Full Result 3.30 Haydock | 24 May 2012

Simply Cotton Handicap

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo) (7f37yds) 7f Good To Firm

1st £4,075.47 2nd £1,212.75 3rd £606.06 4th £303.03

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	6. Xinbama (IRE) 7/1 Graham Lee J W Hills	Graham Lee J W Hills	3	91	74	60	79	–
b c Baltic King - Persian Empress (IRE) (Persian Bold)
Held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong to lead final 100yds (op 13-2)

2⁽¹⁾ 1½	2. Lady Layla 11/4F Jamie Spencer Bryan Smart	Jamie Spencer Bryan Smart	3	95	78	59	79	–
b f Excellent Art - Tartouche (Pursuit Of Love)
Bumped start, chased leaders, ridden and challenging from 1f out, disputed lead briefly inside final furlong, held towards finish (op 4-1)

3⁽¹¹⁾ ½ [2]	5. Boots And Spurs 10/1 Neil Callan Mrs K Burke	Neil Callan Mrs K Burke	3	92 v	75	54	75	–
b g Oasis Dream - Arctic Char (Polar Falcon)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, challenging 1f out, disputed lead briefly inside final furlong, held towards finish (tchd 12-1)

4⁽⁶⁾ 1¾ [3¾]	11. Takealookatmenow (IRE) 14/1 Adrian Nicholls David Nicholls	Adrian Nicholls David Nicholls	3	88	67	41	62	–
b f Moss Vale (IRE) - Batool (USA) (Bahri)
Raced keenly, chase leaders, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace final 50yds (op 11-1)

5⁽⁴⁾ 3 [6¾]	3. Half A Billion (IRE) 9/2 Lee Topliss ³ Michael Dods	Lee Topliss ³ Michael Dods	3	92	78	40	65	–
b g Acclamation - Amankila (IRE) (Revoque)
Led, headed 3f out, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong (op 4-1 tchd 11-2)

6⁽⁷⁾ 3 [9¾]	9. Falcon's Reign (FR) 33/1 Russ Kennemore Michael Appleby	Russ Kennemore Michael Appleby	3	811	70	26	49	–
ch g Haafhd - Al Badeya (IRE) (Pivotal)
Steadied start, held up, failed to pick-up over 2f out, kept on past beaten horses inside final furlong (op 28-1)

7⁽²⁾ ½ [10¼]	10. Homeward Strut 15/2 Mirco Demuro Frank Sheridan	Mirco Demuro Frank Sheridan	3	88 b	67	21	44	–
ch g Needwood Blade - Piccante (Wolfhound)
Bumped start, in midfield, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out (op 9-1 tchd 6-1)

8⁽⁹⁾ 2 [12¼]	4. Sheikh The Reins (IRE) 9/1 Robert Winston John Best	Robert Winston John Best	3	94	77	25	49	–
b c Iffraaj - Wychwood Wanderer (IRE) (Barathea)
Held up, left behind over 3f out (jockey said that the colt slipped on the bend) (op 8-1 tchd 10-1)

9⁽⁸⁾ 1½ [13¾]	7. Passionada 10/1 Lee Newman David Barron	Lee Newman David Barron	3	90	73	16	41	–
bb f Avonbridge - Lark In The Park (IRE) (Grand Lodge)
Midfield, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out (op 9-1 tchd 12-1)

10⁽¹⁰⁾ dist [43¾]	1. Marford Missile (IRE) 10/1 Kieren Fallon Tom Dascombe	Kieren Fallon Tom Dascombe	3	97	80	–	–	–
b g Majestic Missile (IRE) - Khawafi (Kris)
Held up, hung badly right and almost off the course after 2f, tailed off after (op 9-1)

10 ran Off time: 3:31:00 Winning time: 1m 27.22s (fast by 0.18s) Total SP: 116%
Non-runners: For Shia And Lula (travel problems)
1st owner: Tony Waspe Partnership (Xinbama) 1st breeder: P Heffernan
2nd owner: Dr Marwan Koukash (Lady Layla)
3rd owner: Colin Bryce (Boots And Spurs)
Tote win: £9.10 PL: £2.50 £1.60 £3.40 Ex: £30.20 CSF: £26.40 Tricast: £198.42
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 64 (49%) M [5-8] 59 (27%) H [9-11] 27 (24%)

3:30 Haydock 24 May 2012

Simply Cotton Handicap