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4:15 York 19 Aug 1997

Melrose Rated Handicap Stakes Class B

(Class 2) (0-100, 3yo) (1m5f194yds) 1m6f OMS Good
1st £16,483 2nd £6,097 3rd £2,923.50 4th £1,192.50 5th £471.25 6th £182.75
Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1 (6)  
3 88 85 98 98
b g Salse (USA) - Cantico (Green Dancer)
Held up, headway 4f out, led over 2f out, clear final furlong. stewards' told: trainer reported that the improvement was due to the horse being unsuited to the undulations on it' previous race at Goodwood
2 (3) 6
3 88 v 85 91 90
b c Silver Hawk (USA) - Kapalua Butterfly (USA) (Stage Door Johnny)
Behind, hampered entering straight, good headway 3f out, hung left approaching final furlong, no chance with winner
3 (12) [8½]
3 88 85 88 87
b f Sadler's Wells (USA) - Liffey Lass (USA) (Irish River)
Soon in touch, led over 3f out until over 2f out, weakened final furlong
4 (4) 5 [13½]
3 712 82 73 77
gr f Kalaglow (IRE) - El Rabab (USA) (Roberto)
Headway 6f out, ridden over 2f out, outpaced
5 (7) nk [13¾]
3 84 Out-of-Handicaps 1 81 78 76
b f Shirley Heights - Georgica (USA) (Raise A Native)
Chased leaders, led 4f out, soon headed, weakened approaching final furlong
6 (1) ½ [14¼]
3 810 87 84 81
b c Persian Bold (IRE) - Regina St Cyr (IRE) (Doulab)
Behind when hampered entering straight, stayed on final 2f
7 (8) 13 [27¼]
3 93 94 75 72
b c Darshaan - Zerzaya (Beldale Flutter)
Held up and behind, good headway over 4f out, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off
8 (5) 13 [40¼]
3 97 98 64 59
b c Sadler's Wells (USA) - Marie De Flandre (FR) (Crystal Palace)
Tracked leaders, lost touch over 5f out, tailed off
9 (9) 5 [45¼]
3 94 95 55 49
ch c Green Dancer (USA) - Fairy Tern (Mill Reef)
Pulled hard, soon prominent, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
10 (2) 10 [55¼]
3 85 82 29 23
b f Petorius (IRE) - Cut It Fine (USA) (Big Spruce)
Ridden along 7f out, hampered approaching straight, soon tailed off
11 (10) 5 [60¼]
3 84 81 22 16
bb c Shirley Heights - Mild Intrigue (USA) (Sir Ivor)
Led to 4f out, soon lost place, tailed off
12 (11) shd [60½]
3 811 88 29 22
b c Alleged (USA) - Minstrelete (USA) (Round Table)
With leaders, ridden 7f out, hampered over 3f out, tailed off
  • 12 ran Off time: 4:15:00 Winning time: 2m 59.96s (slow by 4.16s) Total SP: 126%
  • 1st owner: J C Smith (Sausalito Bay) 1st breeder: The High Street Racing Syndica
  • 2nd owner: Hamdan Al Maktoum (Mithak)
  • 3rd owner: Sheikh Mohammed (Liffre)
  • Tote win: £10 PL: £2.20 £3.30 £1.80 Ex: £56.10 CSF: £97.90 Tricast: £392.58 Trifecta: £62.40 Pool: £3,223.63. 36.63 winning tickets.
  • DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 60 (16%) M [5-8] 67 (40%) H [9-12] 23 (44%)
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