Full Result 1.50 Lingfield | 13 December 2003

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(Class 1) (5yo+) 3m OMS Soft 18 fences

1st £14,500 2nd £5,500 3rd £2,750 4th £1,250 5th £625 6th £375

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	2. Lord Sam (IRE) 8/13F Andrew Thornton Victor Dartnall	Andrew Thornton Victor Dartnall	7	114	–	39	153	–
bb g Supreme Leader - Russian Gale (IRE) (Strong Gale)
Close up, not fluent 4th, narrow lead from 3 out, shaken up and ran on strongly flat (op 4-6 tchd 8-11 in places)

2 1½	5. Native Emperor 11/4 Tom Siddall Jonjo O'Neill	Tom Siddall Jonjo O'Neill	7	110	–	33	144	–
br g Be My Native (USA) - Fiona's Blue (Crash Course)
Held up in last, mistake 9th, tracked leaders from next, shaaken up before 3 out, effort to press winner last, ran on well but readily held flat (op 2-1 tchd 3-1 in places)

3 12 [13½]	6. Rum Pointer (IRE) 8/1 Benjamin Hitchcott Bob Buckler	Benjamin Hitchcott Bob Buckler	7	110	–	21	132	–
b g Turtle Island (IRE) - Osmunda (IRE) (Mill Reef)
Close up, chased leader from 10th, upsides 3 out, still every chance after 2 out, outpaced by leading pair flat (op 20-1)

4 dist [43½]	3. Muck Savage 10/1 Noel Fehily Charlie Mann	Noel Fehily Charlie Mann	6	114	130	–	–	–
b g Homo Sapien (IRE) - Rare Luck (Rare One)
Led, jumped markedly right 8th and 9th, narrowly headed when slithered badly on landing 3 out, not recover (tchd 12-1 in a place)

5 dist [73½]	1. Garolsa (FR) 25/1 Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard	Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard	9	114	105	–	–	–
b g Rivelago (FR) - Rols Du Chatelier (FR) (Diaghilev)
Mistakes, in touch, ridden and weakened before 15th, soon tailed off, still approaching last fence as winner finished, broke blood vessel (trainer said gelding had bled from the nose) (op 25-1 after 50-1 in a place tchd 33-1)

6 27 [100½]	4. Flecthefawna (IRE) 66/1 O Kozak Luke Dace	O Kozak Luke Dace	7	110	–	–	–	–
b h Glacial Storm (USA) - Lady Sperrin (Abednego)
Mostly chased leader to 10th, soon ridden, weakened 14th, soon tailed off, still some way short of last fence as winner finished (op 100-1 tchd 200-1 in a place)

6 ran Off time: 1:50:00 Winning time: 6m 43.90s (slow by 51.90s) Total SP: 115%
1st owner: Plain Peeps (Lord Sam) 1st breeder: James Canty And John Moloney
2nd owner: J C, J R And S R Hitchins (Native Emperor)
3rd owner: K C B Mackenzie (Rum Pointer)
Tote win: £1.70 PL: £1.40 £2.20 Ex: £2.70 CSF: £2.97

1:50 Lingfield 13 Dec 2003

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