Full Result 7.40 Hamilton | 11 July 2009

McNair Builders Merchants Handicap

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo+) (5f4yds) 5f OMS Good To Firm

1st £6,476 2nd £1,927 3rd £963 4th £481

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	6. Crimea (IRE) 5/1 Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	3	95	78	90	95	–
b c Kheleyf (USA) - Russian Countess (USA) (Nureyev)
Pressed leader, led over 1f out, ridden out (the trainer was unable to offer an explanation for the apparent improvement of form) (op 11-2 tchd 9-2)

2⁽⁹⁾ 1½	2. Sudden Impact (IRE) 13/2 Silvestre De Sousa Paul Green	Silvestre De Sousa Paul Green	4	911 e/s	79	86	92	–
bb f Modigliani (USA) - Suddenly (Puissance)
Led to over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong (op 8-1)

3⁽⁶⁾ 1¼ [2¾]	4. The Nifty Fox 11/1 Tom Eaves Tim Easterby	Tom Eaves Tim Easterby	5	96	74	77	83	–
b g Foxhound (USA) - Nifty Alice (First Trump)
Tracked leaders going well, effort over 1f out, ran on final furlong (op 8-1)

4⁽³⁾ 1¼ [4]	1. Argentine (IRE) 9/1 Paul Mulrennan John McShane	Paul Mulrennan John McShane	5	912 b	80	79	84	–
b g Fasliyev (USA) - Teller (ARG) (Southern Halo)
In touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong (jockey said regarding the running and riding, that he had ridden the horse exactly the same as when he had won on the gelding two runs ago and this was to get cover and produce the gelding late in the race. However, when the gaps came it failed to quicken; vet said gelding was lame on its left fore ) (op 6-1)

5⁽⁷⁾ 1¼ [5¼]	11. Joyeaux 10/1 Jamie Kyne ⁵ Ollie Pears	Jamie Kyne ⁵ Ollie Pears	7	83	62	56	62	–
b m Mark Of Esteem (IRE) - Divine Secret (Hernando)
Slowly into stride, behind, headway when not clear run and switched right over 1f out, ran on (op 8-1)

6⁽⁸⁾ 1¼ [6½]	8. Atlantic Beach 2/1F Tony Hamilton Richard Fahey	Tony Hamilton Richard Fahey	4	92 b¹	70	60	65	–
ch g Kyllachy - Amused (Prince Sabo)
Close up until ridden and weakened entering final furlong (op 7-2)

7⁽¹¹⁾ 2¼ [8¾]	3. First Order I 25/1 Ann Stokell ⁵ Ann Stokell	Ann Stokell ⁵ Ann Stokell	8	95 v	78	60	65	–
b g Primo Dominie - Unconditional Love I (IRE) (Polish Patriot)
Prominent until weakened approaching final furlong (jockey said gelding ran too free early on) (op 22-1)

8⁽⁵⁾ 2¼ [11]	7. Dickie Le Davoir 4/1 Mark Coumbe ⁵ John Harris	Mark Coumbe ⁵ John Harris	5	813 6 b	72	45	51	–
b g Kyllachy - Downeaster Alexa (USA) (Red Ryder)
Soon outpaced and behind, never on terms (tchd 7-2)

9⁽⁴⁾ 6 [17]	9. Tadalavil 40/1 Amy Ryan ⁵ Linda Perratt	Amy Ryan ⁵ Linda Perratt	4	810	69	20	26	–
gr g Clodovil (IRE) - Blandish (USA) (Wild Again)
In touch until ridden and weakened from halfway (op 33-1)

9 ran Off time: 7:40:00 Winning time: 58.08s (fast by 0.12s) Total SP: 118%
Non-runners: Highland Warrior I (unsuitable ground), Raccoon (vet's certificate)
1st owner: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (Crimea) 1st breeder: Lodge Park Stud
2nd owner: Terry Cummins (Sudden Impact)
3rd owner: Roy Peebles (The Nifty Fox)
Tote win: £5.40 PL: £2.10 £2.30 £3.10 Ex: £47.90 CSF: £37.97 Tricast: £345.82
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 2-4] 60 (25%) M [5-7] 43 (32%) H [8-11] 47 (43%)

7:40 Hamilton 11 Jul 2009

McNair Builders Merchants Handicap