Full Result 3.30 Cartmel | 31 August 2009

Chas Kendall Handicap Chase

(Class 3) (0-120, 4yo+) (2m5f34yds) 2m5f Heavy 8 fences 6 omitted

1st £7,827.50 2nd £2,312.50 3rd £1,156.25 4th £578.75 5th £288.75 6th £145

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	5. Reel Charmer 7/2F Alistair Findlay ⁷ George Charlton	Alistair Findlay ⁷ George Charlton	9	111 t	113	118	123	–
b m Dancing High - Gaelic Charm (IRE) (Deep Run)
Tracked leaders, led after 6th, 5 lengths clear 4f out, driven right out (op 9-2)

2 2¼	3. Marrel 6/1 Rhys Flint ³ John Flint	Rhys Flint ³ John Flint	11	118	116	119	120	–
b g Shareef Dancer (USA) - Upper Caen (High Top)
Prominent, lost place 4th, headway 6th, went modest 3rd 4f out, went 2nd over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong (op 7-1)

3 9 [11¼]	6. Livingonaknifedge (IRE) 6/1 Sam Jones ³ Richard Guest	Sam Jones ³ Richard Guest	10	114	112	106	107	–
bb g Classic Memory - Duhallow Fiveo (Black Minstrel)
Held up, headway to chase winner 2 out, weakened 2f out (op 11-2)

4 17 [28¼]	1. Midnight Gold 9/1 Wayne Hutchinson Peter Bowen	Wayne Hutchinson Peter Bowen	9	1112 p	117	94	98	–
ch g Midnight Legend - Yamrah (Milford)
Went prominent 4th, outpaced when stumbled and lost place 2 out, kept on final furlong (tchd 8-1)

5 6 [34¼]	8. Maidstone Mixture (FR) 6/1 Keith Mercer Paul Murphy	Keith Mercer Paul Murphy	4	1010	115	72	73	–
gr c Linamix (FR) - Marie Jbeil (FR) (Double Bed)
Led until after 6th, weakened 4f out (op 7-1)

6 dist [64¼]	2. Top Dressing (IRE) 11/1 Denis O'Regan Howard Johnson	Denis O'Regan Howard Johnson	8	1112	117	40	44	–
br g Rashar (USA) - Ross Gale (Strong Gale)
Held towards rear, effort 6th, weakened 5f out, eased run-in, tailed off (op 9-1)

7 16 [80¼]	4. Nile Moon (IRE) 11/1 Paddy Aspell Ann Hamilton	Paddy Aspell Ann Hamilton	8	118 b	113	19	24	–
b g Simply Great (FR) - Reasonable Time (IRE) (Reasonable)
Chased leaders, weakened rapidly approaching 2 out, soon tailed off (op 8-1)

8 31 [111¼]	9. First Boy 7/1 Tjade Collier ³ Sue Smith	Tjade Collier ³ Sue Smith	7	107	101	–	–	–
b g Polar Prince (IRE) - Seraphim (FR) (Lashkari)
Chased leaders, weakened over 4f out, tailed off 1f out, walked over line (jockey said gelding had become very tired) (op 8-1 tchd 13-2)

9 9 [120¼]	10. Peak Seasons (IRE) 11/1 Mr Byron Moorcroft ⁵ Michael Chapman	Mr Byron Moorcroft ⁵ Michael Chapman	6	99 6	91	–	–	–
ch g Raise A Grand (IRE) - Teresian Girl (IRE) (Glenstal)
Went prominent 4th, hit 5th, soon weakened, tailed off 3f out, walked over line (op 14-1)

PU	7. Copper BayI (IRE) 22/1 Miss L Horner ⁵ Joanne Foster	Miss L Horner ⁵ Joanne Foster	7	1013 tb	109	–	–	–
b g Revoque (IRE) - Bahia Laura (FR) (Bellypha)
In touch, lost place after 4th, soon tailed off, pulled up before 6th (jockey said gelding had a breathing problem) (op 18-1)

10 ran Off time: 3:30:00 Winning time: 5m 44.90s (slow by 38.90s) Total SP: 117%
1st owner: George A Charlton (Reel Charmer) 1st breeder: J I A Charlton
2nd owner: Don Gould, Wendy Herring (Marrel)
3rd owner: The Greendale Oak Partnership (Livingonaknifedge)
Tote win: £4.50 PL: £1.90 £2.80 £2.90 Ex: £24.50 CSF: £25.48 Tricast: £122.78

last two fences on each circuit were omitted due to bad ground

3:30 Cartmel 31 Aug 2009

Chas Kendall Handicap Chase