Full Result 8.45 Newton Abbot | 6 July 1998

Exeter Inn Public House Sidmouth Handicap Chase Class D

(Class 3) (0-120, 5yo+) (2m4f216yds) 2m5f Good To Firm 16 fences

1st £3,387.50 2nd £1,025 3rd £500 4th £237.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	3. Polden Pride 9/4J Barry Fenton G B Balding	Barry Fenton G B Balding	10	119	105	–	118	–
b g Vital Season - Bybrook I (Border Chief)
Held up, headway and not fluent 4 out, pressed winner 2 out, soon led, easily (op 11-4 tchd 3-1 in places and 2-1)

2 9	6. Great Gusto 9/1 Timmy Murphy Andy Hobbs	Timmy Murphy Andy Hobbs	12	106	88	–	92	–
b g Windjammer (USA) - My Music (Sole Mio)
Held up, headway, 5th, led approaching 3 out, headed soon after next, one pace (op 14-1 tchd 8-1)

3 10 [19]	4. Winter Breeze 9/2 Jim Culloty R H Alner	Jim Culloty R H Alner	11	1010	92	–	86	–
b g Strong Gale (IRE) - Ballyreidy Star (Mon Capitaine)
Behind, headway 8th, stayed on same pace from 3 out (op 5-1 tchd 11-2)

4 3 [22]	7. Northern Optimist 16/1 Miss E J Jones Bernard Llewellyn	Miss E J Jones Bernard Llewellyn	10	100 13	82	–	73	–
b m Northern Tempest (USA) - On A Bit (Mummy's Pet)
Prominent, led 4th to 7th, led again 9th, headed approaching 3 out, weakened next (tchd 20-1, 25-1 in a place.)

5 nk [22¼]	2. Bamapour (IRE) 9/4J A P McCoy M C Pipe	A P McCoy M C Pipe	8	1112 b	108	–	99	–
b g Shardari - Banana Peel (Green Dancer)
Held up, shaken up and effort 9th, ridden when mistake 4 out, soon beaten (op 6-4 tchd 5-2 in places.)

6 1¼ [23½]	5. Counterbalance 12/1 Sean Curran J C McConnochie	Sean Curran J C McConnochie	11	108	90	–	80	–
b m Orchestra - Lysanders Lady (Saulingo)
Led till after 2nd, led again 7th till blundered and headed ninth, soon beaten

7 dist [53½]	1. Andrelot 8/1 Warren Marston Peter Bowen	Warren Marston Peter Bowen	11	1112 b	108	–	–	–
b g Caerleon (USA) - Seminar (Don)
Led after 2nd till mistake and headed 4th, hit next, tailed off from 8th (op 6-1 tchd 9-1 in places.)

7 ran Off time: 8:45:00 Winning time: 5m 11.10s (slow by 9.10s) Total SP: 115%
1st owner: D F Lockyer,C A Parry,G B Balding (Polden Pride) 1st breeder: G B Balding
2nd owner: R C H Racing (Great Gusto)
3rd owner: Mrs Monica Tory & Norman Tory (Winter Breeze)
Tote win: £3 PL: £1.40 £3.90 Ex: £15.30 CSF: £19.85

8:45 Newton Abbot 6 Jul 1998

Exeter Inn Public House Sidmouth Handicap Chase Class D