Full Result 3.35 Newbury | 27 March 2004

Cantor Odds Paul Croucher Memorial Handicap Chase Class D

(Class 3) (0-125, 5yo+) (2m2f64yds) 2m2½f Good 15 fences

1st £5,694 2nd £1,752 3rd £876 4th £438

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	10. El Bandito (IRE) 7/2F Robert Thornton Richard Lee	Robert Thornton Richard Lee	10	105	103	69	122	–
ch g Un Desperado (FR) - Red Marble I (IRE) (Le Bavard)
Behind, headway 6th, blundered 7th, headway 11th, pressed leaders 3 out, led next, driven out (op 5-1)

2 4	5. Enzo De Baune (FR) 15/2 Ben Orde-Powlett ⁷ Geoffrey Harker	Ben Orde-Powlett ⁷ Geoffrey Harker	7	107	112	73	123	–
b g En Calcat (FR) - Pure Moon (FR) (Pure Flight)
With leader, led 5th, headed 2 out, kept on but no impression on winner (op 13-2 tchd 8-1, 9-1 in a place)

3 2 [6]	3. Cobbet (CZE) 11/2 John McNamara Tom George	John McNamara Tom George	8	1110	122	81	131	–
b g Favoured Nations (IRE) - Creace (CZE) (Sirano)
Held up in rear, headway and not fluent 4 out, stayed on from next, one pace when hit last (op 5-1)

4 7 [13]	6. Executive Decision I (IRE) 14/1 Leighton Aspell Lucy Wadham	Leighton Aspell Lucy Wadham	10	1012 v	110	62	112	–
ch g Classic Music (USA) - Bengala I (FR) (Hard To Beat)
Behind, pushed along 10th, blundered next, headway 4 out, staying on when hit 2 out, kept on again run-in but not a danger (tchd 16-1 in places)

5 4 [17]	7. Montpelier (IRE) 10/1 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson	Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson	11	1012 b	110	58	107	–
b g Montelimar (USA) - Liscarton (Le Bavard)
In touch, headway 8th, chased leaders 10th, ridden and jumped slowly 4 out, weakened 2 out (op 8-1 tchd 11-1 in a place)

6 3½ [20½]	2. Monte Cristo I (FR) 10/1 Timmy Murphy Mrs L C Taylor	Timmy Murphy Mrs L C Taylor	6	1110 v	122	66	116	–
b g Bigstone (IRE) - El Quahirah (FR) (Cadoudal)
Behind, ridden and kept on from 4 out but never near leaders (tchd 12-1 in a place)

7 3 [23½]	8. Imaginaire (USA) 11/1 Sam Thomas ³ Venetia Williams	Sam Thomas ³ Venetia Williams	9	107	108	48	99	–
b g Quest For Fame - Hail The Dancer (USA) (Green Dancer)
Chased leaders, went 2nd 11th, weakened from 3 out (op 12-1 tchd 14-1)

8 15 [38½]	9. Selberry 14/1 Jim Culloty E L James	Jim Culloty E L James	10	105 b	103	27	79	–
b g Selkirk (USA) - Choke Cherry (Connaught)
Chased leaders, pecked 6th, weakened 4 out, hit next (tchd 16-1 in places)

9 6 [44½]	4. Abalvino (FR) 7/1 Tom Doyle Paul Webber	Tom Doyle Paul Webber	10	112 tp	114	31	84	–
ch g Sillery (USA) - Abalvina (FR) (Abdos)
Led to 5th, stayed with leader to 11th, weakened 4 out (op 5-1)

10 dist [74½]	1. Leaburn (IRE) 10/1 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs	Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs	11	1112	124	–	–	–
b g Tremblant I - Conderlea (ScorpioI)
Always behind, tailed off from 11th (tchd 11-1 in places)

PU	11. Dual Star (IRE) 66/1 Paul W Flynn L Waring	Paul W Flynn L Waring	9	100 14 t	98	–	–	–
b g Warning - Sizes Vary (Be My Guest)
Soon well behind, tailed off when pulled up before 7th (tchd 100-1 in places)

11 ran Off time: 3:36:00 Winning time: 4m 36.50s (slow by 8.50s) Total SP: 113%
1st owner: The Another Comedy Partnership (El Bandito) 1st breeder: W C Hodgins
2nd owner: Lord Bolton (Enzo De Baune)
3rd owner: Timothy N Chick (Cobbet)
Tote win: £3.90 PL: £1.80 £2.80 £2.30 Ex: £40.70 CSF: £28.97 Tricast: £139.01

3:35 Newbury 27 Mar 2004

Cantor Odds Paul Croucher Memorial Handicap Chase Class D