Full Result 2.40 Ripon | 17 April 2003

Copt Hewick Handicap Class D

(Class 4) (0-85, 3yo) (1m4f60yds) 1m4½f Good To Firm

1st £6,136 2nd £1,888 3rd £944 4th £472

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	5. Sovereign Dreamer (USA) 12/1 Chris Catlin Paul Cole	Chris Catlin Paul Cole	3	810	72	58	78	–
b c Kingmambo (USA) - Spend A Dream (USA) (Spend A Buck)
Made all, clear 5f out, hard pressed and ridden 2f out, stayed on well (op 10-1)

2⁽⁷⁾ 1¾	8. Border Tale 11/1 Royston Ffrench Michael Bell	Royston Ffrench Michael Bell	3	712	60	42	63	–
b g Selkirk (USA) - Likely Story (IRE) (Night Shift)
Held up, headway 4f out, ridden and chance approaching final furlong, kept on (op 10-1 tchd 12-1 in places)

3⁽³⁾ nk [2]	2. Greta D'Argent (IRE) 25/1 Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	3	96	82	64	84	–
b f Great Commotion (USA) - Petite-D-Argent (Noalto)
Prominent chasing group, closed on winner 3f out, challenged and ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong (op 16-1)

4⁽⁸⁾ 4 [6]	7. Most Definitely (IRE) 20/1 Franny Norton Tim Easterby	Franny Norton Tim Easterby	3	80	62	36	58	–
b g Definite Article - Unbidden Melody (USA) (Chieftain)
Chased winner, took keen hold early, chance and ridden 2f out, faded (tchd 25-1 in places)

5⁽⁴⁾ 1¼ [7¼]	3. Crathorne (IRE) 5/1 Paul Hanagan James Bethell	Paul Hanagan James Bethell	3	95	81	52	75	–
b c Alzao (USA) - Shirley Blue (IRE) (Shirley Heights)
Held up, headway 4f out, ridden over 2f out, no further progress (op 7-2 tchd 11-2 in places)

6⁽⁶⁾ 10 [17¼]	1. Ski Jump (USA) 10/11F Jamie Spencer Roger Charlton	Jamie Spencer Roger Charlton	3	97	83	34	61	–
gr c El Prado (IRE) - Skiable (IRE) (Niniski)
In touch, effort over 4f out, no headway when ridden and switched left 3f out, soon weakened (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown) (op 5-4)

7⁽⁹⁾ 2 [19¼]	6. Emerging Star (IRE) 7/1 Willie Supple Mrs J R Ramsden	Willie Supple Mrs J R Ramsden	3	88	70	–	45	–
b g Desert Style (IRE) - Feather Star (Soviet Star)
Slowly into stride, in rear, some headway 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten (op 13-2)

8⁽²⁾ 13 [32¼]	9. Iron Warrior (IRE) 33/1 Dean Mernagh George Moore	Dean Mernagh George Moore	3	712 3 b¹	60	–	14	–
b c Lear Fan (USA) - Robalana (USA) (Wild Again)
In touch, ridden over 4f out, soon beaten, lost touch and eased final 2f (jockey said colt was unsuited by the fast ground) (tchd 40-1 in places)

9⁽¹⁾ 19 [51¼]	4. Eva Peron (IRE) 10/1 David Kinsella ³ Hughie Morrison	David Kinsella ³ Hughie Morrison	3	810	75	–	–	–
b f Alzao (USA) - High Flying Adored (IRE) (In The Wings)
Held up, effort 4f out, ridden and hung right 3f out, soon behind, lost touch and eased final 2f (op 12-1)

9 ran Off time: 2:50:00 Winning time: 2m 41.49s Total SP: 119%
1st owner: Ben Arbib (Sovereign Dreamer) 1st breeder: London Thoroughbred Services
2nd owner: Dyer, Flynn and Dyer (Border Tale)
3rd owner: Daniel A Couper (Greta D'Argent)
Tote win: £21.70 PL: £3.90 £2.40 £3.40 Ex: £155.10 CSF: £132.99 Tricast: £3,226
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 27 (13%) M [4-6] 70 (65%) H [7-9] 53 (22%)

2:40 Ripon 17 Apr 2003

Copt Hewick Handicap Class D