Full Result 2.00 Folkestone | 31 March 1999

Headcorn Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class F

(Class 6) (2yo) 5f Soft

1st £2,238.20 2nd £620.20 3rd £296.60

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	2. First Blood 3/1 T Quinn T G Mills	T Quinn T G Mills	2	90	–	35	68	–
b c Rambo Dancer (CAN) - Bollin Victoria (Jalmood)
Hampered start, soon prominent, led and hung badly left 1f out, held on near finish (op 5-2 tchd 7-2 and 4-1 in places)

2⁽⁵⁾ hd	4. Mentiga (IRE) 20/1 Micky Fenton Rod Millman	Micky Fenton Rod Millman	2	90	–	35	68	–
b g Dancing Dissident (USA) - Lowtown (Camden Town)
Prominent, ridden and every chance when carried left 1f out, rallied and ran on well near finish, just failed (op 10-1)

3⁽¹⁾ 1¼ [1½]	1. Cowboys And Angels 4/1 T Sprake Bill Turner	T Sprake Bill Turner	2	90	–	30	65	–
b g Bin Ajwaad (IRE) - Halimah (Be My Guest)
Led, hard ridden and headed 1f out, carried left, kept on same pace (op 5-2 tchd 9-2 in places)

4⁽⁴⁾ 3 [4½]	6. Bless 33/1 A Eddery ⁵ Michael Madgwick	A Eddery ⁵ Michael Madgwick	2	84	–	11	54	–
ch f Beveled (USA) - Ballystate (Ballacashtal)
In touch, outpaced halfway, stayed on final furlong (op 20-1 tchd 40-1 in places)

5⁽⁹⁾ nk [4¾]	3. Master Fay (IRE) 3/1 Frankie Dettori Mick Channon	Frankie Dettori Mick Channon	2	90	–	20	59	–
b c Fayruz - Non Dimenticar Me (IRE) (Don't Forget Me)
Prominent, ridden 2f out, one pace (tchd 7-2, 4-1 in a place)

6⁽⁸⁾ 4 [8¾]	5. Step Up 20/1 Steve Drowne Pat Murphy	Steve Drowne Pat Murphy	2	90	–	6	51	–
ch g Mizoram (USA) - Arabian Nymph (Sayf El Arab)
Soon pushed along and behind, stayed on approaching final furlong, never reached leaders (op 12-1)

7⁽⁶⁾ 2 [10¾]	9. Victoriet 11/4F Dean McKeown A T Murphy	Dean McKeown A T Murphy	2	89	–	–	41	–
ch f Hamas (IRE) - Wedgewood (USA) (Woodman)
Chased leaders, ridden and beaten 2f out (op 3-1 after 5-1 and 4-1 in places, tchd 5-2)

8⁽³⁾ 1¾ [12½]	7. Commonbird 16/1 Seb Sanders Andrew Reid	Seb Sanders Andrew Reid	2	89	–	–	38	–
b f Common Grounds - Queenbird (Warning)
Hampered start, always towards rear, ridden 2f out, no progress (op 8-1 tchd 20-1 in places)

9⁽⁷⁾ 5 [17½]	8. Lady Excaliber 33/1 Fergus Sweeney J Cullinan	Fergus Sweeney J Cullinan	2	89	–	–	28	–
b f Sure Blade (USA) - Bewails (IRE) (Caerleon)
Green to post, slowly away, always well behind (op 16-1 tchd 40-1 in places)

9 ran Off time: 2:01:00 Winning time: 1m 7.00s (slow by 7.80s) Total SP: 118%
1st owner: Goodfellows Racing (First Blood) 1st breeder: Miss R A Myatt
2nd owner: J A Pickford (Mentiga)
3rd owner: Mascalls Stud (Cowboys And Angels)
Tote win: £5.80 PL: £2.20 £3.40 £2 Ex: £27 CSF: £58.49
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 67 (43%) M [4-6] 53 (29%) H [7-9] 30 (28%)

After a stewards' inquiry, the placings remained unaltered

2:00 Folkestone 31 Mar 1999

Headcorn Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class F