and headed last, one pace flat

3 4 [9]	1. Piper's Rock (IRE) 13/8F A Bates G B Balding	A Bates G B Balding	6	1110	92	74	90	–
ch g Zaffaran (USA) - Misclaire (Steeple Aston)
Led to 6th, weakened approaching 2 out

4 3½ [12½]	5. Lyphard's Fable (USA) 5/1 T Dascombe Tom George	T Dascombe Tom George	6	101	69	49	63	–
b g Al Nasr (FR) - Affirmative Fable (USA) (Affirmed)
Chased leader to 4th, headway to lead 6th, headed approaching 2 out, ridden and soon weakened

5 1¾ [14¼]	3. Contract Bridge (IRE) 13/2 Sophie Mitchell Pat Murphy	Sophie Mitchell Pat Murphy	4	114 7	92	64	79	–
b f Contract Law (USA) - Mystery Bid (Auction Ring)
Chased leaders, mistake 4th, in touch until weakened after next

PU	6. Rory'M (IRE) 100/1 M Griffiths L Waring	M Griffiths L Waring	8	100 12 v¹	68	–	–	–
ch g Remainder Man - First In (Over The River)
Jumped slowly, always behind, tailed off after 2nd, pulled up after 6th