Full Result 3.40 York | 14 May 1992

Polo Mints Yorkshire Cup (Group 2) Class A

(Class 1) (4yo+) (1m5f194yds) 1m6f OMS Good To Firm

1st £52,302 2nd £19,494.10 3rd £9,297.05 4th £3,976.85

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	0. Rock Hopper 100/30J Pat Eddery Sir Michael Stoute	Pat Eddery Sir Michael Stoute	5	813	–	55	119	–
b h Shareef Dancer (USA) - Cormorant Wood (Home Guard)
Held up and behind, steady headway over 3f out, ran on well to lead inside final furlong

2⁽⁵⁾ 1	0. SapienceI 7/2 Ray Cochrane David Elsworth	Ray Cochrane David Elsworth	6	813	–	54	118	–
ch h Niniski (USA) - Claretta (USA) (Roberto)
Led, quickened over 3f out, edged right and kept on well final furlong

3⁽³⁾ 2½ [3½]	0. Snurge (IRE) 5/1 T Quinn Paul Cole	T Quinn Paul Cole	5	91	–	53	117	–
ch h Ela-Mana-Mou (IRE) - Finlandia (FR) (Faraway Son)
Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, edged left and ran on same pace under pressure final furlong

4⁽⁷⁾ 3 [6½]	0. Luchiroverte (IRE) 11/2 M Roberts Clive Brittain	M Roberts Clive Brittain	4	89	–	44	108	–
b c Slip Anchor - Green Lucia (Green Dancer)
With winner, disputed lead 4f out until 2f out, weakening when slightly hampered inside final furlong

5⁽⁸⁾ ½ [7]	0. Further Flight 100/30J Michael Hills B W Hills	Michael Hills B W Hills	6	810	–	44	97	–
gr g Pharly (FR) - Flying Nelly (Nelcius)
Held up, stayed on final 3f, never near to challenge

6⁽⁶⁾ 5 [12]	0. Jaffa Line 20/1 J Williams David Elsworth	J Williams David Elsworth	4	86	–	35	100	–
b f High Line - Jacquinta (Habitat)
Tracked leaders until lost place over 3f out

7⁽⁴⁾ 4 [16]	0. Mountain Kingdom (USA) 28/1 W Carson Nigel Tinkler	W Carson Nigel Tinkler	8	813	–	37	101	–
b h Exceller (USA) - Star In The North (USA) (Northern Dancer)
Prominent until outpaced final 3f

8⁽²⁾ 30 [46]	0. Nibbs Point (IRE) 10/1 S Cauthen Luca Cumani	S Cauthen Luca Cumani	4	88 2	–	–	–	–
ch f Sure Blade (USA) - Fanny's Cove (Mill Reef)
Dwelt start, went prominent 6f out, soon lost place and behind, eased when no chance

8 ran Off time: 3:43:00 Winning time: 2m 59.91s (slow by 4.11s) Total SP: 118%
1st owner: Maktoum Al Maktoum (Rock Hopper) 1st breeder: Gainsborough Stud Management Ltd
2nd owner: W H O'Gorman (SapienceI)
3rd owner: Sir Martyn Arbib (Snurge)

3:40 York 14 May 1992

Polo Mints Yorkshire Cup (Group 2) Class A