Full Result 3.10 Southwell (AW) | 6 December 1989

River Trent Handicap

(0-80) (1m3f23yds) 1m3f Fbrs Standard

1st £2,490 2nd £690 3rd £330

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	0. Qualitair Aviator 5/2F Gary Bardwell J F Bottomley	Gary Bardwell J F Bottomley	3	90 7	57	–	62	–
b g Valiyar (IRE) - Comtec Princess (Gulf Pearl)
Led after 1f, clear 3f out, driven out

2⁽⁵⁾ 3	0. Drag Artist 14/1 S Maloney ⁷ Mel Brittain	S Maloney ⁷ Mel Brittain	4	86	51	–	56	–
br g Artaius (USA) - Drag Line I (Track Spare)
Behind until headway and 6th straight, ridden 2f out, stayed on, not trouble winner

3⁽⁷⁾ 3 [6]	0. Banker Mason (USA) 9/2 M Wigham N A Callaghan	M Wigham N A Callaghan	3	810	53	–	48	–
b c Sadler's Wells (USA) - Alwah (USA) (Damascus)
4th straight, ran on one paced final 2f

4⁽⁶⁾ 4 [10]	0. Tilstone Lodge 33/1 N Adams Terry Caldwell	N Adams Terry Caldwell	4	710 1 v	34	–	–	–
br g Try My Best (USA) - Sabirone (FR) (Iron Duke)
Headway final 2f, never nearer

5⁽¹³⁾ ½ [10½]	0. Tajika 5/1 George Duffield John Dunlop	George Duffield John Dunlop	3	100	71	–	–	–
gr f Rusticaro (FR) - Taj Princess (Taj Dewan)
Chased leaders, 5th straight, soon weakened

6⁽¹²⁾ 5 [15½]	0. La Ballerine 12/1 Nigel Day Clive Brittain	Nigel Day Clive Brittain	3	89	52	–	–	–
b f Lafontaine I (USA) - Kirsova (Absalom)
Prominent, 3rd straight, weakened well over 1f out

7⁽⁴⁾ 4 [19½]	0. Woodhoopoe 20/1 C Dwyer C J Bell	C Dwyer C J Bell	3	813	56	–	–	–
ch f Touching Wood (USA) - Good Try I (Good BondI)
Led 1f, 2nd straight, weakened 2f out

8⁽³⁾ shd [19½]	0. Mill De Lease 25/1 Allan Mackay J Dooler	Allan Mackay J Dooler	4	81	39	–	–	–
b c MilfordI - Melting Snows (High Top)
Chased leaders 7f

9⁽⁹⁾ 8 [27½]	0. Final Sound 20/1 Russell Price ⁷ P J Feilden	Russell Price ⁷ P J Feilden	4	711	42	–	–	–
b g Final Straw - Sound Type (Upper Case I)
Always behind

10⁽¹¹⁾ [27½]	0. Thin Red Line 10/1 Kevin Darley J R Jenkins	Kevin Darley J R Jenkins	5	911 v	63	–	–	–
bb g Brigadier Gerard - Golden Keep (Worden II)
Always in rear

11⁽¹⁴⁾ [27½]	0. Angelica Park 25/1 P Walsh J Wharton	P Walsh J Wharton	3	81	44	–	–	–
b f Simply Great (FR) - Rosana Park (Music Boy)
Prominent 7f

12⁽⁸⁾ [27½]	0. Khorevo 33/1 N Gwilliams ⁵ I Campbell	N Gwilliams ⁵ I Campbell	4	83	46	–	–	–
b g Tyrnavos - Amina (Brigadier Gerard)
Always well behind

13⁽¹⁰⁾ [27½]	0. Habeta (USA) 9/2 Gary Carter J W Watts	Gary Carter J W Watts	3	913 7	70	–	–	–
ch c Habitat (USA) - Prise (Busted)
Always in rear

13 ran Off time: 3:12:00 Winning time: 2m 23.40s (slow by 1.80s) Total SP: 129%
1st owner: Qualitair Holdings Limited (Qualitair Aviator) 1st breeder: Qualitair Engineering
2nd owner: Mel Brittain (Drag Artist)
3rd owner: Neville Callaghan (Banker Mason)
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-5] 80 (34%) M [6-10] 40 (37%) H [11-14] 30 (29%)

3:10 Southwell (AW) 6 Dec 1989

River Trent Handicap