Full Result 4.00 Bath | 27 April 1993

Empire Handicap Class D

(Class 4) (0-80, 4yo+) (1m3f137yds) 1m3½f Good

1st £3,535 2nd £1,060 3rd £510 4th £235

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	0. Sword Master I 5/1 Nigel Day Bob Jones	Nigel Day Bob Jones	4	95	68	81	69	–
b g Sayf El Arab (USA) - Swordlestown Miss (USA) (Apalachee)
Chased leaders, 2nd straight, led over 2f out, soon clear, ridden out

2⁽⁹⁾ 2½	0. State Of Affairs 5/1 S Dawson C A Horgan	S Dawson C A Horgan	6	710	44	53	42	–
b g Free State I - Trigamy (Tribal Chief)
Behind, headway over 3f out, ran on below distance

3⁽⁸⁾ 3 [5½]	0. Lexus (IRE) 12/1 N Adams R J R Williams	N Adams R J R Williams	5	78	42	47	37	–
b g Gorytus (USA) - Pepi Image (USA) (National)
Held up, headway 4f out, ran on one pace final 2f

4⁽⁶⁾ 7 [12½]	0. Day Of History (IRE) 6/1 D Biggs C A Cyzer	D Biggs C A Cyzer	4	84	53	48	–	–
b f Shirley Heights - Smeralda (GER) (Nebos)
Headway over 7f out, hampered and lost place 4f out, kept on one pace final 2f

5⁽⁷⁾ shd [12½]	0. La Reine Rouge (IRE) 14/1 Franny Norton Mrs A Knight	Franny Norton Mrs A Knight	5	713	47	–	–	–
ch m Red Sunset - Free Rein I (Sagaro)
Behind, headway 5f out, weakened approaching final furlong

6⁽¹²⁾ 8 [20½]	0. Fanatical (USA) 14/1 T Williams R J Baker	T Williams R J Baker	7	712	46	29	–	–
b h Lear Fan (USA) - Gal A Tic (USA) (Assagai)
Chased leaders, led 5f out until headed over 2f out, soon weakened

7⁽¹⁾ 1½ [22]	0. Blazon Of Troy 16/1 Simon Whitworth T Thomson Jones	Simon Whitworth T Thomson Jones	4	90	63	43	–	–
b c Trojan Fen - Mullet (Star Appeal)
Chased leaders 8f

8⁽¹⁰⁾ 10 [32]	0. North Esk (USA) 20/1 Gary Carter D A Wilson	Gary Carter D A Wilson	4	812	61	26	–	–
ch g Apalachee (USA) - Six Dozen (USA) (What A Pleasure)
Never dangerous

9⁽¹⁴⁾ ¾ [32¾]	0. Wild Poppy 50/1 Gary Bardwell P M McEntee	Gary Bardwell P M McEntee	4	77 1 v	42	6	–	–
br f Norwick (USA) - Brandon Creek I (Be My Guest)
Prominent 3f, soon ridden and beaten

10⁽³⁾ nk [33¼]	0. Monarda 5/2F T Quinn Paul Cole	T Quinn Paul Cole	6	93	65	29	–	–
ch g Pharly (FR) - Emaline (FR) (Empery)
Chased leaders, 3rd straight, ridden and weakened over 2f out

11⁽¹¹⁾ 1 [34¼]	0. Striking Image (IRE) 25/1 Darryll Holland J S Moore	Darryll Holland J S Moore	4	83	52	14	–	–
ch f Flash Of Steel - Sister Sala (Double-U-Jay)
Led 7f out until headed 5f out, soon weakened

12⁽⁴⁾ 25 [59¼]	0. Seaside Minstrel 33/1 C Hodgson ⁵ R J Manning	C Hodgson ⁵ R J Manning	5	82 2	53	–	–	–
ch g Song - Blackpool Belle (The Brianstan)
Prominent 6f

13⁽²⁾ 4 [63¼]	0. Literary Critic (IRE) 50/1 A Tucker ³ Adrian Chamberlain	A Tucker ³ Adrian Chamberlain	4	81	53	–	–	–
b c Taufan (USA) - Beaume (FR) (Faraway Son)
Led over 4f, ridden and weakened over 5f out

13 ran Off time: 4:03:00 Winning time: 2m 40.30s (slow by 14.40s) Total SP: 119%
1st owner: Ian A Vogt (Sword Master I) 1st breeder: A Carr And Son (hexham) Ltd
2nd owner: Mrs B Sumner (State Of Affairs)
3rd owner: Marriott Stables Limited (Lexus)
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 13 (33%) M [5-9] 103 (52%) H [10-14] 34 (15%)

4:00 Bath 27 Apr 1993

Empire Handicap Class D