Full Result 4.35 Stratford | 7 September 2002

John Smith's Handicap Hurdle Class D

(Class 3) (0-125, 4yo+) (2m70yds) 2m½f Good To Firm 8 hurdles

1st £4,810 2nd £1,480 3rd £740 4th £370

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	3. Virgin Soldier (IRE) 15/8F Jim Crowley Alan Swinbank	Jim Crowley Alan Swinbank	6	115	113	80	118	–
ch g Waajib (IRE) - Never Been Chaste (Posse I)
Led to 3rd, led approaching 3 out, ridden out (op 6-4 tchd 2-1 in places)

2 1	1. Frederic Forever (IRE) 7/1 Paul W Flynn Philip Hobbs	Paul W Flynn Philip Hobbs	4	1110	118	84	119	–
b g Exit To Nowhere (USA) - Sarooh's Love (USA) (Nureyev)
Chased leaders, lost place 3rd, headway after 6th, chased winner approaching 2 out, stayed on (op 6-1 tchd 15-2 in places and 8-1 in a place)

3 16 [17]	4. Valfonic 3/1 A P McCoy M C Pipe	A P McCoy M C Pipe	4	111 tv	110	59	94	–
b g Zafonic (USA) - Valbra (Dancing Brave)
Held up, headway and mistake 5th, chased winner and mistake 3 out, soon weakened (op 11-4 tchd 7-2)

4 dist [47]	2. Diva 5/1 Warren Marston Alan King	Warren Marston Alan King	5	115	113	–	–	–
b m Exit To Nowhere (USA) - Opera Lover (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Pulled hard, led 3rd, soon clear, weakened and headed approaching 3 out (op 6-1 tchd 7-1 in places)

F	6. Apadi (USA) 7/2 Seamus Durack Michael Chapman	Seamus Durack Michael Chapman	6	100 1	96	–	–	–
ch g Diesis - Ixtapa (USA) (Chief's Crown)
Held up, pulled hard, headway 4th, weakened after next, behind when fell 2 out (op 11-4 tchd 4-1 in places)