Full Result 2.30 Fontwell | 4 March 2009

Betfair SP As It Should Be Maiden Hurdle

(Class 5) (4yo+) (2m1f145yds) 2m1½f Good To Soft 9 hurdles

1st £2,602 2nd £764 3rd £382 4th £190.80

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	16. Astrodome I 11/2 Philip Hide Gary Moore	Philip Hide Gary Moore	4	107	–	70	112	–
b g Domedriver (IRE) - Alexandrine (IRE) (Nashwan)
Prominent and going well, ridden to lead 2 out, raced flat but always finding enough (op 13-2 tchd 7-1)

2 ½	4. Ermine Sea 5/4F A P McCoy Henrietta C Knight	A P McCoy Henrietta C Knight	6	112	–	79	119	–
b g Rainbow Quest (USA) - Bint Pasha (USA) (Affirmed)
Prominent, not fluent 2 out and driven, every chance last, kept on but no impression (tchd 6-5 and 11-8 in places)

3 18 [18½]	5. Fassaroe 11/8 Dominic Elsworth Oliver Sherwood	Dominic Elsworth Oliver Sherwood	7	112 p	120	59	107	–
b g Kayf Tara - Kosheen (IRE) (Supreme Leader)
Led 2nd, headed 2 out, ridden and weakening when mistake last, tired when hung left flat (trainer said gelding had a breathing problem) (op 5-4 tchd 6-4 in places)

4 11 [29½]	14. Ede's The Best 100/1 Gareth Thomas ⁷ Pat Phelan	Gareth Thomas ⁷ Pat Phelan	5	102	–	40	86	–
b m Kayf Tara - Irish Impulse (USA) (Irish River)
Mistakes, midfield, 20 lengths 5th and struggling after 3 out, plodded on

5 2 [31½]	3. Daring Racer (GER) 40/1 Colin Bolger Laura Mongan	Colin Bolger Laura Mongan	6	112	–	45	91	–
ch g Big Shuffle (USA) - Daring Action (Arazi)
Close up, still on heels of leaders after 3 out, faded badly before next

6 19 [50½]	15. Silver Wager 33/1 Alex Merriam ⁷ Diana Grissell	Alex Merriam ⁷ Diana Grissell	6	102	–	17	67	–
gr m Silver Patriarch (IRE) - Gemma's Wager (IRE) (Phardante)
Never near leaders, tailed off after 3 out (op 40-1)

7 1 [51½]	1. Balableu (FR) 100/1 Mattie Batchelor Peter Bull	Mattie Batchelor Peter Bull	7	112	–	23	73	–
b g Epervier Bleu - Bajabala (FR) (Nikos)
Behind, mistake 4th and lost touch, tailed off before 3 out

8 14 [65½]	7. Missinlucan (IRE) 66/1 Seamus Durack Tim Vaughan	Seamus Durack Tim Vaughan	7	112	–	6	61	–
b g Bob's Return (IRE) - Amourus (IRE) (Mandalus)
Took keen hold early, always well behind, tailed off before 3 out (op 80-1)

9 14 [79½]	8. My Jim Fan 100/1 Danny Burton ⁷ Jo Davis	Danny Burton ⁷ Jo Davis	5	109	–	–	48	–
b g Beat All (USA) - Topical Times (IRE) (Executive Perk)
Behind, tailed off from 5th

PU	13. Dancing Valentine 100/1 Robert L Butler ³ Chris Gordon	Robert L Butler ³ Chris Gordon	5	106	–	–	–	–
b m Primo Valentino (IRE) - Shanuke (IRE) (Contract Law)
Hopelessly tailed off when pulled up after 5th

PU	2. Blind Faith I (IRE) 100/1 D P Fahy ³ Evan Williams	D P Fahy ³ Evan Williams	5	1013	–	–	–	–
b g Beneficial - Drinadaly (IRE) (Oscar)
Jumped wildly left 1st and hit rail, continued to jump deplorably, tailed off from 5th until pulled up after 3 out

PU	6. Giggles O'Shea (IRE) 100/1 Marc Goldstein ⁵ Richard Rowe	Marc Goldstein ⁵ Richard Rowe	7	1011 p	–	–	–	–
b g Clerkenwell (USA) - Carrick Shannon (Green Shoon)
Took keen hold, led until 2nd, 2nd until mistake 5th and stopped to nothing, hopelessly tailed off when pulled up after 3 out

12 ran Off time: 2:30:00 Winning time: 4m 37.10s (slow by 26.10s) Total SP: 115%
Non-runners: Nordwind (self certificate), Nothing's Easy (unsuitable ground), One Upmanship (unsuitable ground), Search For Gold (unsuitable ground)
1st owner: A Black (Astrodome I) 1st breeder: Miss K Rausing And Mrs S Rogers
2nd owner: Lady Bamford & Alice Bamford (Ermine Sea)
3rd owner: M G St Quinton (Fassaroe)
Tote win: £5.50 PL: £1.40 £1.02 £1.40 Ex: £13.90 CSF: £12.84

2:30 Fontwell 4 Mar 2009

Betfair SP As It Should Be Maiden Hurdle