Full Result 3.50 Exeter | 4 November 1997

William Hill Index Handicap Hurdle Class E

(Class 4) (0-115, 4yo+) (2m2f111yds) 2m2½f Good To Soft 9 hurdles

1st £2,705 2nd £755 3rd £365

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	3. Handson 5/2 D Salter ⁵ Rod Millman	D Salter ⁵ Rod Millman	5	106	96	–	96	–
ch g Out Of Hand - My Home (Homing)
Behind, headway 6th, led 2 out, held on gamely under pressure flat

2 1¼	4. Va Utu 3/1 C Maude M C Pipe	C Maude M C Pipe	9	104	89	–	88	–
b g Balliol I - Flame (Firestreak I)
Chased leader until led 6th, headed 2 out, every chance last, ridden and no extra flat

3 dist [31¼]	1. Dictum (IRE) 15/8F Jim Culloty Henrietta C Knight	Jim Culloty Henrietta C Knight	6	1110	109	–	93	–
ch g Phardante (FR) - Secret Top (African Sky I)
Chasing leaders, in touch 6th, weakened next

4 dist [61¼]	2. Bell One (USA) 20/1 S McNeill A J K Dunn	S McNeill A J K Dunn	8	110 b	99	–	–	–
ch g Lightning Leap (USA) - Ambrose Channel (USA) (Key To The Mint)
Chasing leaders 6th, weakened approaching 2 out

PU	5. Dress Dance (IRE) 16/1 Sophie Mitchell ⁵ Richard Mitchell	Sophie Mitchell ⁵ Richard Mitchell	7	911	87	–	–	–
b g Nordance (USA) - Pitaya (Princely Gift)
Behind 6th, pulled up before next

PU	6. Re Roi (IRE) 16/1 W McFarland Bill Turner	W McFarland Bill Turner	5	105 5	90	–	–	–
b g Roi Danzig (USA) - Requena (Dom Racine)
Led early, pulled up before 6th