Full Result 8.10 Haydock | 29 May 2009

George Formby Birthday Handicap

(Class 5) (0-70, 4yo+) 1m6f OMS Good To Soft

1st £3,238 2nd £963.50 3rd £481.50 4th £240.50

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁶⁾	1. Gifted Leader (USA) 7/1 Stevie Donohoe Ian Williams	Stevie Donohoe Ian Williams	4	94	70	57	85	–
b c Diesis - Zaghruta I (USA) (Gone West)
Held up towards rear, headway 6f out, switched right over 2f out, led on stands' side 1f out, drew readily clear, eased towards finish (op 15-2 tchd 8-1)

2⁽⁴⁾ 4	3. Ursis (FR) 6/1 Matthew Davies ⁷ Steve Gollings	Matthew Davies ⁷ Steve Gollings	8	811	70	52	77	–
b g Trempolino (USA) - Bold Virgin (USA) (Sadler's Wells)
Tracked leaders, led 4f out, headed 1f out, no extra (tchd 5-1)

3⁽¹³⁾ ½ [4½]	5. Twilight Dawn 8/1 Royston Ffrench L Lungo	Royston Ffrench L Lungo	5	812	64	45	70	–
ch m Muhtarram (USA) - Indigo Dawn (Rainbow Quest)
Started very slowly, headway over 3f out, chasing leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace, lame (jockey said mare missed the break; vet said mare returned lame) (op 14-1 tchd 20-1)

4⁽²⁾ 2¼ [6¾]	9. Bold Adventure 7/1 Philip Robinson Willie Musson	Philip Robinson Willie Musson	5	88	60	38	63	–
ch g Arkadian Hero (USA) - Impatiente (USA) (Vaguely Noble)
Dwelt, took keen hold in rear, headway over 3f out, chasing leaders over 1f out, one pace (op 9-1 tchd 13-2)

5⁽³⁾ 1¾ [8½]	4. Bollin Greta 100/30F Seb Sanders Tim Easterby	Seb Sanders Tim Easterby	4	92	68	43	69	–
bb f Mtoto - Bollin Zola (IRE) (Alzao)
Held up in rear, headway over 5f out, chasing leaders 2f out, one pace (op 3-1 tchd 7-2)

6⁽⁵⁾ 5 [13½]	6. Royal Premier (IRE) 66/1 Jack Mitchell ³ Hugh Collingridge	Jack Mitchell ³ Hugh Collingridge	6	87 v	62	30	56	–
b g King's Theatre (IRE) - Mystic Shadow (IRE) (Mtoto)
Chased leaders, driven over 5f out, weakened over 1f out

7⁽¹¹⁾ ½ [14]	8. Mcqueen I (IRE) 28/1 Pat Cosgrave Barry Leavy	Pat Cosgrave Barry Leavy	9	88	60	27	53	–
ch g Barathea (IRE) - Bibliotheque (USA) (Woodman)
Led until 4f out, weakened over 1f out (op 40-1)

8⁽⁷⁾ 1½ [15½]	12. Monaadi (IRE) 10/1 Paul Quinn Reg Hollinshead	Paul Quinn Reg Hollinshead	4	85 p	57	22	48	–
b g Singspiel (IRE) - Bint Albaadiya (USA) (Woodman)
Mid-division, driven over 6f out, never a factor (op 9-1 tchd 8-1)

9⁽⁹⁾ 3¾ [19¼]	10. Moonwalking 9/2 Andrew Elliott Jedd O'Keeffe	Andrew Elliott Jedd O'Keeffe	5	88	60	19	46	–
b g Danehill Dancer (IRE) - Macca Luna (IRE) (Kahyasi)
Prominent, headway on outside to join leaders over 6f out, lost place over 1f out (op 5-1)

10⁽¹⁰⁾ 3 [22¼]	2. Directa's Digger (IRE) 11/1 Jack Dean ⁵ Michael Scudamore	Jack Dean ⁵ Michael Scudamore	5	813 p	70	25	51	–
b h Daggers Drawn (USA) - Chita Rivera (Chief Singer)
Took keen hold, tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, eased inside final furlong (op 12-1 tchd 10-1)

11⁽¹⁾ nk [22½]	7. Drawn Gold 12/1 Graham Gibbons Reg Hollinshead	Graham Gibbons Reg Hollinshead	5	89	61	15	42	–
b g Daggers Drawn (USA) - Gold Belt (IRE) (Bellypha)
Chased leaders, hard driven over 5f out, lost place over 1f out (op 16-1)

11 ran Off time: 8:11:00 Winning time: 3m 6.33s (slow by 14.33s) Total SP: 122%
Non-runners: Al Azy (unsuitable ground), Rudry World (self certificate)
1st owner: Gifted Leader Partners (Gifted Leader) 1st breeder: Juddmonte Farms Inc
2nd owner: P J Martin (Ursis)
3rd owner: Len Lungo Racing Limited (Twilight Dawn)
Tote win: £9.50 PL: £2.60 £2.20 £3.20 Ex: £60.30 CSF: £50.51 Tricast: £352.19
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 60 (47%) M [5-7] 57 (19%) H [9-13] 33 (34%)

8:10 Haydock 29 May 2009

George Formby Birthday Handicap