Full Result 3.45 Ascot | 20 December 2008

Racegoers Club Championship Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Grade 2

(Class 1) (4-6yo) (1m7f152yds) 1m7½f Good To Soft

1st £11,972.10 2nd £4,491.90 3rd £2,249.10 4th £1,121.40 5th £562.80 6th £281.40

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	8. Red Harbour (IRE) 11/4 R Walsh Paul Nicholls	R Walsh Paul Nicholls	4	114	–	71	112	–
ch g Old Vic - Auntie Honnie (IRE) (Radical)
Held up in touch, headway to chase leaders over 3f out, every chance 2f out, soon ridden, led entering final furlong, kept on well (op 3-1)

2 ½	4. Bushwacker (IRE) 20/1 Jamie Moore Seamus Mullins	Jamie Moore Seamus Mullins	4	114	–	70	111	–
b g Top Of The World - Tender Pearl (Prince Tenderfoot)
Held up in touch, led over 2f out, ridden 2f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on well but always just held (op 14-1)

3 1¼ [1¾]	12. Springfield Raki 10/1 Timmy Murphy Steve Gollings	Timmy Murphy Steve Gollings	4	114	–	69	110	–
b g Rakaposhi King - Springfield Rhyme (Idiots Delight)
Held up in touch towards rear, headway 4f out, ridden 3f out, stayed on entering final furlong, went 3rd final 100yds, not pace to reach leading pair (op 9-1 tchd 8-1)

4 ¾ [2½]	6. Miller's Dawn 33/1 Sam Thomas Henrietta C Knight	Sam Thomas Henrietta C Knight	4	114	–	68	109	–
ch g Karinga Bay - Dawn Gait (Fearless Action)
Held up in rear, headway over 3f out, switched left 2f out, kept on final furlong, not pace to reach leaders (op 40-1)

5 ¾ [3¼]	5. Larks Lad (IRE) 2/1F Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson	Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson	4	114	–	67	109	–
b g Bob Back (USA) - Higher Again (IRE) (Strong Gale)
Chased leaders, every chance and ridden just over 2f out, no extra entering final furlong (tchd 15-8 and 9-4 in a place)

6 2¼ [5½]	14. Alasi 20/1 Dominic Elsworth Paul Webber	Dominic Elsworth Paul Webber	4	1011	–	57	100	–
b f Alflora (IRE) - Anamasi (Idiots Delight)
Held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, chased leaders and ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out (op 14-1)

7 ¾ [6¼]	2. Ballybach (IRE) 10/1 Liam Treadwell Nick Gifford	Liam Treadwell Nick Gifford	4	114	–	64	106	–
b g Bach (IRE) - Croom River (IRE) (Over The River)
Held up well in touch in midfield, headway and ridden 3f out, effort on inner over 2f out, switched left and kept on same pace from over 1f out (op 16-1)

8 1¼ [7½]	7. Pearlysteps 7/1 Richard Johnson Henry Daly	Richard Johnson Henry Daly	5	114	–	62	106	–
ch g Alflora (IRE) - Pearly-B (IRE) (Gunner B)
Chased leader until led over 8f out, ridden and headed well over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 13-2 tchd 6-1)

9 2¾ [10¼]	11. Sergeant Harper (IRE) 14/1 Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard	Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard	5	114	–	59	102	–
br g Insan (USA) - Quelle Femme (IRE) (Naheez)
Took keen hold, chased leaders, went 2nd over 8f out until 3f out, weakened over 2f out (op 10-1)

10 17 [27¼]	1. Azulada Bay (IRE) 100/1 Jay Pemberton ⁷ Mark Rimell	Jay Pemberton ⁷ Mark Rimell	4	1011	–	38	87	–
ch g Karinga Bay - Azulada (FR) (Pistolet Bleu)
In touch in midfield until ridden and lost touch well over 3f out

11 ¾ [28]	3. Borderhopper 66/1 Alan O'Keeffe Paul Murphy	Alan O'Keeffe Paul Murphy	4	114	–	37	86	–
ch g Zaha (CAN) - Tom's Influence (Pitpan)
Chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, lost touch over 3f out

12 7 [35]	10. Search For Gold (IRE) 25/1 Daryl Jacob Jonathan Geake	Daryl Jacob Jonathan Geake	6	114	–	29	80	–
b g Rainbow Quest (USA) - Miss Arizona (IRE) (Sure Blade)
Held up towards rear, ridden and lost touch over 4f out (op 33-1)

13 38 [73]	13. Topping The Bill 100/1 Mr S Rees ⁷ Michael Wigham	Mr S Rees ⁷ Michael Wigham	5	1011	–	–	46	–
ch g Singspiel (IRE) - Ayunli (Chief Singer)
Chased leaders until ran very wide and dropped to last place over 12f out, well behind after, tailed off final 4f (op 150-1)

14 nse [73]	15. Wheeling 20/1 M Keogh J-M Plasschaert	M Keogh J-M Plasschaert	6	1011	–	–	39	–
b m Bahhare (USA) - Winning Pearl (Great Commotion)
Led until headed over 8f out, weakened quickly over 5f out, tailed off final 3f (op 100-1)

15 6 [79]	9. Rock Of Dubai (IRE) 66/1 Anthony Freeman ⁷ Sean Curran	Anthony Freeman ⁷ Sean Curran	4	1011	–	–	40	–
b g Alderbrook - Nut Eile (IRE) (Torus)
Took keen hold, held up in rear, ridden and struggling 8f out, tailed off final 4f

15 ran Off time: 3:48:00 Winning time: 3m 50.00s (slow by 19.00s) Total SP: 124%
1st owner: Chris Giles (Red Harbour) 1st breeder: Mrs Ann Maxwell
2nd owner: Darren Anderson (Bushwacker)
3rd owner: Mrs M A Hall (Springfield Raki)
Tote win: £3.40 PL: £1.70 £4.40 £2.70 Ex: £81.50 CSF: £65.10 Trifecta: £396.20 Pool: £996.08 - 1.86 winning units. Place 6 £176.91, Place 5 £161.36.
Jackpot: Not won.
Placepot: £123.00 to a £1 stake. Pool: £189,353.16. 1,123.03 winning tickets.
Quadpot: £17.80 to a £1 stake. Pool: £12,002.75. 496.57 winning tickets.

3:45 Ascot 20 Dec 2008

Racegoers Club Championship Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race Grade 2