Full Result 1.30 Bangor-on-Dee | 18 December 2002

Althrey Hall Handicap Hurdle Class C

(Class 3) (0-135, 4yo+) (2m7f32yds) 2m7f Good To Soft 12 hurdles

1st £7,527 2nd £2,316 3rd £1,158 4th £579

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	5. Paco Venture (IRE) 2/1J B J Crowley Venetia Williams	B J Crowley Venetia Williams	7	1012	110	87	119	–
b g Supreme Leader - Ethel's Daughter (Deep Run)
Chased clear leader, led 5th, mistakes 4 out and 3 out, ridden out (op 7-4 tchd 11-4 and 3-1 in a place)

2 ½	6. Nordic Prince (IRE) 12/1 Tom Doyle John O'Shea	Tom Doyle John O'Shea	11	1010	108	84	114	–
b g Nordance (USA) - Royal Desire (Royal Match)
Held up, headway 4 out, ridden to chase winner after 3 out, ran on under pressure close home, always held (op 10-1)

3 3 [3½]	8. Ocean Tide 9/1 Graham Lee Richard Ford	Graham Lee Richard Ford	5	108 v	106	79	110	–
b g Deploy - Dancing Tide (Pharly)
Chased leaders, close 2nd after 6th until after 3 out, stayed on same pace (op 8-1 tchd 10-1 in a place)

4 11 [14½]	3. Flying Gunner 20/1 Warren Marston Alan King	Warren Marston Alan King	11	116	117	80	110	–
ch g Gunner B - Dans Le Vent (Pollerton)
Held up in touch, closed to track leaders 8th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened (tchd 25-1)

5 4 [18½]	1. Hawkes Run 9/1 Dave Crosse ⁵ Charlie Mann	Dave Crosse ⁵ Charlie Mann	4	117	123	82	112	–
b g Hernando (FR) - Wise Speculation (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Chased leaders, ridden along after 6th, weakened after 3 out (op 6-1 tchd 10-1 in places)

6 19 [37½]	2. KimberleyI 33/1 G Richards ⁷ John O'Shea	G Richards ⁷ John O'Shea	7	115	123	63	93	–
b g Shareef Dancer (USA) - Willowbank I (Gay Fandango)
Held up in touch, headway to chase leaders after 6th, weakened 4 out (op 25-1 tchd 40-1 in a place)

7 9 [46½]	4. Ballynattin Blue (IRE) 14/1 Michael Naughton J N R Billinge	Michael Naughton J N R Billinge	9	1012	110	40	70	–
ch g Good Thyne (USA) - Ballynattin Moss (Le Moss)
Led, clear until after 4th, headed next, ridden along and weakened 7th, lame (trainer said gelding finished lame) (op 12-1 tchd 16-1 in places)

8 27 [73½]	7. Old Feathers (IRE) 2/1J L Cooper Jonjo O'Neill	L Cooper Jonjo O'Neill	5	108	106	–	39	–
b g Hernando (FR) - Undiscovered (Tap On Wood)
Held up, struggling after 6th, tailed off (trainer's representative said gelding finished distressed) (op 9-4 after 5-2 in a place, tchd 15-8)

PU	9. Berkeley Frontier (IRE) 10/1 Bernie Wharfe ⁷ Nigel Twiston-Davies	Bernie Wharfe ⁷ Nigel Twiston-Davies	9	912 2	103	–	–	–
ch g Imperial Frontier (USA) - Harristown Rose (Miami Springs)
Always behind, lost touch after 7th, tailed off when pulled up before last (op 12-1)

9 ran Off time: 1:30:00 Winning time: 6m 7.00s (slow by 41.00s) Total SP: 118%
1st owner: Ashleybank Investments Limited (Paco Venture) 1st breeder: M O'Sullivan
2nd owner: Blue Shirts (Nordic Prince)
3rd owner: A Eyres & D F Price (Ocean Tide)
Tote win: £3.10 PL: £1.20 £2.90 £1.80 Ex: £19 CSF: £26.77 Tricast: £182.17

1:30 Bangor-on-Dee 18 Dec 2002

Althrey Hall Handicap Hurdle Class C