Full Result 8.55 Kempton | 1 June 1996

Blackbird Handicap Class D

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo+) 1m4f Good To Firm

1st £3,850.50 2nd £1,164 3rd £567 4th £268.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁶⁾	. Leading Spirit I (IRE) 4/1F Pat Eddery Chris Wall	Pat Eddery Chris Wall	4	912	73	79	79	–
b g Fairy King (USA) - Shopping (FR) (Sheshoon)
Chased leader 8f out, led over 3f out, clear over 2f out, eased inside final furlong

2⁽⁴⁾ 4	. Hattaafeh (IRE) 11/2 Seb Sanders Miss B Sanders	Seb Sanders Miss B Sanders	5	811	58	58	58	–
b m Mtoto - Monongelia (Welsh Pageant)
Always prominent, chased winner over 2f out, no impression

3⁽²⁾ 1½ [5½]	. General Mouktar 8/1 Brett Doyle Brian Meehan	Brett Doyle Brian Meehan	6	88	55	53	53	–
ch g Hadeer - Fly The Coop (Kris)


4⁽⁹⁾ 3 [8½]	. Crested Knight (IRE) 9/1 Paul Eddery C A Horgan	Paul Eddery C A Horgan	4	89	56	50	50	–
gr g Night Shift (USA) - Casual I (USA) (Caro)
Headway 6f out, hard ridden over 2f out, one pace

5⁽¹²⁾ shd [8½]	. Shining Example 8/1 Robert Havlin ⁵ Peter Makin	Robert Havlin ⁵ Peter Makin	4	99	75	64	69	–
ch g Hadeer - Kick The Habit (Habitat)
Headway over 2f out, not clear run well over 1f out, one pace

6⁽¹¹⁾ 4 [12½]	. Farringdon Hill 14/1 Richard Hills Major W R Hern	Richard Hills Major W R Hern	5	912	73	62	61	–
b g Minster Son (IRE) - Firgrove (Relkino)
Held up, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out

7⁽⁷⁾ shd [12¾]	. Pedaltothemetal I (IRE) 25/1 C Adamson ⁵ Philip Mitchell	C Adamson ⁵ Philip Mitchell	4	75	43	27	31	–
b f Nordico (USA) - Full Choke (Shirley Heights)
Never nearer

8⁽¹³⁾ nk [13]	. Soviet Bride (IRE) 10/1 Alan Daly ⁵ Simon Dow	Alan Daly ⁵ Simon Dow	4	90	66	50	54	–
b f Soviet Star (USA) - Nihad (Alleged)
Led over 8f, weakened over 2f out

9⁽¹⁰⁾ 1¼ [14¼]	. Rising Dough (IRE) 14/1 Simon Whitworth Gary Moore	Simon Whitworth Gary Moore	4	97	68	55	54	–
br g Dowsing (USA) - Shortning Bread (Blakeney)
Headway over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

10⁽⁵⁾ 1½ [15¾]	. Typhoon Eight (IRE) 11/1 J D Smith ⁵ B W Hills	J D Smith ⁵ B W Hills	4	94 b	70	50	54	–
b c High Estate - Dance Date (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Behind final 3f

11⁽¹⁴⁾ ½ [16¼]	. White Claret 10/1 T Quinn R Akehurst	T Quinn R Akehurst	4	812	59	43	42	–
b g Alzao (USA) - Vivid Impression (Cure The Blues)
Always behind

12⁽¹⁾ shd [16¼]	. Fighting Times 11/1 C Rutter C A Smith	C Rutter C A Smith	4	97	68	52	51	–
b g Good Times (ITY) - Duellist I (Town Crier)
Behind final 5f

13⁽³⁾ ¾ [17]	. Printers Quill 16/1 John Reid Major D N Chappell	John Reid Major D N Chappell	4	87	54	37	36	–
b g Squill (USA) - On Impulse (Jellaby)
Prominent 4f

14⁽⁸⁾ 24 [41]	. Persian Conquest (IRE) 12/1 J Weaver Roger Ingram	J Weaver Roger Ingram	4	813 b	60	10	8	–
b c Don't Forget Me (IRE) - Alaroos I (IRE) (Persian Bold)
Chased leader 4f, weakened over 3f out

14 ran Off time: 8:57:00 Winning time: 2m 33.12s (fast by 0.28s) Total SP: 134%
1st owner: Induna Racing Partners Two (Leading Spirit I) 1st breeder: Sir Peter Nugent And Ascot Stables
2nd owner: Mrs P J Sheen (Hattaafeh)
3rd owner: A S Helaissi (General Mouktar)
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-5] 43 (37%) M [6-9] 63 (31%) H [10-14] 44 (32%)

8:55 Kempton 1 Jun 1996

Blackbird Handicap Class D