Full Result 7.50 Leicester | 23 July 2008

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(Class 4) (0-80, 4yo+) (1m3f179yds) 1m4f Good To Firm

1st £4,857 2nd £1,445.25 3rd £722.25 4th £360.75

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	7. Channel Crossing 16/1 Joe Fanning S Wynne	Joe Fanning S Wynne	6	86	64	28	72	–
b g Deploy - Wave Dancer (Dance In Time)
Made all, shaken up over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on well (tchd 20-1)

2⁽³⁾ 1½	6. Alfie Noakes 11/4 Jim Crowley Amanda Perrett	Jim Crowley Amanda Perrett	6	813	71	33	77	–
b g Groom Dancer (USA) - Crimson Rosella (Polar Falcon)
Chased winner, ridden over 2f out, stayed on (op 5-2)

3⁽⁷⁾ ¾ [2¼]	9. Opera Writer (IRE) 6/1 Hayley Turner Reg Hollinshead	Hayley Turner Reg Hollinshead	5	82 3 p	60	21	65	–
b g Rossini (USA) - Miss Flite (IRE) (Law Society)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on (op 7-1)

4⁽⁴⁾ ¾ [3]	5. Crystal Prince 14/1 Sam Hitchcott Charlie Longsdon	Sam Hitchcott Charlie Longsdon	4	90 p	72	31	76	–
b g Marju (IRE) - Crystal Ring (IRE) (Kris)
Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, hung right and no extra inside final furlong (op 15-2)

5⁽⁸⁾ 1½ [4½]	1. Dzesmin (POL) 5/2F J F Egan Richard Guest	J F Egan Richard Guest	6	97 p	79	36	80	–
b g Professional (IRE) - Dzakarta (POL) (Aprizzo)
Held up, headway under pressure over 2f out, not clear run inside final furlong, never able to challenge (op 7-2 tchd 4-1)

6⁽⁶⁾ 1 [5½]	4. Cruise Director 10/1 Stevie Donohoe Ian Williams	Stevie Donohoe Ian Williams	8	91	73	28	73	–
b g Zilzal (USA) - Briggsmaid (Elegant Air)
Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, stayed on same pace approaching final furlong (tchd 9-1 and 11-1)

7⁽¹⁾ 11 [16½]	8. John Dillon (IRE) 9/1 Patrick Donaghy ⁵ P C Haslam	Patrick Donaghy ⁵ P C Haslam	4	81 b	64	1	46	–
ch g Traditionally (USA) - Matikanehanafubuki (IRE) (Caerleon)
Slowly into stride, held up, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened (op 7-1 tchd 13-2)

8⁽⁹⁾ 8 [24½]	2. CluelessI 8/1 Neil Pollard Alan McCabe	Neil Pollard Alan McCabe	6	93 eb	75	–	44	–
b g Royal Applause - Pure (Slip Anchor)
Started slowly, held up, always in rear, weakened and eased 2f out (op 12-1 tchd 14-1)

9⁽²⁾ 6 [30½]	3. Eva Soneva So Fast (IRE) 20/1 Vince Slattery G F Bridgwater	Vince Slattery G F Bridgwater	6	92	74	–	34	–
ch g In The Wings - Azyaa (Kris)
Held up, weakened 3f out (op 33-1 tchd 16-1)

9 ran Off time: 7:50:00 Winning time: 2m 32.60s (slow by 3.40s) Total SP: 118%
1st owner: MIss Gillian Milner (Channel Crossing) 1st breeder: M H Dixon
2nd owner: G C Stevens (Alfie Noakes)
3rd owner: John Marriott (Opera Writer)
Tote win: £32.20 PL: £6.40 £1.10 £1.70 Ex: £101.90 CSF: £60.82 Tricast: £305.62
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 33 (35%) M [4-6] 74 (19%) H [7-9] 43 (46%)

7:50 Leicester 23 Jul 2008

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