Full Result 4.00 Musselburgh | 1 March 2009

Tom McConnell Handicap Hurdle

(Class 3) (0-120, 4yo+) (3m110yds) 3m½f OMS Good To Firm 14 hurdles

1st £6,505 2nd £1,910 3rd £955 4th £477

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	3. Percutant (FR) 11/4 Graham Lee Ferdy Murphy	Graham Lee Ferdy Murphy	6	118	114	118	128	–
b g April Night (FR) - Holliday'S (FR) (Passing Sale)
Held up, bumped 9th, smooth headway to track leaders before 3 out, led and went left next, not fluent last, ridden, edged left and flashed tail run-in, kept on strongly (op 3-1 tchd 7-2)

2 2½	9. Orang Outan (FR) 9/1 Harry Haynes ⁵ James Ewart	Harry Haynes ⁵ James Ewart	7	913 p	96	98	102	–
b g Baby Turk - Ellapampa (FR) (Pampabird)
With leader, led after 4 out to 2 out, kept on from last, not reach winner (op 10-1)

3 ½ [3]	2. Singhalongtasveer 15/2 Jakub Kocman ¹⁰ George Charlton	Jakub Kocman ¹⁰ George Charlton	7	1013 t	115	117	120	–
b g Namaqualand (USA) - Felinwen (White Mill)
Prominent, ridden 3 out, kept on under pressure from last (op 9-1 tchd 7-1)

4 5 [8]	4. Kyber 9/1 James Reveley ³ Jim Goldie	James Reveley ³ Jim Goldie	8	1010	105	103	107	–
ch g First Trump - Mahbob Dancer (FR) (Groom Dancer)
Led to after 4 out, soon ridden, outpaced from 2 out

5 22 [30]	10. Itzacliche (IRE) 11/1 Miss J R Richards ⁷ Nicky Richards	Miss J R Richards ⁷ Nicky Richards	9	910	95	77	76	–
b g Classic Cliche (IRE) - Ower (IRE) (Lomond)
Took keen hold, held up, effort after 4 out, never able to challenge (op 8-1)

6 1¾ [31¾]	11. Festival King (IRE) 5/2F Timmy Murphy Pauline Robson	Timmy Murphy Pauline Robson	7	103	95	75	74	–
br g King's Theatre (IRE) - Mary Linda (Grand Lodge)
Raced wide, in touch until ridden and weakened from 3 out (trainer had no explanation for the poor form shown) (tchd 11-4)

7 1 [32¾]	7. Stainley (IRE) 33/1 Mark Bradburne Sue Bradburne	Mark Bradburne Sue Bradburne	6	108	100	79	78	–
b g Elnadim (USA) - Fizz Up (Alzao)
Held up, outpaced after 4 out, no impression from next (op 28-1)

8 4½ [37¼]	5. Doris's Gift 20/1 Dougie Costello Chris Grant	Dougie Costello Chris Grant	8	109 v¹	101	77	75	–
gr g Environment Friend - Saxon Gift (Saxon Farm)
Chased leaders until weakened after 4 out (tchd 18-1)

9 7 [44¼]	6. Rusty Red (IRE) 28/1 Miss L Horner ⁵ Chris Grant	Miss L Horner ⁵ Chris Grant	6	103	100	70	68	–
b g Brave Act - Earth Charter (Slip Anchor)
Held up towards rear, blundered badly 9th, soon struggling (op 50-1)

10 42 [86¼]	1. Laborec (IRE) 12/1 Denis O'Regan Howard Johnson	Denis O'Regan Howard Johnson	6	1112	118	55	48	–
gr g Oscar (IRE) - Bere Science (IRE) (Roselier)
In touch, driven and outpaced before 9th, beaten 4 out (op 11-1)

PU	8. Sonara (IRE) 22/1 James O'Farrell ³ Howard Johnson	James O'Farrell ³ Howard Johnson	5	102	97	–	–	–
b g Peintre Celebre (USA) - Fay (IRE) (Polish Precedent)
Behind, lost touch 9th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (op 33-1)

11 ran Off time: 4:03:00 Winning time: 5m 39.50s (slow by 13.50s) Total SP: 119%
1st owner: W J Gott (Percutant) 1st breeder: Christian Lambert & W Van Oppenraaij
2nd owner: The Monkey Syndicate (Orang Outan)
3rd owner: Esh racing (Singhalongtasveer)
Tote win: £3.40 PL: £1.30 £2.60 £2.60 Ex: £30.30 CSF: £26.45 Tricast: £170.51

Course record time.

4:00 Musselburgh 1 Mar 2009

Tom McConnell Handicap Hurdle