Full Result 5.30 Ripon | 13 April 1988

Fountains Graduation Auction Stakes Div II

(2yo) 5f Good

1st £1,755.20 2nd £487.20 3rd £233.60

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁾	0. Command Bid 5/1 M Birch M H Easterby	M Birch M H Easterby	2	85	–	–	–	–
b g Auction Ring (USA) - Deepwater Blues (Gulf Pearl)
With leaders, led and went left 1f out, ran on well

2⁽¹²⁾ 1½	0. Blue Bell Music 7/4C John Carroll ⁵ J Berry	John Carroll ⁵ J Berry	2	80	–	–	–	–
ch c Music Boy - Hot Ember (Hot Spark)
Disputed lead, ridden 1f out, edged right, ran on

3⁽⁴⁾ 1½ [3]	0. Kafu Lady 7/4C Paul Burke ⁷ Alan Bailey	Paul Burke ⁷ Alan Bailey	2	77	–	–	–	–
b f Kafu - Susie's Baby (Balidar)
Disputed lead, ridden halfway, edged right, not quicken final furlong

4⁽⁶⁾ 5 [8]	0. Easter Glory I 16/1 N Adams A N Lee	N Adams A N Lee	2	78	–	–	59	–
b f Dalsaan - Precious Egg (Home Guard)
Headway halfway, kept on, not reach leaders

5⁽¹³⁾ 7 [15]	0. Sabi Jai 20/1 M Fry P Calver	M Fry P Calver	2	78	–	–	50	–
ch f Adonijah I - Sharai Jill (ScorpioI)
Ran green, headway halfway, never dangerous

6⁽¹⁴⁾ 2½ [17½]	0. Gran Dominion 10/1 M Wigham Willie Musson	M Wigham Willie Musson	2	85	–	–	–	–
b c Dominion - Briny (Grundy)
Hampered start, headway 2f out, never nearer

7⁽⁸⁾ shd [17½]	0. Northern Prancer 20/1 A Mercer H Wharton	A Mercer H Wharton	2	713	–	–	–	–
b c Alzao (USA) - Kedra (Welsh Pageant)
Unruly start, soon outpaced

8⁽⁵⁾ ½ [18]	0. Bold Singer 16/1 Kevin Darley J Etherington	Kevin Darley J Etherington	2	713	–	–	–	–
b g Ballad Rock - Grande Maison (Crepello)
Outpaced from halfway

9⁽⁷⁾ 1 [19]	0. Sky Hill 20/1 Tony Culhane ⁵ Reg Hollinshead	Tony Culhane ⁵ Reg Hollinshead	2	77 4	–	–	–	–
ch f Windjammer (USA) - Ballagarrow Girl (IRE) (North Stoke)
Never placed to challenge

10⁽⁹⁾ nk [19½]	0. Pooh Bear 12/1 M Wood Colin Tinkler	M Wood Colin Tinkler	2	713	–	–	–	–
b c Raga Navarro (ITY) - Linda Beard (Pitskelly)
Prominent 3f, soon weakened

11⁽¹¹⁾ [19½]	0. Optimistic Beam 20/1 R P Elliott Ronald Thompson	R P Elliott Ronald Thompson	2	713 5	–	–	–	–
ch f Full Of Hope - Elbeam (Hornbeam)
Soon driven along and outpaced

12⁽¹⁰⁾ [19½]	0. Auntie Di 20/1 L Charnock Michael Easterby	L Charnock Michael Easterby	2	80	–	–	–	–
ch f Shy Groom (USA) - Royal Tucson (Henry The Seventh)
Slowly into stride, always behind

13⁽³⁾ [19½]	0. Kareesh 12/1 Kim Tinkler Nigel Tinkler	Kim Tinkler Nigel Tinkler	2	78	–	–	–	–
br f Reesh - Kastritsa (Royal Palace)
Slowly into stride, ran green, always behind

13 ran Off time: 5:45:00 Winning time: 59.80s (slow by 2.60s) Total SP: 150%
1st owner: Mrs J B Mountifield (Command Bid) 1st breeder: Victor Stud
2nd owner: Geoffrey Adams (Blue Bell Music)
3rd owner: Clive Guymer (Kafu Lady)
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-5] 64 (45%) M [6-10] 29 (18%) H [11-14] 57 (37%)

5:30 Ripon 13 Apr 1988

Fountains Graduation Auction Stakes Div II