Full Result 1.05 Wolverhampton (AW) | 7 December 1996

Holiday Inn Garden Court Wolverhampton Handicap Class E (Div I)

(Class 5) (0-70, 3yo+) (1m1f79yds) 1m1½f OMS Standard

1st £2,849.70 2nd £861.60 3rd £419.80 4th £198.90

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹²⁾	13. Desert Zone (USA) 5/1 Seb Sanders John Harris	Seb Sanders John Harris	7	810	50	59	58	–
ch g Affirmed (USA) - Deloram (CAN) (Lord Durham)
Always prominent, led over 3f out, soon clear, easily

2⁽⁹⁾ 8	6. Golden Touch (USA) 15/2 M Roberts D J S Cosgrove	M Roberts D J S Cosgrove	4	98	62	57	54	–
ch c Elmaamul (USA) - Tour D'Argent I (USA) (Halo)
Chased leaders, effort to chase winner over 2f out, no impression

3⁽²⁾ 2 [10]	8. Leif The Lucky (USA) 11/2 Dane O'Neill Sally Hall	Dane O'Neill Sally Hall	7	95	59	51	47	–
ch g Lemhi Gold (USA) - Corvine (USA) (Crow)
Led over 5f out until over 3f out, kept on one pace

4⁽¹¹⁾ 3 [13]	3. China Castle 12/1 Steve Drowne P C Haslam	Steve Drowne P C Haslam	3	912	68	55	50	–
b g Sayf El Arab (USA) - Honey Plum (Kind Of Hush)
Slowly into stride, headway 3f out, stayed on, not reach leaders

5⁽⁵⁾ 1¼ [14¼]	7. Dragonjoy 10/1 Fergus Sweeney ⁷ Nick Littmoden	Fergus Sweeney ⁷ Nick Littmoden	3	91 b	64	42	43	–
b g Warrshan (USA) - Nazakat (Known Fact)
Held up, headway over 2f out, nearest finish

6⁽¹⁾ 6 [20¼]	12. Mels Baby (IRE) 3/1F Rodney Lappin Les Eyre	Rodney Lappin Les Eyre	3	811	53	27	20	–
br g Contract Law I (USA) - Launch The Raft (Home Guard)
With leaders, hard driven over 2f out, soon beaten

7⁽⁸⁾ 3 [23¼]	4. Best Of All (IRE) 8/1 Gary Carter J Berry	Gary Carter J Berry	4	911 e/s	65	34	26	–
b f Try My Best (USA) - Skisette (Malinowski)
Soon driven along, never on terms

8⁽³⁾ 2½ [25¾]	2. Three Arch Bridge 16/1 Dean McKeown Mark Johnston	Dean McKeown Mark Johnston	4	913 b	67	31	23	–
ch f Sayf El Arab (USA) - Alanood (Northfields)
Tracked leaders, ridden along 3f out, soon beaten

9⁽⁶⁾ 4 [29¾]	1. Kintwyn 33/1 John Reid William Muir	John Reid William Muir	6	100	68	25	16	–
b g Doulab (USA) - Harriet Emma (USA) (Secretariat)
Always in rear

10⁽⁴⁾ ½ [30¼]	5. Sweet Supposin (IRE) 14/1 J Stack Chris Dwyer	J Stack Chris Dwyer	5	910 v	64	20	11	–
b g Posen (USA) - Go Honey Go (General Assembly)
Led after 2f until over 5f out, ridden and weakened over 3f out

11⁽¹⁰⁾ 10 [40¼]	9. River Run (IRE) 40/1 Fergal Lynch ³ Reg Hollinshead	Fergal Lynch ³ Reg Hollinshead	4	813	56	–	–	–
b g Nordico (USA) - Irish Call (USA) (Irish River)
Led 2f, weakened over 4f out, tailed off

12⁽¹³⁾ 5 [45¼]	11. Dolliver (USA) 40/1 Alan Daly ⁵ Simon Dow	Alan Daly ⁵ Simon Dow	4	87	52	–	–	–
b g Northern Baby (CAN) - Mabira (Habitat)
Mid-division until ridden and weakened over 4f out, soon tailed off

13⁽⁷⁾ dist [75¼]	10. Renata's Prince (IRE) 40/1 Darryll Holland K R Burke	Darryll Holland K R Burke	3	813	55	–	–	–
b g Prince Rupert (FR) - Maria Renata (Jaazeiro)
Always in rear, tailed off final 4f

13 ran Off time: 1:05:00 Winning time: 2m 1.40s Total SP: 120%
1st owner: Lavender Hill Leisure Limited (Desert Zone) 1st breeder: Michael D Baudhuin
2nd owner: Mrs Rita Godfrey (Golden Touch)
3rd owner: Miss Betty Duxbury (Leif The Lucky)
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 48 (44%) M [5-9] 52 (32%) H [10-13] 50 (24%)

1:05 Wolverhampton (AW) 7 Dec 1996

Holiday Inn Garden Court Wolverhampton Handicap Class E (Div I)