Full Result 1.15 Cheltenham | 12 November 1994

Murphy's Handicap Hurdle

(4yo+) (2m87yds) 2m½f Old Good To Soft 8 hurdles

1st £28,010 2nd £8,480 3rd £4,140 4th £1,970

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	0. Atours (USA) 3/1F P Holley David Elsworth	P Holley David Elsworth	6	115	138	156	160	–
b g Chief's Crown (USA) - Ataire (USA) (What A Pleasure)
Held up in rear, smooth headway approaching 3 out, led 2 out, pushed clear flat, impressive

2 15	0. Major Bugler (IRE) 11/2 A P McCoy ⁵ G B Balding	A P McCoy ⁵ G B Balding	5	105	129	127	133	–
b g Thatching - Bugle Sound (Bustino)
Mid-division, reminder 3rd, effort 2 out, outpaced last

3 1¼ [16¼]	0. Chief Minister (IRE) 9/1 Peter Hobbs Thomas Dyer	Peter Hobbs Thomas Dyer	5	1010	129	131	132	–
br g Rainbow Quest (USA) - Riverlily (FR) (Green Dancer)
Chased leaders, ridden along and lost place 3 out, rallied approaching last, outpaced flat

4 7 [23¼]	0. Daring Past 13/2 R Dunwoody Micky Hammond	R Dunwoody Micky Hammond	4	100 1	119	115	115	–
b g Daring March - Better Buy Baileys (Sharpo)
Chased leaders, led 3 out to next, weakened approaching last

5 11 [34¼]	0. Squire Silk 9/2 S McNeill Andy Turnell	S McNeill Andy Turnell	5	100	119	104	104	–
b g Natroun (FR) - Rustle Of Silk (General Assembly)
Held up towards rear, not fluent and reminder 4th, never near to challenge

6 1¾ [36]	0. Giordano (IRE) 33/1 Norman Williamson David Evans	Norman Williamson David Evans	4	100 9 v	119	102	102	–
br g Cyrano De Bergerac (IRE) - Kitterland (Rheingold)
Held up in touch, effort 3 out, soon beaten

7 5 [41]	0. Dancing Paddy 14/1 D O'Sullivan Ken Cunningham-Brown	D O'Sullivan Ken Cunningham-Brown	6	1110	143	121	121	–
b h Nordance (USA) - Ninotchka (Niniski)
Prominent, ridden along 3 out, every chance next, soon weakened

8 3 [44]	0. Highbrook (USA) 7/1 Adrian Maguire Mark H Tompkins	Adrian Maguire Mark H Tompkins	6	112	135	110	110	–
b m Alphabatim (USA) - Tellspot (USA) (Tell)
Held up in mid-division, driven along 3 out, soon weakened

9 9 [53]	0. Nahar 9/1 A Dicken Simon Dow	A Dicken Simon Dow	9	112	135	101	101	–
bb g Known Fact (USA) - Muznah (Royal And Regal)
Held up towards rear, detached from 4th, no danger after

10 3 [56]	0. Ratify I 20/1 A S Smith Kevin Morgan	A S Smith Kevin Morgan	7	101	120	83	83	–
br g Shirley Heights - Rattle (FR) (Riverman)
Led, headed 3 out, mistake and weakened next

10 ran Off time: 1:17:00 Winning time: 4m 2.10s (slow by 12.10s) Total SP: 119%
1st owner: Oh So Rosie Partnership (Atours) 1st breeder: William Floyd
2nd owner: Michael Kerr-Dineen (Major Bugler)
3rd owner: G Shiel (Chief Minister)

1:15 Cheltenham 12 Nov 1994

Murphy's Handicap Hurdle