Full Result 3.10 Wolverhampton (AW) | 28 June 2002

Bet Direct's A Fraction Better Maiden Stakes Class D

(Class 4) (3yo+) 6f OMS Standard

1st £3,402 2nd £972 3rd £486

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	6. Wixoe Express (IRE) 4/5F Seb Sanders Sir Mark Prescott Bt	Seb Sanders Sir Mark Prescott Bt	3	90	–	55	81	–
b c Anabaa (USA) - Esquiline (USA) (Gone West)
Slowly into stride, soon recovered and held up, headway 3f out, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, ran on well to lead last strides (op Evens tchd 6-5)

2⁽⁹⁾ ½	5. Northern Games 10/1 Fergal Lynch Alan Berry	Fergal Lynch Alan Berry	3	90	65	53	80	–
b g Mind Games - Northern Sal (Aragon)
Led 1f, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, clear over 1f out, caught last strides (op 8-1)

3⁽⁷⁾ 9 [9½]	8. Patientes Virtis 8/1 Brian Reilly ⁷ Gay Kelleway	Brian Reilly ⁷ Gay Kelleway	3	82	51	12	48	–
ch f Lion Cavern (USA) - Alzianah (Alzao)
Chased leaders, hard ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 6-1)

4⁽⁸⁾ hd [9¾]	4. Night Shift Blue'S (IRE) 10/1 Royston Ffrench Mark Johnston	Royston Ffrench Mark Johnston	3	90	70	17	52	–
b g Night Shift (USA) - Tommelise (USA) (Dayjur)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 8-1 tchd 11-1 in places)

5⁽⁵⁾ 1¼ [11]	10. Stands To Reason (USA) 11/4 Darryll Holland B W Hills	Darryll Holland B W Hills	3	89	–	7	43	–
b f Gulch (USA) - Sheer Reason (USA) (Danzig)
Led after 1f, headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out (op 5-2 tchd 3-1 in places)

6⁽⁶⁾ ¾ [11¾]	7. Angelus Domini (IRE) 5/1 Graham Gibbons B A McMahon	Graham Gibbons B A McMahon	3	89	63	4	41	–
b f Blues Traveller (IRE) - Lyphards Goddess (IRE) (Lyphard's Special)
With leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out (op 12-1)

7⁽¹⁾ 2 [13¾]	1. Anthony Royle 33/1 P Bradley ⁵ Alan Berry	P Bradley ⁵ Alan Berry	4	92	40	3	40	–
ch g King's Signet (USA) - La Thuile (Statoblest)
Prominent, not clear run on inside 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out (op 25-1)

8⁽⁴⁾ 8 [21¾]	3. On The Line 50/1 Joanna Badger ³ Mrs N Macauley	Joanna Badger ³ Mrs N Macauley	4	813 v	35	–	11	–
ch f Alhijaz - Join The Clan (Clantime)
Behind final 3f

9⁽³⁾ 11 [32¾]	2. Dramatic Miss 100/1 Vince Slattery Richard Price	Vince Slattery Richard Price	7	92	–	–	-1	–
b m Deploy - Stos (IRE) (Bluebird)
Slowly into stride, soon tailed off

9 ran Off time: 3:11:00 Winning time: 1m 14.50s Total SP: 135%
Non-runners: Ros The Boss (horse-box broke down)
1st owner: P J D Pottinger (Wixoe Express) 1st breeder: Kildaragh Stud
2nd owner: R E Robinson (Northern Games)
3rd owner: A P Griffin (Patientes Virtis)
Tote win: £1.60 PL: £1 £3.70 £4.10 Ex: £17.60 CSF: £13.96
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 40 (44%) M [4-6] 30 (34%) H [7-9] 80 (22%)

3:10 Wolverhampton (AW) 28 Jun 2002

Bet Direct's A Fraction Better Maiden Stakes Class D