Full Result 8.20 Hamilton | 14 July 2007

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(Class 6) (3-5yo) (1m3f16yds) 1m3f OMS Soft

1st £2,730 2nd £806 3rd £403.20

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁷⁾	7. Simply St Lucia 2/1 Graham Gibbons John Weymes	Graham Gibbons John Weymes	5	91	53	21	47	–
b m Charnwood Forest (IRE) - Mubadara (IRE) (Lahib)
Chased leader, led halfway, held on gamely final furlong (op 9-4 tchd 5-2)

2⁽¹⁾ ½	4. Frith (IRE) 13/2 Paul Mulrennan Lucy Normile	Paul Mulrennan Lucy Normile	5	96	60	25	51	–
b g Benny The Dip (USA) - Melodist (USA) (The Minstrel)
Held up in touch, driven and outpaced 3f out, rallied over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong (op 7-1 tchd 6-1)

3⁽¹⁰⁾ 1½ [2]	10. Patavian (IRE) 15/8F Jamie Moriarty ³ Ian Semple	Jamie Moriarty ³ Ian Semple	3	87 1 p	62	24	51	–
b g Titus Livius (FR) - Five Of Wands (Caerleon)
Took keen hold, prominent, effort over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong (op 7-4 tchd 2-1)

4⁽²⁾ 8 [10]	8. Raguany (IRE) 12/1 Greg Fairley ³ Bruce Mactaggart	Greg Fairley ³ Bruce Mactaggart	5	811	38	1	30	–
ch m Pennekamp (USA) - Roots Sister (USA) (Green Dancer)
Prominent until ridden and weakened 2f out (tchd 14-1)

5⁽⁵⁾ 2½ [12½]	9. Roll Em Over 16/1 P J McDonald ⁵ C W Thornton	P J McDonald ⁵ C W Thornton	4	88 1 b¹	32	–	25	–
b f Tamure (IRE) - Miss Petronella (Petoski)
Chased leaders until driven and weakened over 2f out (op 22-1)

6⁽³⁾ 14 [26½]	6. Coronation Flight 6/1 Pat Cosgrave Barry Murtagh	Pat Cosgrave Barry Murtagh	4	92	46	–	6	–
b f Missed Flight - Hand On Heart I (IRE) (Taufan)
Held up, driven over 3f out, soon weakened (op 5-1)

7⁽⁴⁾ 15 [41½]	3. Kinfayre Boy 40/1 Ann Stokell ⁵ K W Hogg	Ann Stokell ⁵ K W Hogg	5	92	–	–	–	–
b g Grey Eagle - Amber Gambler (ITY) (Nijin)
Led to halfway, soon lost touch

PU⁽⁶⁾	5. Welcome Spirit 100/1 Gary Bartley ⁷ J S Haldane	Gary Bartley ⁷ J S Haldane	4	810	18	–	–	–
b g Most Welcome - Valadon (High Line)
Took keen hold, in touch until weakened halfway, pulled up over 1f out, lame (op 66-1)

8 ran Off time: 8:21:00 Winning time: 2m 30.38s (slow by 10.68s) Total SP: 113%
Non-runners: Press Express (no reason given), Zabeel Tower (unsuitable ground)
1st owner: Mrs M Ashby (Simply St Lucia) 1st breeder: Tattersalls Ltd
2nd owner: Twentys Plenty (Frith)
3rd owner: R Hyndman (Patavian)
Tote win: £2.90 PL: £1.10 £2 £1.30 Ex: £17.50 CSF: £15.08

8:20 Hamilton 14 Jul 2007

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