Full Result 4.45 Pontefract | 7 October 1996

Maraval Handicap Class D

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo) (1m6yds) 1m Good

1st £5,526.50 2nd £1,652 3rd £791 4th £360.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽³⁾	9. Mels Baby (IRE) 8/1 T Williams Les Eyre	T Williams Les Eyre	3	80	58	41	60	–
br g Contract Law (USA) - Launch The Raft (Home Guard)
Tracked leaders, not clear run on inside over 1f out, squeezed through and ran on well to lead towards finish

2⁽²⁾ nk	3. No Cliches 7/2F Pat Eddery G Lewis	Pat Eddery G Lewis	3	91 b	73	55	74	–
ch c Risk Me (FR) - Always On A Sunday (Star Appeal)
Led over 6f out, hard ridden and edged right final furlong, just caught

3⁽⁵⁾ hd [½]	10. Scenicris (IRE) 25/1 Fergal Lynch ³ Reg Hollinshead	Fergal Lynch ³ Reg Hollinshead	3	713 5	57	39	61	–
b f Scenic (IRE) - Princesse Smile (Balidar)
Headway over 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong

4⁽⁷⁾ nk [¾]	2. Blessed Spirit 7/1 Seb Sanders Chris Wall	Seb Sanders Chris Wall	3	96	78	60	78	–
ch f Statoblest (IRE) - Kukri (Kris)
Held up, headway and not clear run over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong

5⁽⁸⁾ hd [1]	4. Sharp Shuffle (IRE) 8/1 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr	Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr	3	90	72	53	72	–
ch g Exactly Sharp (USA) - Style (Homing)
Tracked leaders, every chance 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 2 [3]	1. Maid For Baileys (IRE) 6/1 J Weaver Mark Johnston	J Weaver Mark Johnston	3	97	79	56	75	–
b f Marju (IRE) - Island Time I (USA) (Bold Hour)
Led over 1f, every chance 2f out, weakened just inside final furlong

7⁽¹²⁾ ½ [3½]	5. Marjaana (IRE) 14/1 Richard Hills P T Walwyn	Richard Hills P T Walwyn	3	89 v¹	67	43	62	–
b f Shaadi (USA) - Funun (USA) (Fappiano)
Headway and not clear run over 1f out, kept on, never reached leaders

8⁽⁹⁾ 2½ [6]	11. Ivor's Deed 11/1 N Carlisle Chris Wall	N Carlisle Chris Wall	3	710	54	25	43	–
b c Shadeed (USA) - Gena Ivor (USA) (Sir Ivor)
Behind, some headway over 2f out, never near to challenge

9⁽⁴⁾ 1½ [7½]	8. Missile Toe (IRE) 5/1 Nigel Day J E Banks	Nigel Day J E Banks	3	82	60	28	46	–
b c Exactly Sharp (USA) - Debach Dust (Indian King)
Headway halfway, effort over 2f out, soon weakened

10⁽⁶⁾ ½ [8]	12. Falcon's Flame (USA) 20/1 Jimmy Quinn Mrs J R Ramsden	Jimmy Quinn Mrs J R Ramsden	3	710 1	54	21	39	–
bb g Hawkster (USA) - Staunch Flame (USA) (Bold Forbes)
Tracked leaders until gradually weakened final 2f

11⁽¹¹⁾ 8 [16]	6. Flaming June (USA) 10/1 Willie Ryan Sir Henry Cecil	Willie Ryan Sir Henry Cecil	3	89	67	18	35	–
ch f Storm Bird (CAN) - Affirmative Fable (USA) (Affirmed)
In touch, effort over 2f out, soon weakened

12⁽¹⁾ ¾ [16¾]	7. Alaska 100/1 Joe Fanning M G Meagher	Joe Fanning M G Meagher	3	84 b	62	11	29	–
b f Polar Falcon (USA) - Priceless Bond (USA) (Blushing Groom)
Held up and pulled hard, always behind

12 ran Off time: 4:48:00 Winning time: 1m 45.40s (slow by 3.70s) Total SP: 122%
1st owner: John Roberts (wakefield) (Mels Baby) 1st breeder: A F O'Callaghan
2nd owner: Michael H Watt (No Cliches)
3rd owner: Mrs Christine Johnson (Scenicris)
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 58 (42%) M [5-8] 57 (26%) H [9-12] 35 (32%)

4:45 Pontefract 7 Oct 1996

Maraval Handicap Class D