Full Result 8.50 Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 January 2009

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(Class 5) (3yo) (5f216yds) 6f Poly Standard

1st £3,070.80 2nd £906.75 3rd £453.60

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	7. Romantic Queen 9/2 Dane O'Neill Ed Dunlop	Dane O'Neill Ed Dunlop	3	812	67	46	66	–
b f Medicean - Bandit Queen (Desert Prince)
Held up, headway 2f out, switched left well over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, driven clear (op 4-1 tchd 7-2)

2⁽⁸⁾ 2	6. Minotaurious (IRE) 5/4F Fergus Sweeney K R Burke	Fergus Sweeney K R Burke	3	812	79	39	60	–
b f Acclamation - Bella Vie (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Took keen hold, led early, chased leader, led over 2f out, headed and edged right inside final furlong, not quicken (op 2-1)

3⁽²⁾ ¾ [2¾]	3. Gurteen Diamond 12/1 Luke Morris Nicky Vaughan	Luke Morris Nicky Vaughan	3	812 e	–	37	57	–
b f Kyllachy - PreciousI (Danehill)
Slowly into stride, held up, not clear run well over 1f out, soon switched right, ran on inside final furlong, took 3rd post (op 16-1 tchd 10-1)

4⁽⁷⁾ nse [2¾]	2. Giant Strides 40/1 James Doyle David Evans	James Doyle David Evans	3	812	–	37	57	–
b f Xaar - Brandish (Warning)
In rear, ran on inside final furlong, never near to challenge (op 33-1 tchd 50-1)

5⁽¹⁾ ¾ [3½]	1. My Best Man 5/1 Tom McLaughlin Rod Millman	Tom McLaughlin Rod Millman	3	93	65	39	60	–
b g Forzando - Victoria Sioux (Ron's Victory)
Always prominent, ridden over 1f out, one pace (op 11-1 tchd 14-1)

6⁽³⁾ 2 [5½]	5. Keep Icy Calm (IRE) 11/2 Michael Hills William Haggas	Michael Hills William Haggas	3	812	–	28	48	–
br f One Cool Cat (USA) - Alazima (USA) (Riverman)
Held up in touch, went 2nd briefly well over 1f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong (op 2-1)

7⁽⁶⁾ 2¾ [8¼]	4. Jhinga Palak (IRE) 22/1 Stevie Donohoe David Evans	Stevie Donohoe David Evans	3	812	–	19	39	–
b f Fath (USA) - Livius Lady (IRE) (Titus Livius)
Prominent 2f, soon pushed along and struggling (tchd 20-1)

8⁽⁵⁾ 4½ [12¾]	8. Swiss Lake Sweetie (USA) 14/1 Chris Catlin George Baker	Chris Catlin George Baker	3	812	61	4	25	–
ch f Action This Day (USA) - Almost Blue (USA) (Mr Greeley)
Took keen hold, soon led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 16-1 tchd 20-1 and 12-1)

8 ran Off time: 8:52:00 Winning time: 1m 16.15s (slow by 3.35s) Total SP: 116%
1st owner: Mohammed Jaber (Romantic Queen) 1st breeder: G B Turnbull Ltd
2nd owner: Ms L Durcan (Minotaurious)
3rd owner: William Slattery (Gurteen Diamond)
Tote win: £5.80 PL: £1.20 £1.10 £3.40 Ex: £14.80 CSF: £10.67

8:50 Wolverhampton (AW) 2 Jan 2009

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