Full Result 7.00 Ripon | 25 May 2005

"Ripon Spring Festival" Selling Handicap

(Class 6) (0-60, 4-5yo) (1m4f10yds) 1m4f Soft

1st £2,900.80 2nd £828.80 3rd £414.40

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	2. Mac's Elan 7/2 Tony Culhane Alan Coogan	Tony Culhane Alan Coogan	5	811	51	–	58	–
b g Darshaan - Elabella (Ela-Mana-Mou)
Held up and behind, good headway on inner over 2f out, ridden and hung right entering final furlong, stayed on to lead last 50yds (op 9-4)

2⁽⁶⁾ nk	1. Financial Future 13/8F Kevin Darley Mark Johnston	Kevin Darley Mark Johnston	5	94	58	–	65	–
b g Barathea (IRE) - In Perpetuity (Great Nephew)
Close up, led well over 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, headed and no extra last 50yds (op 5-4 tchd 6-5)

3⁽³⁾ 3½ [3¾]	10. Humdinger (IRE) 50/1 Paddy Mathers ⁵ John Harris	Paddy Mathers ⁵ John Harris	5	713 14	44	–	46	–
b m Charnwood Forest (IRE) - High Finish (High Line)
Tracked leaders, headway to challenge 3f out, ridden over 2f out and every chance until driven and weakened approaching final furlong (op 33-1)

4⁽⁷⁾ 8 [11¾]	7. Acca Larentia (IRE) 20/1 Paul Hanagan Richard Whitaker	Paul Hanagan Richard Whitaker	4	84 4	44	–	34	–
gr f Titus Livius (FR) - Daisy Grey (Nordance)
Held up in touch, headway over 4f out, ridden along 3f out and soon beaten (tchd 16-1 and 25-1)

5⁽⁹⁾ ½ [12¼]	5. Cantemerle (IRE) 7/1 Ben Swarbrick ⁵ Mark Brisbourne	Ben Swarbrick ⁵ Mark Brisbourne	5	80	45	–	35	–
b m Bluebird (USA) - Legally Delicious (Law Society)
Chased leaders, ridden along halfway, driven 4f out and soon outpaced (op 14-1)

6⁽⁵⁾ 7 [19¼]	3. Always Flying (USA) 3/1 Neil Callan Noel Wilson	Neil Callan Noel Wilson	4	811	51	–	31	–
ch g Fly So Free (USA) - Dubiously (USA) (Jolie Jo)
Led 2f, led again 4f out, ridden along 3f out, soon headed and weakened (op 5-1)

7⁽⁴⁾ 9 [28¼]	8. Plumpie Mac (IRE) 33/1 Suzzanne France ⁷ Neville Bycroft	Suzzanne France ⁷ Neville Bycroft	4	711 4 b	44	–	11	–
b f Key Of Luck (USA) - Petrine (IRE) (Petorius)
Slowly into stride, strong hold and rapid headway to lead after 2f, soon clear, ran wide and headed 4f out, soon weakened (op 50-1)

7 ran Off time: 7:00:00 Winning time: 2m 41.57s (slow by 9.57s) Total SP: 108%
Non-runners: Kiev (vet's certificate), Mustang Ali (unsuitable ground), Platinum Boy (unsuitable ground)
1st owner: A B Coogan (Mac's Elan) 1st breeder: G S Shropshire
2nd owner: Markus Graff (Financial Future)
3rd owner: K Nicholls (Humdinger)
Tote win: £4 PL: £2.10 £1.50 Ex: £10.20 CSF: £8.37 Tricast: £185.25
The winner was bought in for 4,200gns. Financial Future (no.1) was claimed by P. Monteith for £6,000.

7:00 Ripon 25 May 2005

"Ripon Spring Festival" Selling Handicap