Full Result 8.00 Stratford | 10 June 2017

White Swan Hotel Handicap Chase

(Class 3) (0-130, 5yo+) (3m3f119yds) 3m3½f Good 20 fences

1st £6,330 2nd £1,870 3rd £935 4th £468 5th £234

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	4. Optimistic Bias (IRE) 9/4F Liam Treadwell James Evans	Liam Treadwell James Evans	8	116	123	57	121	–
b g Sayarshan (FR) - Dashers Folly (IRE) (Dr Massini)
Settled in 2nd or 3rd, led before 15th, hard pressed after, headed briefly after 2 out, soon battled back to lead, ridden and idling slightly flat, just held on (op 11/4 tchd 3/1)

2 ¾	5. Gorsky Island 5/1 Paddy Brennan Tom George	Paddy Brennan Tom George	9	114	121	55	118	–
b g Turtle Island (IRE) - Belle Magello (FR) (Exit To Nowhere)
Settled towards rear, quick move to 3rd at 17th and 2nd at next, led briefly after 2 out, soon driven and outpaced by winner, rallied and stayed on as rival idled close home (tchd 9/2)

3 shd [¾]	6. Emerald Rose 9/1 Mark Grant Julian Smith	Mark Grant Julian Smith	10	112 p	119	53	116	–
b m Sir Harry Lewis (USA) - Swiss Rose (Michelozzo)
Raced in last place, mistake 10th, ridden 14th, 6 lengths last before 17th, driven and outpaced 2 out, still 10 lengths 4th at last, finished much the fastest and narrowly failed (tchd 8/1)

4 2¼ [3]	2. Berea Boru (IRE) 11/2 Sean Bowen Peter Bowen	Sean Bowen Peter Bowen	9	1110 t	127	59	123	–
b g Brian Boru - Wayward Venture (IRE) (Mister Mat)
Pressed leaders, blundered 15th and rider appeared to lose iron briefly, driven after 3 out, 4th and effort and not fluent next, not quicken before last (op 6/1)

5 16 [19]	3. Kilbree Kid (IRE) 8/1 A P Heskin Tom George	A P Heskin Tom George	10	119 tb	126	46	109	–
b g Cloudings (IRE) - Bustingoutallover (USA) (Trempolino)
Raced in 2nd or 3rd place, joined leader briefly 17th, ridden and faded after 2 out (op 7/1)

6 12 [31]	7. Big Casino 9/1 Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies	Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies	11	112 p	119	30	88	–
b g Court Cave (IRE) - Migsy Malone (Afzal)
Raced on outside, pressed leaders until ridden and faded 3 out (op 8/1)

7 32 [63]	1. Adam Du Breteau (FR) 9/2 Aidan Coleman Jonjo O'Neill	Aidan Coleman Jonjo O'Neill	7	1112 b	129	15	69	–
ch g Network (GER) - Odelie De Fric (FR) (April Night)
Soon led, set moderate pace, not fluent 1st and 7th, headed before 15th, dropped out tamely 17th, tailed off and eased (op 7/2 tchd 10/3)

7 ran Off time: 8:00:21 Winning time: 7m 8.10s (slow by 26.10s) Total SP: 113%
1st owner: Elegant Clutter Ltd (Optimistic Bias) 1st breeder: David Foy
2nd owner: Silkword Racing Partnership (Gorsky Island)
3rd owner: Grand Jury Partnership (Emerald Rose)
Tote win: £2.90 PL: £1.60 £2.50 Ex: £14.90 CSF: £13.57 Trifecta: £81.50

8:00 Stratford 10 Jun 2017

White Swan Hotel Handicap Chase