Full Result 4.10 Chester | 5 May 1998

Earl Of Chester Handicap Class C

(Class 3) (0-100, 3yo) (7f127yds) 7½f Good

1st £18,147.50 2nd £5,480 3rd £2,665 4th £1,257.50

Earl Of Chester Handicap Class C, 7½f - Good, Class 3 3yo

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	13. Bodfari Pride (IRE) 5/1 D Wright Alan Bailey	D Wright Alan Bailey	3	711 5	73	79	80	–
b g Pips Pride - Renata's Ring (IRE) (Auction Ring)
Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, strong run under pressure to lead near finish

2⁽⁷⁾ nk	12. Gift Of Gold 20/1 Adrian McCarthy ³ A Kelleway	Adrian McCarthy ³ A Kelleway	3	710	75	77	81	–
ch g Statoblest (IRE) - Ellebanna (Tina's Pet)
Chased leader, led over 3f out, soon clear, ridden and caught close home

3⁽⁶⁾ ½ [¾]	2. Plan-B 5/2F Frankie Dettori John Gosden	Frankie Dettori John Gosden	3	811	87	91	92	–
b c Polish Precedent (USA) - Draft Board (Rainbow Quest)
Held up mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong

4⁽¹¹⁾ nk [1]	6. Shfoug (USA) 7/1 Royston Ffrench B W Hills	Royston Ffrench B W Hills	3	85	81	85	85	–
b f Sheikh Albadou - Pure Misk (Rainbow Quest)
Held up in mid-division, headway 2f out, switched right approaching final furlong, finished strongly

5⁽²⁾ 2 [3]	9. Premium Pursuit 20/1 Robert Winston ⁵ Richard Fahey	Robert Winston ⁵ Richard Fahey	3	713	80	75	80	–
b g Pursuit Of Love - Music In My Life (IRE) (Law Society)
Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, kept on

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 1½ [4½]	4. The Downtown Fox 10/1 Ray Cochrane B A McMahon	Ray Cochrane B A McMahon	3	811	87	84	83	–
br g Primo Dominie - Sara Sprint (Formidable I)
Prominent, hard driven 2f out, weakened final furlong

7⁽¹²⁾ 2½ [7]	5. Requestor 14/1 Kieren Fallon J G Fitzgerald	Kieren Fallon J G Fitzgerald	3	810	86	78	77	–
br g Distinctly North (USA) - Bebe Altesse (GER) (Alpenkonig)
Held up, effort and ridden 3f out, no impression

8⁽¹⁾ hd [7¼]	3. Pelagos (FR) 6/1 T Sprake Roger Charlton	T Sprake Roger Charlton	3	811	87	78	77	–
gr g Exit To Nowhere (USA) - Southern Maid (USA) (Northern Dancer)
Slowly into stride, behind until ran on approaching final furlong

9⁽⁸⁾ hd [7½]	1. Jazz Club (USA) 14/1 T Quinn Paul Cole	T Quinn Paul Cole	3	97	97	88	87	–
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Held up headway over 4f out, ridden and weakened well over 2f out

10⁽¹³⁾ 1¼ [8¾]	10. Demolition Jo 20/1 J F Egan David Evans	J F Egan David Evans	3	84 v	80	68	67	–
gr f Petong - Fire Sprite (Mummy's Game)
Held up, effort 3f out, soon ridden and weakened

11⁽³⁾ ½ [9¼]	8. Peter's Imp (IRE) 20/1 Paul Fessey ³ J Berry	Paul Fessey ³ J Berry	3	81	80	64	66	–
b g Imp Society (USA) - Catherine Clare (Sallust)
Always in rear

12⁽⁵⁾ 3 [12¼]	7. Tumblweed Prospect 11/1 Pat Eddery Brian Meehan	Pat Eddery Brian Meehan	3	85	81	62	60	–
ch g Lion Cavern (USA) - Ring Of Pearl (Auction Ring)
Led 4f, weakened well over 1f out, eased

13⁽⁹⁾ 13 [25¼]	11. Queen Of Scotland (IRE) 12/1 Allan Mackay Mick Channon	Allan Mackay Mick Channon	3	82	78	36	32	–
b f Mujadil (USA) - Hitopah (Bustino)
Held up, headway under pressure 4f out, weakened quickly 2f out, tailed off

13 ran Off time: 4:11:00 Winning time: 1m 33.52s (slow by 2.02s) Total SP: 130%
1st owner: Bodfari Stud Ltd (Bodfari Pride) 1st breeder: Gay O'Callaghan
2nd owner: Classic Gold (Gift Of Gold)
3rd owner: Sheikh Mohammed (Plan-B)
Tote win: £4.10 PL: £1.50 £5.80 £1.50 Ex: £70.90 CSF: £101.98 Tricast: £279.16 Trifecta: £128.40 Pool: £7,754.43. 42.85 winning tickets.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 57 (31%) M [5-9] 47 (44%) H [10-13] 46 (25%)

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Earl Of Chester Handicap Class C

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