Full Result 7.20 Wolverhampton (AW) | 7 November 2008

Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Racecourse Maiden Stakes

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

1st £4,094.40 2nd £1,209 3rd £604.80

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	2. Elusive Fame (USA) 9/1 Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	2	93	–	78	81	–
b c Elusive Quality (USA) - Advancing Star (USA) (Soviet Star)
Always prominent, went 2nd over 5f out, led over 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, ran on well (tchd 10-1)

2⁽⁹⁾ 2¼	4. Sign Of Approval 5/2J Pat Cosgrave K R Burke	Pat Cosgrave K R Burke	2	93	78	72	75	–
b c Refuse To Bend (IRE) - Scarlet Plume (Warning)
Started slowly, held up in rear, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, switched left and took 2nd inside final furlong, not trouble winner (jockey said colt was slowly away) (op 11-4 tchd 3-1)

3⁽⁶⁾ 1¾ [4]	9. Dareh (IRE) 5/1 Ted Durcan Saeed bin Suroor	Ted Durcan Saeed bin Suroor	2	812	–	62	65	–
b f Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Delage (Bellypha)
Held up in touch, ridden well over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong (op 7-2)

4⁽³⁾ nk [4¼]	12. Storming Sioux 5/2J Liam Jones William Haggas	Liam Jones William Haggas	2	812	–	61	64	–
b f Storming Home - Sueboog (IRE) (Darshaan)
Led 1f, prominent, chased winner over 1f out, edged left and lost 2nd inside final furlong (op 9-4 tchd 11-4)

5⁽⁴⁾ 3½ [7¾]	8. Cobos 28/1 Robert Winston Michael Quinlan	Robert Winston Michael Quinlan	2	812	–	51	55	–
b f Royal Applause - Darya (USA) (Gulch)
Held up in touch, ridden well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 33-1 tchd 25-1)

6⁽²⁾ shd [8]	1. Captain Carey 80/1 Vince Slattery Malcolm Saunders	Vince Slattery Malcolm Saunders	2	93	–	56	60	–
b g Fraam - Brigadiers Bird (IRE) (Mujadil)
Took keen hold in mid-division, no headway final 2f (op 100-1)

7⁽¹²⁾ ¾ [8¾]	6. Thin Red Line (IRE) 4/1 Dane O'Neill Ed Dunlop	Dane O'Neill Ed Dunlop	2	93	–	54	58	–
b c Red Ransom (USA) - Albaiyda (IRE) (Brief Truce)
Held up in mid-division, effort over 2f out, no further progress (op 15-2)

8⁽⁷⁾ 11 [19¾]	7. Blushing Dreamer (IRE) 100/1 Darren Williams Derek Shaw	Darren Williams Derek Shaw	2	812	–	18	23	–
ch f Frenchmans Bay (FR) - Second Dream (IRE) (Second Set)
Held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, soon struggling

9⁽¹⁾ 1¼ [21]	3. Rio Gael (IRE) 25/1 Tom McLaughlin Malcolm Saunders	Tom McLaughlin Malcolm Saunders	2	93	–	19	25	–
br g Captain Rio - Palavera (FR) (Bikala)
Held up in mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out

10⁽⁸⁾ hd [21]	5. Sytygre 50/1 Tony Hamilton Julie Camacho	Tony Hamilton Julie Camacho	2	93	–	19	24	–
gb g Paris House - Blue Wraith (Bluegrass Prince)
Switched left soon after start, ridden over 3f out, always in rear (jockey said gelding hung left) (op 80-1 tchd 40-1)

11⁽¹¹⁾ 1¼ [22¼]	11. Miss Xu Xia 200/1 David Probert ³ Geoff Oldroyd	David Probert ³ Geoff Oldroyd	2	89 p	38	10	16	–
b f Monsieur Bond (IRE) - Bond Girl (Magic Ring)
Led after 1f until over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out (op 100-1)

12⁽¹⁰⁾ 1¼ [23½]	10. Matilda Poliport 20/1 Steve Drowne Walter Swinburn	Steve Drowne Walter Swinburn	2	812	–	6	12	–
b f Mind Games - Poppy Carew (IRE) (Danehill)
Took keen hold towards rear, not much room over 4f out, hampered and lost place over 3f out, soon struggling (jockey said filly suffered interference in running) (op 16-1)

12 ran Off time: 7:22:00 Winning time: 1m 31.33s (slow by 4.53s) Total SP: 121%
1st owner: Mark Johnston Racing Ltd (Elusive Fame) 1st breeder: Summer Wind Farm
2nd owner: Cyril Wall (Sign Of Approval)
3rd owner: Godolphin (Dareh)
Tote win: £13.60 PL: £3.30 £1.50 £1.60 Ex: £49 CSF: £31.19
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 48 (31%) M [5-8] 64 (24%) H [9-12] 38 (45%)

7:20 Wolverhampton (AW) 7 Nov 2008

Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Racecourse Maiden Stakes