Full Result 9.00 Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 October 2004

Weatherbys Bank Handicap

(Class 5) (0-70, 3yo+) (1m4f50yds) 1m4f Poly Standard

1st £5,204.55 2nd £1,601.40 3rd £800.70 4th £400.35

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	1. Merrymaker 9/2 Kieren Fallon Mark Brisbourne	Kieren Fallon Mark Brisbourne	4	99	69	77	77	–
b g Machiavellian (USA) - Wild Pavane (Dancing Brave)
Held up, headway 3f out, soon ridden, led just inside final furlong, ran on well (op 7-1 tchd 8-1)

2⁽⁹⁾ 5	5. Resonate (IRE) 4/1J Dane O'Neill Tony Newcombe	Dane O'Neill Tony Newcombe	6	94	64	63	64	–
b h Erins Isle (IRE) - Petronelli (USA) (Sir Ivor)
Took keen hold in touch, ridden to lead just over 1f out, headed just inside final furlong, one pace

3⁽¹⁾ ½ [5½]	3. Milk And Sultana 14/1 Alan Daly Gerald Ham	Alan Daly Gerald Ham	4	96	66	65	65	–
b f Millkom - Premier Princess (Hard Fought)
Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong

4⁽⁶⁾ hd [5¾]	7. Efrhina (IRE) 20/1 Franny Norton Stef Higgins	Franny Norton Stef Higgins	4	94	64	62	63	–
ch f Woodman (USA) - Eshq Albahr (USA) (Riverman)
Held up and behind, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong

5⁽¹⁰⁾ nk [6]	10. Ivy League Star (IRE) 8/1 Tony Culhane B W Hills	Tony Culhane B W Hills	3	93	70	68	68	–
b f Sadler's Wells (USA) - Ivy (USA) (Sir Ivor)
Held up in touch, jinked right and lost place paddock exit over 7f out, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong (jockey said filly had steering problems) (op 4-1)

6⁽²⁾ 1 [7]	8. Jadeeron 14/1 Lisa Jones Miss D A McHale	Lisa Jones Miss D A McHale	5	94 p	64	60	61	–
b g Green Desert (USA) - Rain And Shine (FR) (Rainbow Quest)
Led 2f, prominent until weakened 3f out (op 12-1)

7⁽¹¹⁾ 1 [8]	9. Alpine Special (IRE) 12/1 Gavin Faulkner P C Haslam	Gavin Faulkner P C Haslam	3	93	70	64	65	–
gr g Orpen (USA) - Halomix (Linamix)
Held up, some headway 2f out, soon ridden, no impression

8⁽³⁾ 1¾ [9¾]	2. Crathorne (IRE) 20/1 Tom Queally James Bethell	Tom Queally James Bethell	4	99 p	69	61	61	–
b g Alzao (USA) - Shirley Blue (IRE) (Shirley Heights)
Always prominent, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed just over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 25-1)

9⁽⁵⁾ 4 [13¾]	4. Zeis (IRE) 20/1 J F Egan Andrew Reid	J F Egan Andrew Reid	4	95 t	65	50	51	–
ch g Bahhare (USA) - Zoom Lens (IRE) (Caerleon)
Ridden over 5f out, always behind (jockey said gelding had a breathing problem) (op 25-1)

10⁽⁸⁾ 1½ [15¼]	6. Quedex 5/1 Robert Miles ³ Richard Price	Robert Miles ³ Richard Price	8	91	64	46	47	–
b g Deploy - Alwal (Pharly)
Prominent until weakened over 3f out (jockey said gelding had no more to give) (op 9-1 tchd 10-1)

11⁽¹²⁾ 5 [20¼]	11. Nuts For You (IRE) 4/1J Fergus Sweeney Roger Charlton	Fergus Sweeney Roger Charlton	3	92	69	43	44	–
b f Sri Pekan (USA) - Moon Festival (Be My Guest)
Led after 2f, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out (trainer said he had no explanation for poor form shown) (op 7-2)

12⁽⁷⁾ dist [50¼]	12. Port 'n Starboard 25/1 Seb Sanders C A Cyzer	Seb Sanders C A Cyzer	3	91	68	–	–	–
ch g Polar Falcon (USA) - Sally Slade (Dowsing)
Held up and behind, headway on outside over 4f out, hung badly right bend over 3f out, soon behind, tailed off final 2f (jockey said gelding hung badly left throughout and pulled himself up) (tchd 28-1)

12 ran Off time: 9:03:00 Winning time: 2m 42.12s (slow by 7.32s) Total SP: 126%
1st owner: The Blacktoffee Partnership (Merrymaker) 1st breeder: Hascombe And Valiant Studs
2nd owner: S Langridge (Resonate)
3rd owner: D M Drury (Milk And Sultana)
Tote win: £6.20 PL: £2.10 £2.20 £3.20 Ex: £53.50 CSF: £22.83 Tricast: £244.73
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 77 (29%) M [5-8] 19 (24%) H [9-12] 54 (47%)

9:00 Wolverhampton (AW) 2 Oct 2004

Weatherbys Bank Handicap