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2:40 Newmarket (July) 4 Aug 2001

George Gill Memorial Handicap Class D

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo) 7f July Good To Soft
1st £4,173 2nd £1,284 3rd £642 4th £321
Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
1 (11)  
3 93 76 78 88
b c Lahib (USA) - Maraatib (IRE) (Green Desert)
Slowly into stride, held up, headway and not clear run over 2f out, not much room over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well (tchd 100-30, 7-2 in places)
2 (2)
3 94 77 74 85
b c Green Desert (USA) - Continuous (IRE) (Darshaan)
Chased leaders, led over 4f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, one pace (tchd 8-1 in places)
3 (13) [2¾]
3 88 67 60 72
b g Namaqualand (USA) - Point Of Law (Law Society)
Held up, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance 1f out, one pace (op 12-1 tchd 16-1)
4 (15) hd [3]
3 86 65 58 69
b g Zafonic (USA) - Top Society (High Top)
Prominent, pulled hard, ridden and edged right over 1f out, soon every chance, no extra inside final furlong (tchd 16-1 in places)
5 (16) [4¾]
3 810 69 57 69
gr g Definite Article - Nicea (IRE) (Dominion)
Held up, headway and hampered over 1f out, ran on, never able to challenge (tchd 20-1 in places)
6 (1) nk [5]
3 91 74 62 73
ch c Lake Coniston (IRE) - Lassalia (Sallust)
Held up, headway and hampered over 1f out, stayed on (op 8-1)
7 (12) [6¾]
3 94 77 60 71
ch g Zafonic (USA) - River Jig (USA) (Irish River)
Held up, pulled hard, headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace approaching final furlong (op 25-1)
8 (6) hd [7]
3 812 71 54 65
b g Handsome Sailor - Bollin Sophie (Efisio)
Led, headed over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, hampered over 1f out, soon beaten (op 14-1 tchd 20-1 in places)
9 (5) 2 [9]
3 89 v 68 45 56
br g Lahib (USA) - Glamour Model (Last Tycoon)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung right and weakened over 1f out (op 20-1 tchd 33-1, 40-1 in a place)
10 (9) nk [9¼]
3 96 79 55 66
b c Nicolotte - Miss Butterfield (Cure The Blues)
Prominent 5f (op 7-1 tchd 10-1 in places)
11 (4) ½ [9¾]
3 97 80 54 66
b c Mark Of Esteem (IRE) - Next Episode I (USA) (Nijinsky)
Prominent, ridden when hampered and weakened over 1f out (tchd 5-1)
12 (14) [13¼]
3 92 75 38 52
ch f Mujtahid (USA) - Polytess (IRE) (Polish Patriot)
Held up, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 16-1 tchd 25-1 in places)
13 (8) 1 [14¼]
3 94 77 37 51
ch f Pivotal - Appledorn (Doulab)
Held up, effort and badly hampered over 1f out, not recover (tchd 12-1 in places)
14 (7) ¾ [15]
3 89 b1 68 26 40
gr g Royal Abjar (USA) - Nirvavita (FR) (Highest Honor)
Chased leaders, ridden and badly hampered over 1f out, eased (op 25-1)
  • 14 ran Off time: 2:47:00 Winning time: 1m 26.96s (slow by 3.66s) Total SP: 128%
  • Non-runners: Velvet Island (withdrawn; spread a plate at start), Young Alex (unsuitable ground)
  • Rule 4: No.11 Velvet Island (14/1) was withdrawn, rule 4 applies to all bets deduction 5p in the pound
  • 1st owner: Hamdan Al Maktoum (Al Aali) 1st breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited
  • 2nd owner: Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum (Kameynn)
  • 3rd owner: Platinum Racing Club Limited (Uhoomagoo)
  • Tote win: £3.80 PL: £2.10 £2.70 £2.40 Ex: £45.90 CSF: £21.32 Tricast: £219.92
  • DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-6] 52 (41%) M [7-11] 35 (38%) H [12-16] 63 (21%)
After a stewards' inquiry, the placings remained unaltered
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