Full Result 8.00 Kempton | 4 August 1999

Irish Post Claiming Stakes Class E

(Class 5) (3yo) 1m1f Rnd Good To Firm

1st £2,788 2nd £844 3rd £412 4th £196

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	2. Divorce Action (IRE) 4/1 Pat Eddery Paul Cole	Pat Eddery Paul Cole	3	92	59	45	72	–
b g Common Grounds - Overdue Reaction (Be My Guest)
Tracked leaders, driven to lead well over 1f out, came clear inside last, comfortably (official explanation: trainer said the gelding was unsuited by the course last time) (op 6-1)

2⁽⁵⁾ 3	4. April Ace 8/1 Seb Sanders Mick Quinn	Seb Sanders Mick Quinn	3	811	54	35	61	–
ch g First Trump - Champ D'Avril (Northfields)
Led, ridden over 3f out, headed well over 1f out, kept on but no chance with winner final furlong (op 7-1 tchd 9-1)

3⁽⁴⁾ ½ [3½]	8. Faith Again (IRE) 13/2 G Hind Chris Wall	G Hind Chris Wall	3	82 1 b	53	25	51	–
b f Namaqualand (USA) - Intricacy I (Formidable I)
Behind, ran wide bend 4f out, headway from 3f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong but not reach leaders (op 5-1 tchd 7-1 in places)

4⁽⁷⁾ ½ [4]	6. Queen Omah (IRE) 8/1 Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	Dane O'Neill Richard Hannon Snr	3	86	67	28	54	–
b f Dolphin Street (FR) - Quilting (Mummy's Pet)
Chased leader, ridden over 3f out, every chance under pressure 2f out, weakened over 1f out (op 6-1 tchd 9-1 in places)

5⁽³⁾ 2 [6]	7. Purple Dawn I (IRE) 16/1 Lee Newman ⁷ J S Moore	Lee Newman ⁷ J S Moore	3	79	47	14	46	–
b f Tirol (IRE) - Tuesday Morning (Sadler's Wells)
In touch, effort on rails 3f out, soon hard driven, weakened over 1f out (op 14-1)

6⁽⁶⁾ shd [6]	3. Future Coup (USA) EvensF Frankie Dettori William Haggas	Frankie Dettori William Haggas	3	92	68	35	60	–
b g Lord At War (ARG) - Holymoly I (USA) (Halo)
Keen hold, headway to track leaders 3f out, driven to challenge 2f out, soon weakened (op 11-10 tchd 11-8)

7⁽⁸⁾ 3½ [9½]	1. Afterjacko (IRE) 14/1 Alan Daly ³ David Elsworth	Alan Daly ³ David Elsworth	3	94	–	30	58	–
ch g Seattle Dancer (USA) - Shilka (Soviet Star)
Very slowly away and well behind, some headway final 2f (op 12-1 tchd 16-1)

8⁽²⁾ 5 [14½]	5. Ida's Cottage (IRE) 40/1 R Perham Patrick Chamings	R Perham Patrick Chamings	3	89	46	13	36	–
b g Fayruz - Coral Pink (Miramar Reef)
Prominent early, behind final 4f (op 33-1 tchd 50-1 in places)

8 ran Off time: 8:00:00 Winning time: 1m 54.67s (slow by 3.37s) Total SP: 121%
1st owner: Frank Stella (Divorce Action) 1st breeder: Freynestown Bloodstock
2nd owner: J Breslin (April Ace)
3rd owner: Prudence Lady Salt (Faith Again)
Tote win: £4.70 PL: £1.20 £2.10 £1.60 Ex: £16.40 CSF: £34.37
The winner was claimed for £15,000 by J Whelan

8:00 Kempton 4 Aug 1999

Irish Post Claiming Stakes Class E