Full Result 4.05 Wolverhampton (AW) | 8 April 2002

Littlewoods Bet Direct Stakes (Handicap) Class D

(Class 4) (0-85, 3yo+) 7f OMS Standard

1st £5,083 2nd £1,564 3rd £782 4th £391

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁸⁾	11. Pips Song (IRE) 10/1 J Tate Peter Hiatt	J Tate Peter Hiatt	7	713	54	59	67	–
ch g Pips Pride - Friendly Song (Song)
Always prominent, ridden to lead 2f out, clear final furlong, ran on well (op 8-1 tchd 12-1 in places)

2⁽⁷⁾ 2	3. ThaayerI 11/1 Neil Callan Ian Wood	Neil Callan Ian Wood	7	94	73	72	81	–
b g Wolfhound (USA) - Hamaya (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Held up in touch, ridden 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong, not trouble winner (op 10-1 tchd 12-1 in places)

3⁽⁴⁾ 1 [3]	1. Massey 7/1 Dean McKeown David Barron	Dean McKeown David Barron	6	100	83	79	89	–
br g Machiavellian (USA) - Massaraat (USA) (Nureyev)
Led, headed 2f out, soon ridden, no extra final furlong (op 6-1)

4⁽²⁾ 1½ [4½]	2. First Maite 8/1 George Duffield Roy Bowring	George Duffield Roy Bowring	9	97	76	67	78	–
b g Komaite (USA) - Marina Plata (Julio Mariner)
Outpaced, headway on outside 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish (op 7-1)

5⁽⁵⁾ nk [4¾]	9. Sand Hawk 7/1 Graham Gibbons ³ Derek Shaw	Graham Gibbons ³ Derek Shaw	7	84 v	62	53	63	–
ch g Polar Falcon (USA) - Ghassanah (Pas De Seul)
Held up, ridden 3f out, headway over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong (tchd 13-2)

6⁽³⁾ 1¾ [6½]	7. Better Off 9/1 Joanna Badger ³ Mrs N Macauley	Joanna Badger ³ Mrs N Macauley	4	87	65	51	62	–
ch g Bettergeton - Miami Pride (Miami Springs)
Outpaced, headway over 1f out, never troubled leaders (tchd 10-1 and 11-1 in places)

7⁽⁹⁾ 3½ [10]	8. Keen Hands 8/1 K Dalgleish Mrs N Macauley	K Dalgleish Mrs N Macauley	6	88	63	38	51	–
ch g Keen - Broken Vow (IRE) (Local Suitor)
Outpaced, never near leaders (op 14-1)

8⁽¹⁰⁾ 2 [12]	10. Royal Artist 16/1 David Allan ⁷ Mel Brittain	David Allan ⁷ Mel Brittain	6	713 2	59	30	44	–
b g Royal Academy (USA) - Council Rock (General Assembly)
Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon behind

9⁽¹¹⁾ 3 [15]	6. Stand By 11/1 George Baker ³ B A Pearce	George Baker ³ B A Pearce	5	87	65	25	40	–
b m Missed Flight - Ma Rivale (Last Tycoon)
Prominent until ridden and weakened 2f out (op 12-1)

10⁽¹⁾ 2½ [17½]	5. Arogant Prince 4/1F Derek McGaffin ⁵ Ian Semple	Derek McGaffin ⁵ Ian Semple	5	85	65	17	34	–
ch g Aragon - Versaillesprincess (Legend Of France)
Chased leaders, weakening when not much room on inside over 3f out (jockey said gelding stumbled, hit the rails on the far side and and was never travelling thereafter) (op 3-1)

11⁽⁶⁾ 1½ [19]	4. To The Woods (IRE) 11/2 Ian Mongan Nick Littmoden	Ian Mongan Nick Littmoden	3	92	85	27	50	–
ch f Woodborough (USA) - Iktidar (Green Desert)
With leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out (op 9-2 tchd 6-1 in places)

11 ran Off time: 4:05:00 Winning time: 1m 28.40s (slow by 2.20s) Total SP: 125%
1st owner: B D Hill (Pips Song) 1st breeder: Gay O'Callaghan
2nd owner: Mrs Joyce Wood (ThaayerI)
3rd owner: J Edward Boynton (Massey)
Tote win: £9.30 PL: £3.20 £6.70 £2.70 Ex: £165.60 CSF: £121.44 Tricast: £838.15
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 54 (43%) M [5-7] 54 (29%) H [8-11] 42 (28%)

4:05 Wolverhampton (AW) 8 Apr 2002

Littlewoods Bet Direct Stakes (Handicap) Class D