Full Result 4.55 Musselburgh | 10 June 2006

Smirnoff Handicap

(Class 4) (0-85, 4yo+) (1m5f216yds) 1m6f Good To Firm

1st £7,478.40 2nd £2,239.20 3rd £1,119.60 4th £560.40 5th £279.60

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁶⁾	4. Kames Park (IRE) 10/1 Tom Eaves Ian Semple	Tom Eaves Ian Semple	4	96	82	68	90	–
b g Desert Sun - Persian Sally (IRE) (Persian Bold)
Steadied start, waited with in last, headway on inside and not clear run over 1f out, switched outside, led last 75yds (op 9-1 tchd 8-1)

2⁽²⁾ ¾	1. Mceldowney 11/4 Greg Fairley ⁵ Mark Johnston	Greg Fairley ⁵ Mark Johnston	4	92	83	68	90	–
b g Zafonic (USA) - Ayodhya (IRE) (Astronef)
Chased leader, soon pushed along, hard driven 6f out, pulled out and led over 1f out, no extra and headed well inside final furlong (tchd 3-1 and 10-3 in a place)

3⁽¹⁾ 4 [4¾]	2. Double Obsession 13/2 Adrian Nicholls David Nicholls	Adrian Nicholls David Nicholls	6	96 b	82	62	83	–
b g Sadler's Wells (USA) - Obsessive (USA) (Seeking The Gold)
Led, headed over 1f out, soon weakened (op 9-2)

4⁽⁴⁾ 1¾ [6½]	5. Liberty Seeker (FR) 11/8F Pat Cosgrave Alan Swinbank	Pat Cosgrave Alan Swinbank	7	89	71	48	70	–
ch g Machiavellian (USA) - Samara (IRE) (Polish Patriot)
Tracked leaders, driven and outpaced over 4f out, soon ridden, no real threat after (op 6-4 tchd 7-4)

5⁽⁵⁾ ½ [7]	3. Balyan I (IRE) 5/1 Darryll Holland Howard Johnson	Darryll Holland Howard Johnson	5	96	82	59	80	–
b g Bahhare (USA) - Balaniya (USA) (Diesis)
Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, eased inside final furlong (jockey said gelding was unsuited by the good to firm (firm in places) ground) (op 7-1)