Full Result 4.15 Musselburgh | 29 February 2004

John Smith's Handicap Hurdle Class C

(Class 3) (0-130, 4yo+) (1m7f124yds) 1m7½f Firm 9 hurdles

1st £10,023 2nd £3,084 3rd £1,542 4th £771

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	5. Wet Lips (AUS) 3/1 Henry Oliver Richard Guest	Henry Oliver Richard Guest	5	101 p	104	104	108	–
ch g Grand Lodge (USA) - Kissing (AUS) (Somalia)
Made all, soon well clear, ridden 3 out, driven and hit last, kept on gamely flat (op 5-2)

2 2½	1. Altay 10/11F Padge Whelan ³ Richard Fahey	Padge Whelan ³ Richard Fahey	7	119	129	127	129	–
b g Erins Isle (IRE) - Aliuska (IRE) (Fijar Tango)
Prominent, chased winner from 3rd, good headway to close up 3 out, shaken up after next, soon ridden, driven last, kept on same pace (op 6-5 tchd 11-8 in places and 6-4 in a place)

3 11 [13½]	4. Bodfari Signet 4/1 Mark Bradburne Sue Bradburne	Mark Bradburne Sue Bradburne	8	109	112	97	101	–
ch g King's Signet (USA) - Darakah (Doulab)
Held up, headway to chase leading pair after 4 out, soon ridden along and no impression (op 7-2 tchd 9-2)

4 7 [20½]	3. Ideal Du Bois Beury (FR) 50/1 Neil Mulholland ³ P Monteith	Neil Mulholland ³ P Monteith	8	109	115	92	97	–
bb g Useful (FR) - Pampa Star (FR) (Pampabird)
In touch, ridden along and weakened 4 out (op 33-1)

5 dist [50½]	2. Vandas Choice (IRE) 7/1 Jimmy McCarthy Lucy Normile	Jimmy McCarthy Lucy Normile	6	118	125	–	–	–
b g Sadler's Wells (USA) - Morning Devotion (USA) (Affirmed)
Always in rear (trainer said subsequent tests had revealed the presence of a kidney infection) (op 8-1 tchd 9-1 and 10-1 in a place)