Full Result 7.00 Nottingham | 18 August 2009

DG Taxis Is The Safe Bet Maiden Stakes

(Class 5) (2yo) (6f18yds) 6f Good To Firm

1st £3,399.90 2nd £758.62 3rd £758.62 4th £252.53

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁸⁾	10. Astrophysical Jet 5/1 Graham Gibbons Ed McMahon	Graham Gibbons Ed McMahon	2	812	–	80	77	–
b f Dubawi (IRE) - Common Knowledge (Rainbow Quest)
Slowly into stride and hampered start, headway over 4f out, led over 1f out, soon ridden and hung left, ran on well (op 9-2)

2⁽⁶⁾ 3	5. Lava Lamp (GER) 16/1 Royston Ffrench Mark Johnston	Royston Ffrench Mark Johnston	2	93	–	75	72	–
b c Shamardal (USA) - La Felicita (Shareef Dancer)
Slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear, headway 2f out, stayed on to join runner-up on line

2⁽⁷⁾ dht	4. Citrus Star (USA) 12/1 Alan Munro Chris Wall	Alan Munro Chris Wall	2	93	–	63	72	–
b c Broken Vow (USA) - Twist A Lime (USA) (Copelan)
Edged right start, soon chasing leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong (op 8-1)

4⁽⁴⁾ ¾ [3¾]	1. Atlaal (USA) 1/4F Richard Hills Michael Jarvis	Richard Hills Michael Jarvis	2	93	–	60	70	–
ch g Speightstown (USA) - Deputy Maiden (USA) (Deputy Minister)
Started slowly, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong (jockey said colt reared on leaving stalls) (op 3-10 tchd 1-3)

5⁽²⁾ 2½ [6¼]	3. Bilash 16/1 Chris Catlin Reg Hollinshead	Chris Catlin Reg Hollinshead	2	93	–	50	62	–
gr c Choisir (AUS) - Goldeva (Makbul)
Soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong (tchd 14-1 and 20-1)

6⁽¹⁾ 1½ [7¾]	7. Regal Rave (USA) 50/1 Steve Drowne John Best	Steve Drowne John Best	2	93	–	44	57	–
b c Wild Event (USA) - Golden Crown (USA) (Defensive Play)
Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong

7⁽⁵⁾ 2 [9¾]	8. Spinning Spirit (IRE) 66/1 Richard Mullen James Given	Richard Mullen James Given	2	93	–	36	50	–
b g Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Vencera (FR) (Green Tune)
Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

8⁽¹⁰⁾ 5 [14¾]	9. Antoella (IRE) 100/1 Saleem Golam Ian Williams	Saleem Golam Ian Williams	2	812	–	16	29	–
gr f Antonius Pius (USA) - Bella Estella (GER) (Sternkoenig)
Soon pushed along in rear, weakened over 2f out

9⁽³⁾ nk [15]	2. Azzez Life 125/1 Frankie McDonald Richard Guest	Frankie McDonald Richard Guest	2	93	–	15	33	–
br g Avonbridge - Glascoed (Adbass)
Chased leader to halfway, soon ridden, weakening when not much room soon after

9 ran Off time: 7:03:00 Winning time: 1m 14.32s (slow by 3.32s) Total SP: 122%
Non-runners: Gypsy Jazz (withdrawn: unruly in stalls), Micky's Knock Off (unsuitable ground)
Rule 4: Gyspy Lazz was withdrawn. Pricat at time of withdrawal 33/1. Rule 4 does not apply.
1st owner: Ladas (Astrophysical Jet) 1st breeder: Grangecon Stud
2nd owner: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (Lava Lamp) Induna Racing Partners Two (Citrus Star)
Tote win: £7.80
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 28 (7%) M [4-6] 53 (72%) H [7-10] 69 (21%)

7:00 Nottingham 18 Aug 2009

DG Taxis Is The Safe Bet Maiden Stakes