Full Result 12.05 Wolverhampton (AW) | 31 December 2005

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(Class 5) (2yo) (7f32yds) 7f Poly Standard

1st £3,756.66 2nd £1,117.66 3rd £558.54 4th £278.98

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	9. Lunar Express (USA) 1/2F Tony Culhane William Haggas	Tony Culhane William Haggas	2	89	–	71	87	–
b f Giant's Causeway (USA) - June Moon (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Made all, pushed clear over 1f out, edged right final furlong, eased near finish (op 4-7 after early 4-6 in a place)

2⁽⁸⁾ 3½	4. Mr Floodlight (IRE) 4/1 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	2	90	77	67	76	–
b g Bertolini (USA) - French River (Bering)
Prominent, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no impression

3⁽⁵⁾ 1¼ [4¾]	1. Bin Rahy (IRE) 11/1 Chris Catlin Mick Channon	Chris Catlin Mick Channon	2	90	–	64	68	–
ch c Rahy (USA) - Belle Genius (USA) (Beau Genius)
Prominent, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong (op 8-1)

4⁽⁷⁾ ¾ [5½]	3. Merchant Bankes 22/1 Steve Drowne Bill Turner	Steve Drowne Bill Turner	2	90	75	62	66	–
b g Observatory (USA) - Lady Bankes (IRE) (Alzao)
Chased winner 5f, weakened over 1f out (op 20-1)

5⁽¹¹⁾ nk [5¾]	5. Pab Special (IRE) 12/1 Robert Winston K R Burke	Robert Winston K R Burke	2	90	–	61	65	–
b g City On A Hill (USA) - Tinos Island (IRE) (Alzao)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 14-1)

6⁽¹²⁾ 15 [20¾]	7. That Look 66/1 Micky Fenton Don Cantillon	Micky Fenton Don Cantillon	2	90	–	19	26	–
b g Compton Admiral - Mudflap (Slip Anchor)
Soon outpaced

7⁽¹⁰⁾ 1 [21¾]	12. Southgate Lady (IRE) 100/1 Hayley Turner Nick Littmoden	Hayley Turner Nick Littmoden	2	89 t	40	11	18	–
b f Night Shift (USA) - German Lady (Mon Tresor)
Held up, weakened halfway

8⁽⁶⁾ 1¾ [23½]	11. Silvabella (IRE) 40/1 Robert Havlin Derek Haydn Jones	Robert Havlin Derek Haydn Jones	2	89	–	6	14	–
gr f Monashee Mountain (USA) - Siva (FR) (Bellypha)
Slowly into stride, headway 6f out, weakened 4f out (tchd 50-1)

9⁽²⁾ 1 [24½]	2. Hits Only Life (USA) 50/1 Dean McKeown Jeff Pearce	Dean McKeown Jeff Pearce	2	90	–	8	16	–
b g Lemon Drop Kid (USA) - Southern Day (USA) (Dixieland Band)
Started slowly, outpaced

10⁽⁹⁾ 1 [25½]	8. Vehari 100/1 Vince Slattery M Scudamore	Vince Slattery M Scudamore	2	90	–	5	14	–
ch g Tomba - Nannie Annie (Persian Bold)
Dwelt, outpaced

11⁽³⁾ 1¼ [26¾]	6. Tesoro 40/1 Fergal Lynch P A Blockley	Fergal Lynch P A Blockley	2	90	–	–	10	–
b g Compton Place - Zenita (IRE) (Zieten)
Started slowly, outpaced (jockey said gelding missed break) (op 33-1)

12⁽⁴⁾ 2 [28¾]	10. Marron Flore 66/1 Richard Thomas ³ Alastair Lidderdale	Richard Thomas ³ Alastair Lidderdale	2	86	–	–	–	–
ch f Compton Place - Flore Fair (Polar Falcon)
Prominent over 4f

12 ran Off time: 12:06:00 Winning time: 1m 30.26s (slow by 3.46s) Total SP: 119%
1st owner: Wentworth Racing (pty) Ltd (Lunar Express) 1st breeder: Wentworth Racing
2nd owner: N A Woodcock & Simon Leech (Mr Floodlight)
3rd owner: Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum (Bin Rahy)
Tote win: £1.40 PL: £1.02 £1.20 £2.90 Ex: £3.10 CSF: £2.46
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 31 (61%) M [5-8] 79 (30%) H [9-12] 40 (9%)

12:05 Wolverhampton (AW) 31 Dec 2005

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