Full Result 5.10 Haydock | 4 September 1998

Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series Handicap Class E (For Gentleman Amateur Riders)

(Class 5) (0-85, 3yo+) (1m2f120yds) 1m2½f OMS Good

1st £2,843 2nd £798 3rd £389

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁰⁾	1. Prairie Falcon (IRE) 7/2 Mr C B Hills ⁵ B W Hills	Mr C B Hills ⁵ B W Hills	4	119	80	67	81	–
b g Alzao (USA) - Sea Harrier (Grundy)
Patiently ridden, quickened through to lead well over 2f out, hard pressed final furlong, held on well (op 3-1 tchd 4-1 in places.)

2⁽⁴⁾ shd	6. Shaffishayes 3/1F Alan Dempsey Mrs M Reveley	Alan Dempsey Mrs M Reveley	6	1012	64	56	65	–
ch g Clantime - Mischievous Miss (Niniski)
Patiently ridden, switched outside and strong run under pressure inside final furlong, just failed (tchd 11-4, 100-30 in places.)

DSQ⁽⁸⁾ ¾ [¾]	2. Polar Champ 4/1 Mr S Swiers S Woods	Mr S Swiers S Woods	5	118	74	64	73	–
b g Polar Falcon (USA) - Ceramic (USA) (Raja Baba)
Led early, stayed handy, effort and switched sharply left over 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace inside last, disqualified and placed last (Jockey received 7-day ban for 'irresponsible riding') (op 3-1)

3⁽⁹⁾ ½ [1¼]	4. Gone For A Burton (IRE) 12/1 Sam Stronge ⁵ Peter Makin	Sam Stronge ⁵ Peter Makin	8	111	72	57	71	–
ch g Bustino - Crimbourne (Mummy's Pet)
Always well placed, driven along well over 1f out, stayed on same pace, finished 4th, placed 3rd (tchd 14-1 in places.)

4⁽³⁾ 4 [5¼]	10. Proud Monk 20/1 Mr S J Edwards ⁷ Martin Bosley	Mr S J Edwards ⁷ Martin Bosley	5	911 8 10	56	33	48	–
gr g Aragon - Silent Sister (Kind Of Hush)
Never far away, hard at work last 2f, unable to quicken, finished 5th, placed 4th (op 16-1)

5⁽⁷⁾ 2 [7¼]	8. Ikram Boy (USA) 33/1 Mr D B Shaw ⁷ Alan Bailey	Mr D B Shaw ⁷ Alan Bailey	4	95	50	24	39	–
b g Salem Drive (USA) - Vast Domain (CAN) (Vice Regent)
Waited with, effort and ridden last 2f, one pace, finished 6th , placed 5th (op 20-1)

6⁽⁵⁾ 2½ [9¾]	7. Clued Up 7/1 Tony Evans ³ David Evans	Tony Evans ³ David Evans	5	104 b	59	34	43	–
b m Beveled (USA) - Scharade (Lombard)
Settled midfield, effort and driven along last 2f, no extra pace, finished 7th, placed 6th (op 6-1 tchd 8-1)

7⁽⁶⁾ 1¾ [11½]	5. Dead Aim (IRE) 12/1 Mr A Balding Mrs Joanne Brown	Mr A Balding Mrs Joanne Brown	4	115	71	45	52	–
b g Sadler's Wells (USA) - Dead Certain (Absalom)
Tracked leaders, hard at work over 2f out, faded, finished 8th, placed 7th

8⁽²⁾ 1 [12½]	9. Ottavio Farnese 33/1 Mr T Hide ⁷ George Margarson	Mr T Hide ⁷ George Margarson	6	913 10 10	58	24	37	–
ch g Scottish Reel II (IRE) - Sense Of Pride (Sadler's Wells)
Tucked away on inside, feeling pace over 2f out, soon beaten, finished 9th, placed 8th

9⁽¹⁾ 5 [17½]	3. Mels Baby (IRE) 14/1 Mr R Latham ⁵ Les Eyre	Mr R Latham ⁵ Les Eyre	5	112	73	33	43	–
br g Contract Law (USA) - Launch The Raft (Home Guard)
Soon led, headed well over 2f out, fading when badly hampered and nerarly brought down just over 2f out, finished 10th, placed 9th (op 12-1)

10 ran Off time: 5:10:00 Winning time: 2m 17.42s (slow by 6.42s) Total SP: 113%
1st owner: Mrs B W Hills (Prairie Falcon) 1st breeder: Holborn Trust Co
2nd owner: P Davidson-Brown (Shaffishayes)
3rd owner: H P Carrington (Gone For A Burton)
Tote win: £4.10 PL: £1.40 £1.30 £3.20 Ex: £6.90 CSF: £12.26 Tricast: £98.69
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 21 (13%) M [4-7] 29 (43%) H [8-10] 100 (44%)

Following a stewards' inquiry Polar Champ, who passed the post in 3rd, was disqualified and placed last. All horses behind were promoted one place.

5:10 Haydock 4 Sep 1998

Bollinger Champagne Challenge Series Handicap Class E (For Gentleman Amateur Riders)