Full Result 7.20 Market Rasen | 26 August 2006

Cross Roads Truck & Bus Handicap Hurdle

(Class 3) (0-120, 4yo+) (2m7f16yds) 2m7f Good 12 hurdles

1st £5,855.40 2nd £1,719 3rd £859.50 4th £429.30

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	2. Granite Man (IRE) 7/4F Mick Fitzgerald Jonjo O'Neill	Mick Fitzgerald Jonjo O'Neill	6	1111	106	–	112	–
b g Glacial Storm (USA) - Silkaway (IRE) (Buckskin)
Soon led, hit 3rd, headed 5th, led 7th, stayed on from 2 out, driven out (op 6-4)

2 5	1. Dr Cerullo 11/4 Tom Scudamore Colin Tinkler	Tom Scudamore Colin Tinkler	5	1112	107	–	106	–
b g Dr Fong (USA) - Precocious Miss (USA) (Diesis)
Tracked leaders, went close 2nd 3 out, hung left and kept on same pace run-in (op 7-2)

3 8 [13]	4. Wise Tale 7/2 Graham Lee Peter Niven	Graham Lee Peter Niven	7	117 v	102	–	92	–
b g Nashwan (USA) - Wilayif (USA) (Danzig)
Led early, chased leaders, reminders 8th, outpaced 3 out, soon behind, kept on from last, took modest 3rd near finish (op 10-3 tchd 11-4)

4 6 [19]	3. Willies Way 11/2 David O'Meara Sue Smith	David O'Meara Sue Smith	6	119	104	–	96	–
ch g Nomadic Way (USA) - Willies Witch (Bandmaster)
Tracked leaders, hard driven 9th, outpaced and modest 3rd when blundered 2 out, eased and lost 3rd towards finish (jockey said gelding knocked himself and felt wrong closing stages) (op 13-2 tchd 5-1)

PU	5. Barnbrook Empire (IRE) 9/1 Tony Dobbin Luke Dace	Tony Dobbin Luke Dace	4	112	100	–	–	–
b f Second Empire (IRE) - Home Comforts (Most Welcome)
Not fluent in last, outpaced 8th, detached when mistake 3 out, soon pulled up (op 8-1)