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3:00 Leicester 14 Oct 1997

Whissendine Selling Handicap Class G

(Class 6) (0-60, 3yo+) (7f9yds) 7f OMS Good To Soft
1st £2,889 2nd £804 3rd £387
Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1 (8)  
4 92 47 57 55
b g Aragon - Lady Bequick (Sharpen Up)
Headway over 3f out, led well over 1f out, soon clear, ran on
2 (15)
7 92 b 47 53 51
b g Bluebird (USA) - Shapely Test (USA) (Elocutionist)
Held up, headway over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong
3 (12) [3]
4 98 53 56 54
b g Fayruz - Tabriya (Nishapour)
Always prominent, every chance 2f out, ran on one pace
4 (18) [4¼]
3 99 56 56 54
br g Astronef - Violet Somers (Will Somers)
Started slowly, headway and swerved right over 1f out, hung right final furlong, finished well
5 (4) ½ [4¾]
6 95 b 53 49 50
b g Superlative - Pillowing (Good Times)
Chased leader, led over 4f out until over 2f out, one pace
6 (7) [6¼]
7 910 55 51 48
gr g Lochnager - Counter Coup (Busted)
Held up, steady headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, one pace
7 (6) nk [6½]
9 813 51 39 43
b m Nordico (USA) - Raj Kumari (Vitiges)
Dwelt, never nearer
8 (10) shd [6¾]
9 91 46 41 38
b g Fairy King (USA) - Vaguely Jade (Corvaro)
Headway over 3f out, hard ridden and weakened over 2f out
9 (2) [9¼]
5 91 46 36 32
br m Shaadi (USA) - Homely Touch (Touching Wood)
Never troubled leaders
10 (14) ½ [9¾]
6 98 53 42 38
br g Horage - Morgiana (Godswalk)
Prominent, led over 2f out until well over 1f out, soon weakened
11 (19) [12¼]
3 93 50 33 29
b g Bold Arrangement - Gold Belt (IRE) (Bellypha)
Always behind
12 (5) hd [12¼]
4 95 50 33 28
b f Common Grounds - Hard To Stop (Hard Fought)
Pulled hard, behind final 2f
13 (17) 1 [13¼]
3 92 49 29 25
gr f Rudimentary (USA) - Inshirah (USA) (Caro)
Some headway over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
14 (16) shd [13½]
6 92 v 47 27 23
b g Fayruz - Rheinbloom (Rheingold)
Prominent over 4f
15 (13) nk [13¾]
7 93 v 48 27 23
br g Valiyar (IRE) - Blessit (So Blessed)
Prominent over 4f
16 (11) 2 [15¾]
4 92 47 22 17
b g Tirol (IRE) - Gay Appeal (Star Appeal)
Led over 2f, weakened over 2f out
17 (20) 6 [21¾]
3 90 50 8 6
b c Sharpo - Langtry Lady (Pas De Seul)
Behind final 2f
18 (3) 16 [37¾]
3 93 50
b f Rock Hopper - Can Can Girl (Gay Fandango)
Held up and pulled hard, behind final 3f, tailed off
19 (9) [40¼]
3 91 48
b f Last Tycoon (IRE) - Tomona (Linacre)
Prominent 3f, tailed off
  • 19 ran Off time: 3:03:00 Winning time: 1m 27.20s (slow by 4.20s) Total SP: 161%
  • Non-runners: Desert Zone
  • 1st owner: Nigel Shields (Scathebury) 1st breeder: The Duke Of Marlborough
  • 2nd owner: A G Watson (Birchwood Sun)
  • 3rd owner: Eddie Davess (Ed's Folly)
  • Tote win: £7.90 PL: £2.10 £1.90 £5.70 Ex: £45.20 CSF: £67.84 Tricast: £651.97 Trifecta: £684.90 Pool: £2,952.13. 3.06 winning tickets.
  • The winner was bought in for 5,000 gns.
  • DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 2-7] 53 (33%) M [8-14] 49 (43%) H [15-20] 48 (24%)
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