Full Result 2.50 Lingfield (AW) | 18 February 1997

Aisne Handicap Class D

(Class 4) (0-85, 4yo+) 1m2f Standard

1st £3,355 2nd £1,015 3rd £495 4th £235

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽³⁾	3. Punkah (USA) 10/1 Ross Studholme ⁷ G M McCourt	Ross Studholme ⁷ G M McCourt	4	810	74	59	76	–
b g Lear Fan (USA) - Gentle Persuasion I (Bustino)
Always prominent, led over 1f out, pushed out. Jockey reported that on his previous run, Punkah was dropped out and resented the kickback.

2⁽⁹⁾ ¾	2. Secret Aly (CAN) 10/1 Darryll Holland Clive Brittain	Darryll Holland Clive Brittain	7	910	80	71	81	–
b g Secreto (USA) - Bouffant I (USA) (Alydar)
Chased leader, led over 3f out until over 1f out, ran on

3⁽⁴⁾ ½ [1¼]	8. Quiet Arch (IRE) 7/2 J Bramhill ⁵ William Muir	J Bramhill ⁵ William Muir	4	83	65	50	65	–
b g Archway (IRE) - My Natalie (Rheingold)
Held up, ridden 3f out, ran on

4⁽⁵⁾ 4 [5¼]	1. Night Wink (USA) 4/1 Simon Whitworth Gary Moore	Simon Whitworth Gary Moore	5	100	84	68	77	–
ch g Rahy (USA) - Lady In White (Shareef Dancer)
Held up, ridden over 2f out, unable to quicken

5⁽⁸⁾ nk [5½]	9. Seattle Alley (USA) 11/2 Royston Ffrench ⁷ Paul Webber	Royston Ffrench ⁷ Paul Webber	4	713	63	39	56	–
b g Seattle Dancer (USA) - Alyanaabi I (USA) (Roberto)
Headway over 2f out, one pace

6⁽¹⁾ 3½ [9]	5. Digpast (IRE) 20/1 Seb Sanders Michael Madgwick	Seb Sanders Michael Madgwick	7	91	71	49	58	–
ch g Digamist (USA) - Starlit Way (Pall Mall)
Lost place over 3f out, not much room 2f out, rallied 1f out, soon weakened

7⁽⁷⁾ ½ [9½]	7. Sweet Supposin (IRE) 5/2F Kieren Fallon Chris Dwyer	Kieren Fallon Chris Dwyer	6	89 v	65	42	51	–
b g Posen (USA) - Go Honey Go (General Assembly)
Ridden over 4f out, behind when not clear run over 2f out

8⁽⁶⁾ 1¼ [10¾]	4. Law Dancer (IRE) 14/1 T Williams T G Mills	T Williams T G Mills	4	92	73	48	57	–
b g Alzao (USA) - Judicial (USA) (Law Society)
Always behind

9⁽¹⁰⁾ 2 [12¾]	6. La Modiste 9/1 Willie Ryan Simon Dow	Willie Ryan Simon Dow	4	90	71	43	51	–
b f Most Welcome - Dismiss (Daring March)
Behind final 2f

10⁽²⁾ ½ [13¼]	10. Baranov (IRE) 16/1 D Harrison D J G Murray Smith	D Harrison D J G Murray Smith	4	84 1	61	32	40	–
b g Mulhollande (USA) - Silojoka (Home Guard)
Led over 6f

10 ran Off time: 2:51:00 Winning time: 2m 7.01s (slow by 5.71s) Total SP: 132%
1st owner: Mccourt Fine Meats Ltd & D J Rushen (Punkah) 1st breeder: Queen Elizabeth II
2nd owner: B H Voak (Secret Aly)
3rd owner: John Davies (Quiet Arch)
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-3] 55 (15%) M [4-7] 43 (59%) H [8-10] 52 (26%)

2:50 Lingfield (AW) 18 Feb 1997

Aisne Handicap Class D