Full Result 3.05 Ascot | 10 October 1997

Bonusprint October Stakes Class A

(Class 1) (3yo+) (7f213yds) 1m Rnd Heavy

1st £17,181.25 2nd £5,200 3rd £2,537.50 4th £1,206.25

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	7. Jafn 5/1J Richard Hills B Hanbury	Richard Hills B Hanbury	3	88	–	77	88	–
ch f Sharpo - Harold's Girl (FR) (Northfields)
Started slowly, not much room over 2f out, headway over 1f out, hard ridden, led well inside final furlong, ran on well

2⁽⁶⁾ 1¼	4. Dancing Drop 6/1 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	3	88	–	74	85	–
b f Green Desert (USA) - Moon Drop (Dominion)
Headway over 2f out, led 1f out until well inside final furlong, unable to quicken

3⁽⁸⁾ nk [1½]	1. Blessed Spirit 8/1 Seb Sanders Chris Wall	Seb Sanders Chris Wall	4	811	–	74	85	–
ch f Statoblest (IRE) - Kukri (Kris)
Held up, led well over 1f out until 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, one pace

4⁽⁴⁾ 2 [3½]	5. Fiametta 11/1 Frankie Dettori Clive Brittain	Frankie Dettori Clive Brittain	3	88	–	70	81	–
ch f Primo Dominie - Monaiya (Shareef Dancer)
Behind when not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on

5⁽¹¹⁾ 2½ [6]	9. Northern Blessing 10/1 John Reid P W Harris	John Reid P W Harris	3	88	–	65	76	–
b f Waajib (IRE) - Last Blessing (Final Straw)
Always prominent, led over 2f out until well over 1f out, soon weakened

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 2½ [8½]	6. Heavenly Ray (USA) 20/1 T Quinn James Fanshawe	T Quinn James Fanshawe	3	88	–	59	71	–
ch f Rahy (USA) - Highest Truth (USA) (Alydar)
Held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

7⁽⁹⁾ 12 [20½]	10. Palisade (USA) 5/1J Kieren Fallon Sir Henry Cecil	Kieren Fallon Sir Henry Cecil	3	88	–	33	47	–
b f Gone West (USA) - Peplum (USA) (Nijinsky)
Headway over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

8⁽²⁾ 4 [24½]	3. Dame Laura (IRE) 20/1 T Sprake Hughie Morrison	T Sprake Hughie Morrison	3	88	–	25	39	–
b f Royal Academy (USA) - Aunty (FR) (Riverman)
Prominent 6f

9⁽³⁾ hd [24¾]	11. Priena (IRE) 13/2 Ray Cochrane David Loder	Ray Cochrane David Loder	3	88 v	–	24	38	–
ch f Priolo (USA) - Isabena (Star Appeal)
Headway over 3f out, soon weakened

10⁽⁷⁾ 10 [34¾]	8. Marilaya (IRE) 11/2 Kevin Darley Luca Cumani	Kevin Darley Luca Cumani	3	88	–	2	18	–
b f Shernazar - Mariyada (USA) (Diesis)
Led over 5f

10 ran Off time: 3:05:00 Winning time: 1m 48.10s (slow by 8.90s) Total SP: 115%
Non-runners: Apache Star
1st owner: Hamdan Al Maktoum (Jafn) 1st breeder: P And Mrs Venner
2nd owner: Mohamed Suhail (Dancing Drop)
3rd owner: Sir William Stuttaford (Blessed Spirit)
Tote win: £4.50 PL: £1.70 £2.70 £2.30 Ex: £11.50 CSF: £30.95 Trifecta: £40.80 Pool: £2,090.41. 36.36 winning tickets.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 39 (30%) M [4-8] 66 (43%) H [9-11] 45 (27%)

3:05 Ascot 10 Oct 1997

Bonusprint October Stakes Class A