Full Result 3.10 Newbury | 15 May 1998

Midgham Handicap Class C

(Class 3) (0-90, 3yo+) (1m4f5yds) 1m4f OMS Good

1st £5,605 2nd £1,690 3rd £820 4th £385

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	. Al's Alibi 10/1 John Reid William Muir	John Reid William Muir	5	811	72	77	77	–
b g Alzao (USA) - Lady Kris (IRE) (Kris)
Always prominent, led over 1f out, ridden out

2⁽⁴⁾ ¾	. Papua 6/1 Frankie Dettori I A Balding	Frankie Dettori I A Balding	4	912	87	91	91	–
ch g Green Dancer (USA) - Fairy Tern (Mill Reef)
Pulled hard, ridden over 3f out, not clear run over 2f out, switched right, headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong

3⁽⁶⁾ 1¼ [2]	. Random Kindness 4/1F A McGlone Roger Ingram	A McGlone Roger Ingram	5	84	65	67	67	–
b g Alzao (USA) - Lady Tippins (USA) (Star De Naskra)
Chased leader over 10f out, led over 7f out until over 1f out, unable to quicken

4⁽⁹⁾ shd [2]	. Premier Night 14/1 T Quinn Simon Dow	T Quinn Simon Dow	5	95	80	82	82	–
b m Old Vic - Warm Welcome (IRE) (General Assembly)
Headway on inside over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, ran on one pace

5⁽¹⁾ 5 [7]	. Grief (IRE) 15/2 Neil Pollard ⁷ David Elsworth	Neil Pollard ⁷ David Elsworth	5	96	88	77	82	–
ch g Broken Hearted - Crecora (Royal Captive)
Headway over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

6⁽¹¹⁾ ¾ [7¾]	. Mersey Beat I 10/1 W R Swinburn Gary Moore	W R Swinburn Gary Moore	4	912	87	82	80	–
ch g Rock Hopper - Handy Dancer (Green God)
Never near to challenge

7⁽³⁾ 1½ [9¼]	. Awesome Wells (IRE) 13/2 Kieren Fallon Sir Henry Cecil	Kieren Fallon Sir Henry Cecil	4	97	82	75	73	–
b g Sadler's Wells (USA) - Shadywood (Habitat)
Ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong (Jockey reported that the horse had lost his action and was eased in the final furlong)

8⁽⁵⁾ 6 [15¼]	. Sudest I (IRE) 20/1 Martin Dwyer I A Balding	Martin Dwyer I A Balding	4	89	70	55	52	–
b g Taufan (USA) - Frill (Henbit)
Ridden over 4f out, never nearer

9⁽¹³⁾ 1½ [16¾]	. Filmore West 50/1 Simon Whitworth David Arbuthnot	Simon Whitworth David Arbuthnot	5	93	78	61	58	–
b g In The Wings - Sistabelle (Bellypha)
Dwelt, behind final 3f

10⁽¹²⁾ 3½ [20¼]	. Kim's Brave 16/1 Pat Eddery Brian Meehan	Pat Eddery Brian Meehan	3	810	90	68	64	–
b g Deploy - Princess Dina (Huntercombe)
Led over 1f, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out

11⁽⁸⁾ 7 [27¼]	. Kings Assembly 25/1 R Perham Mrs J Smyth-Osbourne	R Perham Mrs J Smyth-Osbourne	6	85	66	35	30	–
b g Presidium - To The Point I (Sharpen Up)
Prominent over 8f

12⁽¹⁰⁾ 3 [30¼]	. Bit On The Side I (IRE) 16/1 A Eddery ⁷ N E Berry	A Eddery ⁷ N E Berry	9	90	82	40	41	–
b m Vision (USA) - Mistress (USA) (Damascus)
Behind final 3f

13⁽⁷⁾ 4 [34¼]	. Mystic Ridge 16/1 Jimmy Quinn Barney Curley	Jimmy Quinn Barney Curley	4	713	60	19	13	–
ch g Mystiko (USA) - Vallauris (Faustus)
Led over 10f out until over 7f out, weakened over 2f out

13 ran Off time: 3:21:00 Winning time: 2m 31.88s (slow by 2.88s) Total SP: 113%
1st owner: J Haim (Al's Alibi) 1st breeder: The Sussex Stud And Ron Con Ltd
2nd owner: Robert Hitchins (Papua)
3rd owner: 949 Racing (Random Kindness)
Tote win: £10.60 PL: £2.50 £2.20 £2 Ex: £34.30 CSF: £57.58 Tricast: £254.83 Trifecta: £71.20 Pool: £1,610.14. 16.04 winning tickets
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 86 (43%) M [5-9] 41 (37%) H [10-13] 23 (20%)

3:10 Newbury 15 May 1998

Midgham Handicap Class C