Full Result 4.40 Newton Abbot | 3 September 2003

Bell's Scotch Whisky Selling Hurdle Class G

(Class 5) (4-7yo) (2m5f122yds) 2m5½f Good To Firm 10 hurdles

1st £2,912 2nd £832 3rd £416

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	1. Linus 13/2 Richard Hobson ⁵ Chris Down	Richard Hobson ⁵ Chris Down	5	117	91	46	101	–
b g Bin Ajwaad (IRE) - Land Line (High Line)
Always prominent, ridden approaching 7th, led after 3 out, hit last, ran on (op 9-2 tchd 7-1 and 15-2 in a place)

2 1	3. Murray River (FR) 6/4F A P McCoy M C Pipe	A P McCoy M C Pipe	7	115 tv	122	38	91	–
b g Esprit Du Nord (USA) - Mulika (FR) (Procida)
Held up and behind, headway after 6th, hard ridden and chased winner approaching 2 out, kept on flat (op 5-4 tchd 7-4, 15-8 in places and 2-1 in places)

3 5 [6]	5. Totland Bay (IRE) 9/4 Sean Curran Seamus Mullins	Sean Curran Seamus Mullins	7	115 t	102	33	88	–
br g Phardante (FR) - Seanaphobal Lady (Kambalda)
Chased leader until after 2nd, went 2nd again 6th, soon led, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened approaching last (op 3-1 tchd 7-2 in places and 2-1)

4 10 [16]	4. Silent Sound (IRE) 8/1 Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard	Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard	7	115 v	89	23	76	–
b g Be My Guest (USA) - Whist Awhile (Caerleon)
Held up, headway approaching 7th, weakened after 3 out (op 5-1)

5 ½ [16½]	2. Lord Brex (FR) 10/1 Richard Johnson John O'Shea	Richard Johnson John O'Shea	7	115 v	104	22	76	–
gr g Saint Estephe (FR) - Light Moon (FR) (Mendez)
Held up and behind, steady headway approaching 5th, weakened 3 out (op 8-1 tchd 11-1 in places)

6 17 [33½]	7. Access Overseas 16/1 Vince Slattery Jimmy Frost	Vince Slattery Jimmy Frost	6	107	79	–	47	–
b m Access Ski - Access Advantage (Infantry I)
Held up and behind, headway after 6th, weakened 7th (op 10-1)

7 10 [43½]	9. Lancashire Lass 11/1 Seamus Durack J S King	Seamus Durack J S King	7	107 b¹	85	–	37	–
b m Lancastrian (IRE) - Chanelle (The Parson)
Led, ridden and headed approaching 7th, soon lost place (op 12-1 tchd 14-1 in places)

PU	6. North Croft 50/1 A Honeyball ⁵ Carroll Gray	A Honeyball ⁵ Carroll Gray	7	107	–	–	–	–
b g North Street - Sock Jinks (New Member)
Behind when ridden 4th, tailed off from 6th, pulled up before 3 out (op 33-1)

PU	8. Kathella (IRE) 25/1 Dave Crosse ³ Nick Ayliffe	Dave Crosse ³ Nick Ayliffe	6	104	74	–	–	–
b m Fourstars Allstar (USA) - Niat Supreme (IRE) (Supreme Leader)
Always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (jockey said mare hung left throughout) (op 20-1)

PU	10. Mighty Minster 20/1 Paul W Flynn Alan Jones	Paul W Flynn Alan Jones	6	107 p	77	–	–	–
ch m Minster Son (IRE) - Mighty Fly (Comedy Star)
Headway to chase leader after 2nd until weakened after 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 7th (op 16-1 tchd 25-1 in places)

10 ran Off time: 4:40:00 Winning time: 5m 16.90s (slow by 19.90s) Total SP: 130%
1st owner: G Doel (Linus) 1st breeder: A Walder
2nd owner: The Johnson Family (Murray River)
3rd owner: Ian M McGready (Totland Bay)
Tote win: £8.40 PL: £1.80 £1.20 £1.70 Ex: £45.80 CSF: £18.86
The winner was bought in for 4,750gns. Totland Bay (no.5) was claimed by Barry Leavy for £6,000.

4:40 Newton Abbot 3 Sep 2003

Bell's Scotch Whisky Selling Hurdle Class G