Full Result 2.40 Lingfield (AW) | 17 February 1998

Rhone Handicap Class E

(Class 5) (0-70, 4yo+) (1m1yds) 1m Slow

1st £2,805.50 2nd £788 3rd £384.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	6. Mellors (IRE) 16/1 Alan Daly ³ M J Heaton-Ellis	Alan Daly ³ M J Heaton-Ellis	5	86	51	–	62	–
b g Common Grounds - Simply Beautiful I (IRE) (Simply Great)
Made all, clear over 1f out, hard ridden inside final furlong, ran on

2⁽⁷⁾ ¾	4. Mozambique (IRE) 5/1 Royston Ffrench Julie Cecil	Royston Ffrench Julie Cecil	4	93	59	–	68	–
b g Fayruz - Lightning Laser (Monseigneur)
Always prominent, chased winner over 1f out, hard ridden inside final furlong, ran on

3⁽¹⁾ 1¼ [2]	2. Digpast (IRE) 9/1 Gary Bardwell John Bridger	Gary Bardwell John Bridger	8	99 b	65	–	72	–
ch g Digamist (USA) - Starlit Way (Pall Mall)
Started very slowly, behind and hard ridden over 4f out, rapid headway final furlong, finished well

4⁽³⁾ ¾ [2¾]	8. Failed To Hit 9/2 Simon Whitworth Nick Littmoden	Simon Whitworth Nick Littmoden	5	85 b	47	–	52	–
b g Warrshan (USA) - Missed Again (High Top)
Chased leader, ridden 2f out, one pace

5⁽⁴⁾ 3½ [6¼]	9. Homestead 7/1 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	4	85	47	–	44	–
ch g Indian Ridge (IRE) - Bertrade (Homeboy)
Rear, some headway 2f out, soon ridden, one pace

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 1 [7¼]	7. Ardent I 25/1 C Rutter C J Benstead	C Rutter C J Benstead	4	87	49	–	44	–
b g Aragon - Forest Of Arden (Tap On Wood)
Slowly into stride, rear, some headway over 2f out, soon ridden, one pace

7⁽⁵⁾ 1½ [8¾]	1. Ertlon 4/1 Willie Ryan Clive Brittain	Willie Ryan Clive Brittain	8	100	70	–	62	–
b g Shareef Dancer (USA) - Sharpina (Sharpen Up)
Always towards rear

8⁽⁹⁾ 4 [12¾]	3. Kafil (USA) 33/1 Ross Studholme ⁷ John Bridger	Ross Studholme ⁷ John Bridger	4	91	64	–	47	–
bb g Housebuster (USA) - Alchaasibiyeh (USA) (Seattle Slew)
Prominent until weakened over 2f out

9⁽⁶⁾ 6 [18¾]	10. Sooty Tern 11/1 Steve Drowne Milton Bradley	Steve Drowne Milton Bradley	11	83	45	–	15	–
br h Wassl - High Tern (High Line)
Mid-division, ridden 4f out, soon weakened

10⁽⁸⁾ 3½ [22¼]	5. Mr Frosty 11/4F Seb Sanders William Jarvis	Seb Sanders William Jarvis	6	810	52	–	14	–
b g Absalom - Chadenshe (Taufan)
Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened. stewards' told: jockey reported that his mount lost it's hind legs leaving the stalls, recovered, but then found nothing in the closing stages

10 ran Off time: 2:40:00 Winning time: 1m 40.73s (slow by 5.83s) Total SP: 126%
1st owner: M Heaton-Ellis (Mellors) 1st breeder: Jimmy Coogan
2nd owner: Martin Myers (Mozambique)
3rd owner: Miss Sarah Jones (Digpast)
Tote win: £19.90 PL: £6.10 £2 £2.30 Ex: £53.20 CSF: £91.82 Tricast: £737.76 Trifecta: £237.90 Pool: £335.12. 0.86 winning tickets. Carry-over of £46.92 to Musselburgh 3.50 today.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 88 (27%) M [4-7] 47 (46%) H [8-10] 15 (27%)

2:40 Lingfield (AW) 17 Feb 1998

Rhone Handicap Class E