Full Result 4.15 Folkestone | 27 August 1998

Rochester Handicap Class E

(Class 5) (0-70, 3yo+) 1m4f Good To Firm

1st £3,494.50 2nd £972 3rd £467.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁹⁾	9. Short Romance (IRE) 8/1 Michael Hills J W Hills	Michael Hills J W Hills	3	89	58	65	65	–
b f Brief Truce (USA) - Lady's Turn (Rymer)
Always prominent, tracked leader over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven out to hold on inside final furlong (tchd 10-1 in a place)

2⁽¹⁰⁾ ½	6. Snow Partridge (USA) 7/2F T Quinn Paul Cole	T Quinn Paul Cole	4	89	48	54	54	–
ch g Arctic Tern (USA) - Lady Sharp (FR) (Sharpman)
Progress 7f out, effort 3f out, ridden and not quicken well over 1f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong, took second near finish (op 4-1 tchd 5-1 and 3-1)

3⁽⁷⁾ nk [¾]	8. Blowing Away I (IRE) 10/1 Adrian Nicholls ⁵ Mark H Tompkins	Adrian Nicholls ⁵ Mark H Tompkins	4	84	48	49	54	–
bb f Last Tycoon (IRE) - Taken By Force (Persian Bold)
Rear, pushed along and progress 4f out, ridden and strong run to chase winner inside final furlong, not quicken last 50 yards (op 8-1 tchd 11-1 in a place)

4⁽²⁾ shd [1]	2. Lancer (USA) 8/1 Russell Price Jeff Pearce	Russell Price Jeff Pearce	6	912	65	71	71	–
ch g Diesis - Last Bird (USA) (Sea Bird II)
Settled well in rear, progress over 2f out, strong run approaching final furlong, finished well (tchd 10-1)

5⁽⁴⁾ 1 [2]	5. Mystic Quest (IRE) 6/1 John Reid Kevin McAuliffe	John Reid Kevin McAuliffe	4	92	55	59	59	–
b g Arcane (USA) - Tales Of Wisdom (Rousillon)
Close up, effort 3f out, ridden 2f out, unable to quicken approaching final furlong (op 5-1 tchd 13-2)

6⁽¹⁵⁾ hd [2]	12. Mary Culi 14/1 C Rutter Henry Candy	C Rutter Henry Candy	4	83 v	42	46	46	–
gr f Liboi (USA) - Copper Trader (Faustus)
Led until over 1f out, no extra (op 12-1 tchd 16-1 in a place)

7⁽¹⁶⁾ 3 [5]	10. Cohiba 13/2 Jimmy Quinn Barney Curley	Jimmy Quinn Barney Curley	5	86	45	45	45	–
b g Old Vic - Circus Ring I (IRE) (High Top)
Rear, progress to join leaders 5f out, effort 3f out, not quicken over 1f out (op 6-1 tchd 7-1 in places)

8⁽¹²⁾ shd [5¼]	14. Sapphire Son (IRE) 33/1 Royston Ffrench P C Clarke	Royston Ffrench P C Clarke	6	713	38	38	37	–
ch g Maelstrom Lake - Gluhwein (Ballymoss)
Mid-division, effort 4f out, one pace and no impression final 2f

9⁽³⁾ 1¾ [7]	3. Il Principe (IRE) 12/1 J F Egan John Berry	J F Egan John Berry	4	910 v¹	63	61	60	–
b g Ela-Mana-Mou (IRE) - Seattle Siren (USA) (Seattle Slew)
Tracked leaders, not clear run over 3f out and lost place, soon ridden, not reach leaders over 1f out, eased (op 10-1)

10⁽¹⁾ shd [7]	4. Pay Homage 12/1 Miss L Masterton ⁷ I A Balding	Miss L Masterton ⁷ I A Balding	10	813	59	50	56	–
ch g Primo Dominie - Embraceable Slew (USA) (Seattle Slew)
Mid-division until dropped well in rear halfway, never reached leaders after (op 10-1)

11⁽⁵⁾ 3 [10]	7. Flying Colours (IRE) 20/1 Seb Sanders C J Benstead	Seb Sanders C J Benstead	4	89	48	42	40	–
b f Fairy King (USA) - Crazed Rainbow (USA) (Graustark)
Settled mid-division, no impression on leaders final 2f, spread a plate (tchd 25-1 in a place)

12⁽⁶⁾ 4 [14]	15. Tomal 20/1 Paul Doe ⁵ Roger Ingram	Paul Doe ⁵ Roger Ingram	6	76	36	19	22	–
b g King Among Kings - Jacinda I (Thatching)
Rear, effort on outside over 3f out, soon ridden and beaten (op 14-1)

13⁽¹³⁾ hd [14¼]	1. Arctic Thunder (USA) 25/1 T Sprake Bryn Palling	T Sprake Bryn Palling	7	100	67	55	52	–
b g Far North (CAN) - Flying Cloud (USA) (Giant's Causeway)
Pressed leader, hard ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out (op 20-1)

14⁽¹⁴⁾ 5 [19¼]	13. Petane (IRE) 20/1 Allan Mackay J R Arnold	Allan Mackay J R Arnold	3	81 b	50	31	28	–
b g Petardia - Senane (Vitiges)
With leaders until weakened over 4f out

15⁽¹¹⁾ 14 [33¼]	16. Country Thatch 16/1 Gary Bardwell C A Horgan	Gary Bardwell C A Horgan	5	710 4	35	–	–	–
b g Thatching - Alencon (Northfields)
Held up, always behind (tchd 20-1)

16⁽⁸⁾ 16 [49¼]	11. Silvery 33/1 Tony Clark Steve Woodman	Tony Clark Steve Woodman	4	84	43	–	–	–
gr f Petong - Petit Peu (IRE) (Kings Lake)
Slowly into stride, always behind, tailed off

16 ran Off time: 4:16:00 Winning time: 2m 38.40s (slow by 1.40s) Total SP: 134%
1st owner: Abbott Racing Partners (Short Romance) 1st breeder: Rock Thoroughbreds
2nd owner: Sir Martyn Arbib (Snow Partridge)
3rd owner: Mark Tompkins Racing (Blowing Away I)
Tote win: £9.80 PL: £1.60 £1.30 £2.30 Ex: £20.70 CSF: £32.60 Tricast: £275.47
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-5] 58 (34%) M [6-11] 57 (42%) H [12-16] 35 (24%)

4:15 Folkestone 27 Aug 1998

Rochester Handicap Class E