Full Result 3.40 Southwell (AW) | 17 March 2005

Littlewoods Bet Direct Selling Stakes

(Class 6) (3yo) (7f14yds) 7f Fbrs Standard

1st £2,555 2nd £730 3rd £365

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	4. Melvino 5/2 Dean Mernagh David Barron	Dean Mernagh David Barron	3	812	66	17	61	–
b g Josr Algarhoud (IRE) - Safe Secret (Seclude I)
Held up, headway and wandered 3f out, ridden and 4 lengths down when hung left 2f out, hard driven and hung left over 1f out, stayed on to lead post (tchd 3-1, 10-3 in a place)

2⁽⁴⁾ shd	1. Bogaz (IRE) 6/4F J-P Guillambert P A Blockley	J-P Guillambert P A Blockley	3	94	65	23	67	–
b g Rossini (USA) - Fastnet (Forzando)
Led over 2f, close up until led 2f out, soon ridden, driven inside final furlong, headed on line (tchd 15-8)

3⁽³⁾ 1½ [1½]	2. Hows That 2/1 Phillip Makin ³ K R Burke	Phillip Makin ³ K R Burke	3	810	60	13	58	–
ch f Vettori (IRE) - Royalty (IRE) (Fairy King)
Close up, led over 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, soon driven, rallied and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish (tchd 13-8)

4⁽¹⁾ 8 [9½]	6. French Kisses 50/1 Adrian Nicholls Ronald Thompson	Adrian Nicholls Ronald Thompson	3	87 p	35	–	32	–
b f Paris House - Clashfern (Smackover)
Close up, ridden along after 3f, soon weakened

5⁽²⁾ 5 [14½]	5. Ditto's Dream 16/1 Neil Callan Julian Poulton	Neil Callan Julian Poulton	3	88 1	–	–	21	–
ch f Case Law (IRE) - Precious Air (IRE) (Precocious)
Chased leaders, ridden along halfway, soon weakened (op 8-1)

5 ran Off time: 3:40:00 Winning time: 1m 33.80s (slow by 7.60s) Total SP: 110%
Non-runners: Piddies Pride (claimed yesterday)
1st owner: Theo Williams and Charles Mocatta (Melvino) 1st breeder: T J Cooper
2nd owner: Pedro Rosas (Bogaz)
3rd owner: D Wigglesworth (Hows That)
Tote win: £2.90 PL: £2.20 £1.40 Ex: £8.20 CSF: £6.63
The winner was bought in for 6,800gns. Bogaz was claimed by Mrs H. Sweeting for £6,000.