Full Result 4.10 Sandown | 25 April 1997

Athlone Rated Class C

(Class 3) (0-95, 4yo+) (1m14yds) 1m OMS Good To Firm

1st £6,359 2nd £2,381 3rd £1,165.50 4th £502.50 5th £226.25 6th £115.75

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁶⁾	7. Star Talent (USA) 10/1 Ray Cochrane I A Balding	Ray Cochrane I A Balding	6	812	82	86	88	–
b g Local Talent (USA) - Sedra (Nebbiolo)
Steady headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out

2⁽¹¹⁾ 1¼	4. Give Me A Ring (IRE) 11/1 Dean McKeown C W Thornton	Dean McKeown C W Thornton	4	92	86	88	87	–
b g Be My Guest (USA) - Annsfield Lady (Red Sunset)
Always prominent, led over 2f out until over 1f out, ran on one pace

3⁽¹⁴⁾ shd [1¼]	5. Star Manager (USA) 7/1 T Quinn Paul Cole	T Quinn Paul Cole	7	91	85	86	86	–
b g Lyphard (USA) - Angel Clare (FR) (Mill Reef)
Ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on

4⁽⁷⁾ ½ [1¾]	12. Alhawa I (USA) 9/4F Seb Sanders R Akehurst	Seb Sanders R Akehurst	4	87 1	77	77	77	–
ch c Gulch (USA) - Petrava (NZ) (Imposing)
Not much room and lost place 3f out, rallied over 1f out, ran on one pace

5⁽²⁾ 2½ [4¼]	3. Stone Ridge (IRE) 14/1 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	5	93	87	83	81	–
b g Indian Ridge (IRE) - Cut In Stone I (USA) (Assert)
Headway over 1f out, never nearer

6⁽¹⁾ ¾ [5]	10. Rakis (IRE) 10/1 Kieren Fallon Linda Stubbs	Kieren Fallon Linda Stubbs	7	88	78	72	71	–
bb g Alzao (USA) - Bristle (Thatch)
Headway over 1f out, never nearer

7⁽³⁾ 1¾ [6¾]	6. Pomona 11/1 M Roberts Peter Makin	M Roberts Peter Makin	4	90	84	75	73	–
b f Puissance - Plum Bold (Be My Guest)
Headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, eased when beaten final furlong

8⁽⁸⁾ 1½ [8¼]	2. Pater Noster (USA) 33/1 Paul Eddery John Harris	Paul Eddery John Harris	8	93	87	75	73	–
b h Stately Don (USA) - Sainera (USA) (Stop The Music)
Led 7f out until over 2f out, soon weakened

9⁽¹³⁾ shd [8½]	13. Amber Fort 25/1 D Griffiths ³ David Elsworth	D Griffiths ³ David Elsworth	4	84 2 v	77	61	62	–
gr g Indian Ridge (IRE) - Lammastide (Martinmas)
Lost place 5f out, rallied over 1f out, weakened final furlong

10⁽⁵⁾ shd [8½]	8. Wakeel (USA) 14/1 John Reid Simon Dow	John Reid Simon Dow	5	811	81	68	66	–
b g Gulch (USA) - Raahia (CAN) (Vice Regent)
Always prominent, ridden over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, soon weakened

11⁽¹²⁾ 2 [10½]	11. Night Dance 9/1 Royston Ffrench ⁵ Kevin Morgan	Royston Ffrench ⁵ Kevin Morgan	5	83	78	56	59	–
ch h Weldnaas (USA) - Shift Over (USA) (Night Shift)
Always prominent, ridden over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, soon weakened

12⁽⁴⁾ 3½ [14]	9. Night Wink (USA) 16/1 Simon Whitworth Gary Moore	Simon Whitworth Gary Moore	5	810	80	56	53	–
ch g Rahy (USA) - Lady In White (Shareef Dancer)
Led 1f, weakened over 2f out

13⁽⁹⁾ nk [14¼]	14. Therhea (IRE) 25/1 T Sprake Rod Millman	T Sprake Rod Millman	4	87 2	77	52	49	–
b g Pennine Walk - Arab Art (Artaius)
Behind final 2f

14⁽¹⁰⁾ shd [14½]	1. Samara (IRE) 11/2 Pat Eddery John Dunlop	Pat Eddery John Dunlop	4	97	91	66	63	–
ch f Polish Patriot (USA) - Smeralda (GER) (Nebos)
Headway over 6f out, weakened over 4f out

14 ran Off time: 4:14:00 Winning time: 1m 44.20s (slow by 4.70s) Total SP: 134%
1st owner: R P B Michaelson (Star Talent) 1st breeder: Mrs Afaf A Al Essa
2nd owner: G Reed (Give Me A Ring)
3rd owner: Sir Martyn Arbib (Star Manager)
Tote win: £12.40 PL: £2.90 £3.20 £2.20 Ex: £47.60 CSF: £114.51 Tricast: £794.57 Trifecta: £65.50 Pool: £1,479.89. 16.02 winning tickets.
After a stewards' inquiry, the placings remained unaltered. Hand timed.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-5] 37 (27%) M [6-9] 62 (35%) H [10-14] 51 (38%)

4:10 Sandown 25 Apr 1997

Athlone Rated Class C