Full Result 4.25 Sandown | 24 July 1997

Pycraft & Arnold Handicap Class C

(Class 3) (0-90, 3yo) 1m6f OMS Good To Firm

1st £5,135.75 2nd £1,556 3rd £760.50 4th £362.75

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	7. High Intrigue (IRE) 9/1 Kieren Fallon Sir Henry Cecil	Kieren Fallon Sir Henry Cecil	3	811	77	77	81	–
bb c Shirley Heights - Mild Intrigue (USA) (Sir Ivor)
Made all, clear over 1f out, hard ridden, ran on well

2⁽⁷⁾ 1¾	4. Little Acorn I 9/1 Kevin Darley Stuart Williams	Kevin Darley Stuart Williams	3	95	85	83	87	–
b g Unfuwain (USA) - Plaything (High Top)
Headway over 6f out, ridden 4f out, chased winner over 2f out, hard ridden over 1f out, unable to quicken

3⁽¹¹⁾ 1 [2¾]	10. Sudest I (IRE) 7/2F Martin Dwyer ³ I A Balding	Martin Dwyer ³ I A Balding	3	84	73	67	77	–
b c Taufan (USA) - Frill (Henbit)
Ridden 5f out, headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong

4⁽²⁾ 1¾ [4½]	1. Mithak (USA) 6/1 Richard Hills B W Hills	Richard Hills B W Hills	3	97 b¹	87	82	85	–
b c Silver Hawk (USA) - Kapalua Butterfly (USA) (Stage Door Johnny)
Ridden and headway 2f out, ran on one pace

5⁽⁶⁾ shd [4½]	5. Melodica I 7/1 John Reid Sir Michael Stoute	John Reid Sir Michael Stoute	3	92	82	77	80	–
b f Machiavellian (USA) - Melodist (USA) (The Minstrel)
Always prominent, hard ridden over 2f out, one pace

6⁽⁹⁾ ¾ [5¼]	6. Heart Of Armor 11/1 Pat Eddery Paul Cole	Pat Eddery Paul Cole	3	92	82	76	79	–
b c Tirol (IRE) - Hemline (Sharpo)
Ridden and lost place over 4f out, ran on one pace final 2f

7⁽⁸⁾ nk [5¾]	2. Assured Gamble 14/1 Brett Doyle Clive Brittain	Brett Doyle Clive Brittain	3	96	86	80	83	–
b c Rock Hopper - Willowbank I (Gay Fandango)
Headway over 11f out, chased winner over 10f out to over 2f out, weakened 1f out

8⁽¹⁾ hd [5¾]	8. Tango King 10/1 Ray Cochrane John Dunlop	Ray Cochrane John Dunlop	3	89	75	69	71	–
b c Suave Dancer (USA) - Be My Queen (Be My Guest)
Never near to challenge

9⁽¹⁰⁾ 3½ [9¼]	9. Sun Alert (USA) 20/1 M Rimmer M J Polglase	M Rimmer M J Polglase	3	89	75	65	67	–
b f Alysheba (USA) - Sunerta (USA) (Roberto)
Prominent over 10f

10⁽⁵⁾ 15 [24¼]	11. Behind The Scenes 33/1 Seb Sanders C A Cyzer	Seb Sanders C A Cyzer	3	86	72	44	44	–
ch c Kris - Free Guest (Be My Guest)
Always behind

11⁽³⁾ 24 [48¼]	3. Crystal Hills (IRE) 4/1 Frankie Dettori John Gosden	Frankie Dettori John Gosden	3	95	85	28	26	–
b c Darshaan - Lustre (USA) (Halo)
Always behind. stewards' told: jockey reported that the colt did not appear to handle the track and he therefore felt it prudent to ease him in the closing stages

11 ran Off time: 4:30:00 Winning time: 3m 2.71s (slow by 4.71s) Total SP: 121%
1st owner: Mrs E A Harris (High Intrigue) 1st breeder: Airlie Stud
2nd owner: Alasdair Simpson (Little Acorn I)
3rd owner: Robert & Elizabeth Hitchins (Sudest I)
Tote win: £9.20 PL: £3 £1.70 £2.10 Ex: £77.40 CSF: £81.80 Tricast: £312.99 Trifecta: £85.80 Pool: £1,480.44. 12.24 winning tickets.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 50 (44%) M [5-7] 54 (21%) H [8-11] 46 (35%)

4:25 Sandown 24 Jul 1997

Pycraft & Arnold Handicap Class C