Full Result 2.45 Ripon | 19 June 2003

EBF Peter O'Connor 70th Birthday Maiden Stakes Class D

(Class 4) (2yo) 6f Good To Firm

1st £5,512 2nd £1,696 3rd £848 4th £424

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁹⁾	5. Palace Theatre (IRE) 10/1 Dean Mernagh David Barron	Dean Mernagh David Barron	2	90	–	58	74	–
b c Imperial Ballet (IRE) - Luminary (Kalaglow)
Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, led 2f out, ridden out (op 7-1 tchd 11-1 in a place)

2⁽⁶⁾ ½	10. Munaawashat (IRE) 5/1 Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	2	89	–	51	68	–
b f Marju (IRE) - Simaat (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Chased leaders, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, stayed on (op 4-1)

3⁽⁸⁾ 1½ [2]	3. Fox Covert (IRE) 25/1 Paul Hanagan D W Barker	Paul Hanagan D W Barker	2	90	–	50	68	–
b g Foxhound (USA) - Serious Contender I (IRE) (Tenby)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on (op 33-1 tchd 50-1)

4⁽⁵⁾ hd [2¼]	2. Distant Times 25/1 David Allan ³ Tim Easterby	David Allan ³ Tim Easterby	2	811	–	50	67	–
b g Orpen (USA) - Simply Times (USA) (Dodge)
Slowly into stride, headway 4f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on

5⁽⁷⁾ 2 [4¼]	7. Savitsky (USA) 11/10F Willie Ryan N A Callaghan	Willie Ryan N A Callaghan	2	90	–	42	61	–
ch c Stravinsky (USA) - Odori (USA) (The Minstrel)
Soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, one pace final furlong (op 5-4 tchd 6-4)

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 1½ [5¾]	4. Harare 50/1 V Halliday Richard Whitaker	V Halliday Richard Whitaker	2	90	–	36	57	–
b g Bahhare (USA) - Springs Eternal (Salse)
Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden 2f out, soon edged right, stayed on same pace approaching final furlong (tchd 66-1 in places)

7⁽³⁾ 3 [8¾]	9. Asia Winds (IRE) 3/1 Dean McKeown B W Hills	Dean McKeown B W Hills	2	89	–	–	43	–
ch f Machiavellian (USA) - Ascot Cyclone (USA) (Rahy)
Dwelt, headway halfway, hung right and weakened over 1f out (tchd 11-4)

8⁽⁴⁾ ¾ [9½]	1. Campbells Lad 33/1 Fergal Lynch Alan Berry	Fergal Lynch Alan Berry	2	90	–	–	46	–
b c Mind Games - T O O Mamma'S (IRE) (Classic Secret I)
Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, outpaced final 4f

9⁽¹⁾ 6 [15½]	11. Smart Starprincess (IRE) 20/1 Brian Reilly ⁵ P A Blockley	Brian Reilly ⁵ P A Blockley	2	84	–	–	23	–
b f Soviet Star (USA) - Takeshi (IRE) (Cadeaux Genereux)
Chased leaders over 4f, saddle slipped (jockey said saddle slipped) (tchd 16-1 in places)

10⁽²⁾ 10 [25½]	6. Rising Shadow (IRE) 33/1 Dale Gibson Tim Easterby	Dale Gibson Tim Easterby	2	90	–	–	–	–
b c Efisio - Jouet (Reprimand)
Slowly into stride, outpaced, finished lame (trainer's representative said colt finished lame) (op 25-1)

11⁽¹¹⁾ 4 [29½]	8. Simply Sid 100/1 John McAuley W H Tinning	John McAuley W H Tinning	2	90	–	–	–	–
b g Presidium - Chadwick's Ginger (Crofthall)
Chased leaders to halfway (op 50-1)

11 ran Off time: 2:46:00 Winning time: 1m 13.27s (slow by 3.37s) Total SP: 120%
1st owner: Christopher McHale (Palace Theatre) 1st breeder: Mrs H B Raw
2nd owner: Hamdan Al Maktoum (Munaawashat)
3rd owner: Exors of the late D W Barker (Fox Covert)
Tote win: £21.80 PL: £3.60 £1.50 £3 Ex: £97 CSF: £56.17
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 10 (30%) M [5-7] 73 (57%) H [8-11] 67 (13%)

2:45 Ripon 19 Jun 2003

EBF Peter O'Connor 70th Birthday Maiden Stakes Class D