Full Result 3.00 Newmarket | 17 April 1997

City Index Craven Stakes Class A (Group 3)

(Class 1) (3yo) 1m Row Good To Firm

1st £19,188 2nd £7,092 3rd £3,396 4th £1,380 5th £540 6th £204

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	1. Desert Story (IRE) 5/2F Mick Kinane Sir Michael Stoute	Mick Kinane Sir Michael Stoute	3	812	–	105	113	–
b c Green Desert (USA) - Aliysa (Darshaan)
Held up, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out

2⁽¹⁾ ¾	4. Grapeshot (USA) 7/2 Pat Eddery Luca Cumani	Pat Eddery Luca Cumani	3	89	–	101	108	–
b c Hermitage (USA) - Ardy Arnie (USA) (Hold Your Peace)
Led until inside final furlong, hard ridden and kept on well

3⁽⁷⁾ hd [1]	3. Cape Cross (IRE) 4/1 Frankie Dettori John Gosden	Frankie Dettori John Gosden	3	89	–	100	108	–
bb c Green Desert (USA) - Park Appeal (Ahonoora)
Steadied start, pulled hard, held up, headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, unable to quicken

4⁽³⁾ 1½ [2½]	2. Air Express (IRE) 8/1 Brett Doyle Clive Brittain	Brett Doyle Clive Brittain	3	89	–	98	105	–
b c Salse (USA) - Ibtisamm (USA) (Caucasus)
Held up, pulled hard, headway 2f out, one pace final furlong

5⁽⁶⁾ ½ [3]	7. Running Stag (USA) 33/1 Kieren Fallon Philip Mitchell	Kieren Fallon Philip Mitchell	3	89	–	97	104	–
b c Cozzene (USA) - Fruhlingstag (FR) (Orsini)
Steadied start, pushed along in rear halfway, ran on well final furlong, never near to challenge

6⁽²⁾ ½ [3½]	6. Pelham (IRE) 10/1 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	3	89	–	96	102	–
b c Archway (IRE) - Yavarro (Raga Navarro)
Held up in touch, effort 2f out, soon hard ridden, one pace

7⁽⁴⁾ ½ [4]	8. Shii-Take I 16/1 Seb Sanders R Akehurst	Seb Sanders R Akehurst	3	89	–	95	101	–
b c Deploy - Super Sally (Superlative)
Chased leader, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out

8⁽⁸⁾ nk [4¼]	5. Monza (USA) 11/2 John Reid Peter Chapple-Hyam	John Reid Peter Chapple-Hyam	3	89	–	94	101	–
b c Woodman (USA) - Star Pastures (Northfields)
Held up, effort and not clear run over 1f out, put head in air, no impression

8 ran Off time: 3:03:00 Winning time: 1m 38.08s (slow by 2.18s) Total SP: 116%
1st owner: Maktoum Al Maktoum (Desert Story) 1st breeder: Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd
2nd owner: Mrs T Von Halle & Mr M Kerr-Dineen (Grapeshot)
3rd owner: Sheikh Mohammed (Cape Cross)
Tote win: £3.40 PL: £1.30 £1.40 £1.60 Ex: £4.20 CSF: £10.41

3:00 Newmarket 17 Apr 1997

City Index Craven Stakes Class A (Group 3)