Full Result 7.25 Newbury | 5 July 2007

Burges Salmon Handicap

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo+) 7f Str Heavy

1st £4,857.75 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⁽³⁾	6. Starlight Gazer 9/1 Richard Thomas Jonathan Geake	Richard Thomas Jonathan Geake	4	95	72	83	81	–
b g Observatory (USA) - Dancing Fire (USA) (Dayjur)
In touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased leader 1f out, driven to lead final 100yds, all out (op 11-1 tchd 12-1)

2⁽⁴⁾ 1¼	5. Blue Java 3/1F Travis Block ⁵ Hughie Morrison	Travis Block ⁵ Hughie Morrison	6	92 t	74	82	80	–
ch g Bluegrass Prince (IRE) - Java Bay (Statoblest)
Chased leaders, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra final 100yds (op 100-30 tchd 7-2)

3⁽⁶⁾ hd [1½]	9. Sonning Star (IRE) 12/1 Martin Dwyer David Elsworth	Martin Dwyer David Elsworth	3	84	65	69	67	–
b g Desert Prince (IRE) - Fantazia (Zafonic)
Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, hung right under pressure inside final furlong, kept on close home (op 8-1)

4⁽⁹⁾ 6 [7½]	2. Bonnie Prince Blue 6/1 Michael Hills B W Hills	Michael Hills B W Hills	4	912	79	69	69	–
ch g Tipsy Creek (USA) - Heart So Blue (Dilum)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 5-1)

5⁽⁸⁾ 1 [8½]	7. Gavarnie Beau (IRE) 4/1 Seb Sanders Michael Blanshard	Seb Sanders Michael Blanshard	4	90	67	55	54	–
b g Imperial Ballet (IRE) - Mysticism (Mystiko)
In rear, ridden and some headway over 2f out, never going pace to reach leaders (op 11-2)

6⁽²⁾ 8 [16½]	3. Grizedale (IRE) 8/1 Paul Doe John Akehurst	Paul Doe John Akehurst	8	99 t	76	40	42	–
ch g Lake Coniston (IRE) - Zabeta (Diesis)
Led 4f, weakened over 2f out (op 9-1)

7⁽⁷⁾ nk [16¾]	8. Border Edge 11/2 Marc Halford ³ John Bridger	Marc Halford ³ John Bridger	9	85 b	61	24	27	–
b g Beveled (USA) - Seymour Ann (Krayyan)
Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened (op 6-1)

8⁽¹⁾ 11 [27¾]	1. Akram (IRE) 20/1 George Baker Jonjo O'Neill	George Baker Jonjo O'Neill	5	913	80	10	17	–
b g Night Shift (USA) - Akdariya (IRE) (Shirley Heights)
Pressed leaders to halfway, soon weakened (op 16-1)

9⁽⁵⁾ 10 [37¾]	4. Alfie Tupper (IRE) 10/1 Jimmy Fortune Sylvester Kirk	Jimmy Fortune Sylvester Kirk	4	98	75	–	–	–
ch g Soviet Star (USA) - Walnut Lady (Forzando)
Prominent early, behind from halfway (jockey said gelding was unsuited by the heavy ground) (op 9-1)

9 ran Off time: 7:25:00 Winning time: 1m 30.96s (slow by 8.16s) Total SP: 118%
1st owner: The Burning Stars (Starlight Gazer) 1st breeder: Dr J M Leigh
2nd owner: Pangfield Partners (Blue Java)
3rd owner: A Heaney & B Bennett (Sonning Star)
Tote win: £11.30 PL: £3.40 £1.90 £3 Ex: £51.70 CSF: £36.83 Tricast: £333.36
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 53 (22%) M [4-6] 60 (36%) H [7-9] 37 (42%)

7:25 Newbury 5 Jul 2007

Burges Salmon Handicap