Full Result 3.10 Epsom | 10 August 1997

Ron Smyth Handicap Class C

(Class 3) (0-95, 3yo+) (1m4f6yds) 1m4f Good

1st £5,472 2nd £1,656 3rd £808 4th £384

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁹⁾	4. Grief (IRE) 5/1 Royston Ffrench ³ David Elsworth	Royston Ffrench ³ David Elsworth	4	94	82	87	85	–
ch g Broken Hearted - Crecora (Royal Captive)
Held up, led over 1f out, driven out

2⁽⁵⁾ ½	3. Wakeel (USA) 11/1 M Roberts Simon Dow	M Roberts Simon Dow	5	97	82	89	84	–
b g Gulch (USA) - Raahia (CAN) (Vice Regent)
Ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong

3⁽⁴⁾ 3 [3½]	5. Bit On The Side I (IRE) 10/1 Seb Sanders N E Berry	Seb Sanders N E Berry	8	97	82	85	80	–
b m Vision (USA) - Mistress (USA) (Damascus)
Headway over 5f out, hard ridden over 2f out, unable to quicken

4⁽⁷⁾ 1 [4½]	7. Veridian 3/1F C Lowther ⁵ P W Harris	C Lowther ⁵ P W Harris	4	90	80	–	–	–
b g Green Desert (USA) - Alik (FR) (Targowice)
Hampered on inside and dropped rear over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, ran on one pace

5⁽¹⁰⁾ shd [4½]	2. Star Manager (USA) 7/1 C Rutter Paul Cole	C Rutter Paul Cole	7	910	85	87	81	–
b g Lyphard (USA) - Angel Clare (FR) (Mill Reef)
Headway over 3f out, hard ridden over 1f out, one pace

6⁽⁶⁾ 2 [6½]	6. Artic Courier 7/1 M Rimmer D J S Cosgrove	M Rimmer D J S Cosgrove	6	97	82	81	75	–
gr g Siberian Express (USA) - La Reine De France (Queen's Hussar)
With leader, led 4f out until over 1f out, soon weakened

7⁽³⁾ 1¾ [8¼]	1. Hoh Express 7/1 Martin Dwyer ³ I A Balding	Martin Dwyer ³ I A Balding	5	911	89	83	79	–
b g Waajib (IRE) - Tissue Paper (Touch Paper)
Headway over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

8⁽²⁾ 16 [24¼]	8. Hawker Hunter (USA) 7/1 Tony Clark R Akehurst	Tony Clark R Akehurst	6	92	77	52	43	–
bb g Silver Hawk (USA) - Glorious Natalie (USA) (Reflected Glory)
Led 8f

9⁽¹⁾ dist [54¼]	10. Joli's Son 33/1 D Harrison M J Haynes	D Harrison M J Haynes	4	811	72	–	–	–
gr c Joli Wasfi (USA) - Hagen's Bargain (Mount Hagen)
Prominent 6f, tailed off

9 ran Off time: 3:16:00 Winning time: 2m 36.76s (slow by 1.56s) Total SP: 113%
Non-runners: Albaha
1st owner: M Balcomb (Grief) 1st breeder: C And J Sandys And Miss Barbara McCourt
2nd owner: Mrs J M A Churston (Wakeel)
3rd owner: B Beale (Bit On The Side I)
Tote win: £5.90 PL: £2.10 £3.30 £1.80 Ex: £23 CSF: £50.86 Tricast: £475.63 Trifecta: £88.50 Pool: £2,069.90. 16.60 winning tickets.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 0 (25%) M [4-6] 73 (27%) H [7-10] 77 (48%)

3:10 Epsom 10 Aug 1997

Ron Smyth Handicap Class C