Full Result 4.15 Brighton | 24 August 1998

Northern Racing Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class F

(Class 6) (3yo) (6f210yds) 7f Good To Firm

1st £2,211 2nd £621 3rd £303

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽²⁾	3. Henry Heald 2/11F Seb Sanders Peter Makin	Seb Sanders Peter Makin	3	90	78	51	58	–
bb g Anshan - Zalfa (Luthier)
Keen hold early, slight lead after 1f, hard ridden over 1f out, held on final 100 yards (op 2-7 after 4-11 in one place, 30-100 in another)

2⁽³⁾ hd	5. Facsimile 10/1 Declan O'Shea John Berry	Declan O'Shea John Berry	3	89	–	45	53	–
b f Superlative - Just Julia (Natroun)
Unruly in stalls and lost 3 lengths, rear, driven to challenge inside last, edged badly left, ran on well (op 8-1)

3⁽¹⁾ 1½ [1¾]	4. Desert Song I 7/1 T Quinn Simon Dow	T Quinn Simon Dow	3	89	–	42	49	–
ch f Desert Dirham (USA) - Affaire De Coeur I (Imperial Fling)
Soon tracking leaders, hung left and hard ridden final 2f, not quicken inside last (op 4-1)

4⁽⁴⁾ 2 [3¾]	1. Counter Strike 12/1 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	3	90	51	43	49	–
b c Beveled (USA) - Encore L'Amour (USA) (Monteverdi)
Led for 1f, ridden and one pace final 2f, held when short of room 1f out, swished tail inside last (op 10-1 tchd 16-1)

5⁽⁵⁾ 2½ [6¼]	2. Dudley Allen 80/1 Tom McLaughlin Terry Clement	Tom McLaughlin Terry Clement	3	90	24	37	43	–
ch g Superlative - Smooth Flight (Sandhurst Prince)
Chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out (op 50-1 tchd 100-1 in a place.)