Full Result 3.20 Thirsk | 4 May 1996

Spring Maiden Stakes Class D

(Class 4) (3yo+) (1m4f8yds) 1m4f Good To Firm

1st £3,821 2nd £1,148 3rd £554 4th £257

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁹⁾	. Smart Play I (USA) 5/2 Gary Carter Julie Cecil	Gary Carter Julie Cecil	3	85	–	67	76	–
gr g Sovereign Dancer (USA) - Casessa (USA) (Caro)
Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, hung left, stayed on strongly, readily

2⁽²⁾ 1½	. Shirley Venture 20/1 J Tate S Woods	J Tate S Woods	3	80	–	60	69	–
b f Be My Chief (USA) - Our Shirley (Shirley Heights)
Soon tracking leaders, kept on well final 2f, no impression

3⁽⁸⁾ 1¾ [3¼]	. Arctic Fancy (USA) 9/2 G Hind P W Harris	G Hind P W Harris	3	85	–	62	71	–
ch c Arctic Tern (USA) - Fit And Fancy (USA) (Vaguely Noble)
Unruly start, soon tracking leaders, effort 3f out, stayed on one pace

4⁽⁷⁾ 1¾ [5]	. Velmez 12/1 L Charnock Rae Guest	L Charnock Rae Guest	3	85	–	60	69	–
ch g Belmez (USA) - Current Raiser (Filiberto)
Tracked leaders, kept on same pace final 2f

5⁽³⁾ ¾ [5¾]	. Kass Alhawa 7/4F Dean McKeown Sir Michael Stoute	Dean McKeown Sir Michael Stoute	3	85	–	55	64	–
b c Shirley Heights - Silver Braid (USA) (Miswaki)
Left in lead after 2f, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

6⁽⁶⁾ 2½ [8¼]	. Mental Pressure 20/1 Tony Culhane Mrs M Reveley	Tony Culhane Mrs M Reveley	3	85	–	50	59	–
ch g Polar Falcon (USA) - Hysterical I (USA) (High Top)
Held up, outpaced over 3f out, headway over 1f out, finished well

7⁽⁴⁾ 1½ [9¾]	. Sharp Command 25/1 Russell Price R W Armstrong	Russell Price R W Armstrong	3	85	–	48	57	–
ch c Sharpo - Bluish (USA) (Alleged)
Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened 2f out

8⁽¹⁰⁾ 2½ [12¼]	. Induna Mkubwa 33/1 George Duffield Chris Wall	George Duffield Chris Wall	3	85	–	45	54	–
ch c Be My Chief (USA) - Hyatti (Habitat)
Tracked leaders until outpaced final 3f

9⁽¹¹⁾ hd [12½]	. Harbet House (FR) 50/1 Seb Sanders C A Cyzer	Seb Sanders C A Cyzer	3	85	–	45	53	–
b g Bikala - Light Of Hope (USA) (Lyphard)
Mid-division, effort over 2f out, soon weakened

10⁽¹⁾ 20 [32½]	. Gildoran Sound 100/1 T Williams Tim Easterby	T Williams Tim Easterby	3	80	–	12	20	–
b f Gildoran (IRE) - Sound Of Laughter (Hasty Word)
Unruly start, led, pulled hard, ran wide bend after 2f, lost place 4f out

11⁽¹³⁾ ½ [33]	. Secondment 12/1 Oscar Urbina Luca Cumani	Oscar Urbina Luca Cumani	3	85	–	16	25	–
b c Shernazar - Designate I (USA) (Nureyev)
Slowly into stride, soon ridden along and ran green, always behind

12⁽⁵⁾ 2½ [35½]	. Michelle's Ella (IRE) 100/1 Micky Fenton C D Broad	Micky Fenton C D Broad	4	95	–	7	16	–
b f Ela-Mana-Mou (IRE) - Bustina (FR) (Busted)
Unruly start, with leaders, carried wide after 2f, weakened over 4f out

13⁽¹²⁾ 6 [41½]	. Dark Sound (IRE) 100/1 M McAndrew A B Mulholland	M McAndrew A B Mulholland	3	85	–	4	13	–
b g Darshaan - Second Guess (Ela-Mana-Mou)
Started slowly, always behind

13 ran Off time: 3:25:00 Winning time: 2m 37.80s (slow by 6.50s) Total SP: 120%
1st owner: Mrs George Ward (Smart Play I) 1st breeder: Joseph Taub & Dennis W Milne
2nd owner: Dr Frank S B Chao (Shirley Venture)
3rd owner: The Cool Customers (Arctic Fancy)
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 55 (38%) M [5-9] 75 (51%) H [10-13] 20 (11%)

3:20 Thirsk 4 May 1996

Spring Maiden Stakes Class D