Full Result 5.00 Bath | 13 August 1996

Royal Crescent Handicap Class D

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo+) (1m3f137yds) 1m3½f Good

1st £3,644 2nd £1,097 3rd £531 4th £248

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁵⁾	. Pistol I (IRE) 5/2J Paul Eddery C A Horgan	Paul Eddery C A Horgan	6	910	73	57	77	–
ch g Glenstal (USA) - First Wind (Windjammer)
Held up and behind, headway 2f out, soon ridden, led inside final furlong, ran on

2⁽⁴⁾ shd	. Newport Knight 6/1 T Quinn R Akehurst	T Quinn R Akehurst	5	97	70	54	74	–
ch g Bairn (USA) - Clara BartonI (Youth)
Always prominent, led over 1f out until inside final furlong, ran on

3⁽⁸⁾ 1½ [1½]	. Tappeto 6/1 C Rutter Henry Candy	C Rutter Henry Candy	4	97	70	52	72	–
b g Liboi (USA) - Persian Carpet (FR) (Kalamoun)
Held up and behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong

4⁽⁶⁾ hd [1¾]	. Taufan Boy 15/2 G Hind P W Harris	G Hind P W Harris	3	90	74	56	75	–
b g Taufan (USA) - Lydia Maria (Dancing Brave)
Chased leader, every chance over 1f out, one pace

5⁽³⁾ 2½ [4¼]	. Platinum Plus 5/2J Kieren Fallon Chris Dwyer	Kieren Fallon Chris Dwyer	4	811	60	38	58	–
ch c Hadeer - Verchinina (Star Appeal)
Held up and behind, hard ridden and headway 2f out, not reach leaders

6⁽⁷⁾ ¾ [5]	. La Pellegrina (IRE) 16/1 John Reid Peter Chapple-Hyam	John Reid Peter Chapple-Hyam	3	88	68	45	65	–
b f Be My Guest (USA) - Spanish Habit (Habitat)
Led until over 1f out, weakened final furlong

7⁽¹⁾ 3 [8]	. Fabulous Mtoto 8/1 J F Egan Malcolm Saunders	J F Egan Malcolm Saunders	6	86	55	28	48	–
b g Mtoto - El Fabulous (FR) (Fabulous Dancer)
Pulled hard, prominent until weakened 2f out

8⁽²⁾ 1½ [9½]	. Mua-Tab 10/1 W Carson P T Walwyn	W Carson P T Walwyn	3	88	68	39	59	–
ch f Polish Precedent (USA) - Alsabiha (Lord Gayle)
Held up and pulled hard, behind final 2f

8 ran Off time: 5:01:00 Winning time: 2m 31.50s (slow by 5.60s) Total SP: 124%
1st owner: Mrs B Sumner (Pistol I) 1st breeder: David Brogan
2nd owner: James Thorburn-Muirhead&john Kevin Lomax (Newport Knight)
3rd owner: Mrs David Blackburn (Tappeto)
Jackpot: [None]
Placepot: [None]
Quadpot: [None]

5:00 Bath 13 Aug 1996

Royal Crescent Handicap Class D