Full Result 2.55 Lingfield (AW) | 18 December 2002

Littlewoods Bet Direct AW Jockeys Championship Claiming Stakes Class F (Div II)

(Class 6) (3yo+) (7f1yds) 7f Standard

1st £3,115 2nd £890 3rd £445

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁷⁾	1. Golden Brief (IRE) 9/4F Fergus Sweeney K R Burke	Fergus Sweeney K R Burke	4	95 v	69	62	79	–
ch g Brief Truce (USA) - Tiffany's Case (IRE) (Thatching)
Held up in midfield, smooth progress from 3f out, led on inner over 1f out, soon clear, shaken up and flashed tail inside final furlong, kept on (tchd 11-4 and 3-1 in a place)

2⁽²⁾ ¾	15. Our Chelsea Blue (USA) 16/1 Franny Norton Chris Dwyer	Franny Norton Chris Dwyer	4	82	58	43	60	–
ch f Distant View (USA) - Eastern Connection (USA) (Danzig Connection)
Midfield, progress over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, closing at finish but always held (op 20-1)

3⁽⁹⁾ 4 [4¾]	9. EucalyptusI (IRE) 12/1 Dane O'Neill Simon Dow	Dane O'Neill Simon Dow	5	811 v	51	40	59	–
ch g Mujtahid (USA) - Imprecise (Polish Precedent)
Led after 1f, driven and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (tchd 14-1 in places)

4⁽¹¹⁾ 1½ [6¼]	10. Mujkari (IRE) 16/1 Lee Enstone ³ Milton Bradley	Lee Enstone ³ Milton Bradley	6	88 b	52	35	55	–
ch g Mujtahid (USA) - Hot Curry (USA) (Sharpen Up)
Midfield, hard ridden and not quicken over 2f out, lost place, kept on again final furlong (op 14-1 tchd 20-1 in a place)

5⁽¹⁰⁾ shd [6¼]	8. Al Muallim (USA) 10/1 J D Smith Andrew Reid	J D Smith Andrew Reid	8	811 t	58	35	55	–
b g Theatrical (IRE) - Gerri N Jo Go (USA) (Top Command)
Slowly into stride, in rear until progress over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, no danger (op 8-1 tchd 12-1 in places)

6⁽⁴⁾ 1½ [7¾]	11. Galaxy Thunderbird 40/1 Paul Doe Simon Dow	Paul Doe Simon Dow	3	89	53	28	49	–
ch g Bahamian Bounty - Milva (Jellaby)
Started slowly and lost 6l, behind until effort and not clear run well over 1f out, ran on after, nearest finish (op 33-1 tchd 50-1 in places)

7⁽³⁾ 1½ [9¼]	3. Jamestown 16/1 Micky Fenton Charles Smith	Micky Fenton Charles Smith	5	93	68	31	54	–
b g Merdon Melody - Thabeh (Shareef Dancer)
Prominent, driven and lost place over 2f out, no impression on leaders after (op 12-1)

8⁽⁶⁾ nk [9¾]	5. ThaayerI 10/1 Ian Mongan Ian Wood	Ian Mongan Ian Wood	7	93	70	31	53	–
b g Wolfhound (USA) - Hamaya (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Held up well in rear, not clear run over 2f out, no chance after (op 10-1 tchd 12-1 in places)

9⁽¹⁵⁾ ¾ [10½]	14. Alastair Smellie 20/1 Robert Havlin Shaun Keightley	Robert Havlin Shaun Keightley	6	85 v	48	17	39	–
ch g Sabrehill (USA) - Reel Foyle (USA) (Irish River)
Pressed leader after 1f to well over 1f out, weakened (op 16-1 tchd 25-1 in a place)

10⁽¹²⁾ 1 [11½]	13. Italian Affair 20/1 Chris Catlin Alan Bailey	Chris Catlin Alan Bailey	4	86	42	15	37	–
ch f Fumo Di Londra (IRE) - Sergentti (IRE) (Common Grounds)
Led 1f, stayed prominent until weakened well over 1f out (op 16-1 tchd 25-1 in places)

11⁽⁸⁾ nk [11¾]	2. Great View (IRE) 8/1 Pat Eddery Anabel K Murphy	Pat Eddery Anabel K Murphy	3	95 b	64	28	50	–
b g Great Commotion (USA) - Tara View (IRE) (Wassl)
Took keen hold, held up well in rear, brief effort over 1f out, no chance when not clear run final furlong (op 7-1 tchd 9-1 in places)

12⁽¹⁴⁾ nk [12]	4. Lucefer (IRE) 11/1 Brian Reilly ⁷ G C H Chung	Brian Reilly ⁷ G C H Chung	4	810	50	26	47	–
b g Lycius (USA) - Maharani (USA) (Red Ransom)
Raced on outer, well in rear, hard ridden when ran wide bend 2f out, no progress (op 12-1 tchd 14-1 in a place)

13⁽¹³⁾ 1¼ [13¼]	12. Dudleys Delight 6/1 Joe Fanning M C Pipe	Joe Fanning M C Pipe	3	88	54	13	35	–
b f Makbul - Steadfast Elite (IRE) (Glenstal)
Raced on outer, towards rear, ran very wide bend 2f out, no chance (op 5-1)

14⁽¹⁾ 1 [14¼]	7. Harbour House 33/1 Steve Drowne John Bridger	Steve Drowne John Bridger	3	813	52	15	37	–
b g Distant Relative - Double Flutter (Beldale Flutter)
Soon in midfield, no progress over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (tchd 40-1 and 50-1 in a place)

15⁽¹⁶⁾ 1½ [15¾]	16. Piquet 40/1 G Sparkes ⁵ John Bridger	G Sparkes ⁵ John Bridger	4	80 7	38	–	26	–
br f Mind Games - Petonellajill (Petong)
Raced wide, in rear, ran very wide bend 2f out, weakened (op 33-1 tchd 50-1 in places)

16⁽⁵⁾ 15 [30¾]	6. A Teen 40/1 Jimmy Quinn Paul Howling	Jimmy Quinn Paul Howling	4	813	46	–	–	–
ch c Presidium - Very Good (Noalto)
Tracked leaders until lost action and heavily eased from over 2f out, tailed off (jockey said colt lost its action) (op 33-1 tchd 50-1 in places)