Full Result 2.30 Salisbury | 8 August 1997

H. S. Lester Memorial Challenge Cup Handicap Class E

(Class 5) (0-70, 3yo) (1m4f5yds) 1m4f Good To Soft

1st £3,070.25 2nd £917 3rd £438.50 4th £199.25

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁷⁾	6. Running Free (IRE) 9/2 Darryll Holland M J Fetherston-Godley	Darryll Holland M J Fetherston-Godley	3	86 5	50	53	51	–
b g Waajib (IRE) - Selchis (Main Reef I)
Made all, hard ridden over 1f out, ran on well

2⁽⁵⁾ 1¾	5. Palaemon 5/1 Steve Drowne G B Balding	Steve Drowne G B Balding	3	811 v	55	55	53	–
b g Slip Anchor - Palace Street (USA) (Secreto)
Ridden over 5f out, headway over 3f out, unable to quicken

3⁽¹⁾ shd [1¾]	1. Come Together 7/4F C Lowther ⁵ David Arbuthnot	C Lowther ⁵ David Arbuthnot	3	92	65	60	63	–
b f Mtoto - Pfalz (Pharly)
Held up, chased winner 3f out, hard ridden over 1f out, one pace

4⁽²⁾ shd [2]	2. Puteri Wentworth 13/2 Royston Ffrench ³ Gay Kelleway	Royston Ffrench ³ Gay Kelleway	3	93	64	61	62	–
b f Sadler's Wells (USA) - Sweeping I (Indian King)
Held up, ridden 4f out, one pace

5⁽³⁾ 6 [8]	3. Quarterstaff 8/1 Seb Sanders Chris Wall	Seb Sanders Chris Wall	3	92	60	52	49	–
b g Charmer (IRE) - Quaranta (Hotfoot I)
Headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

6⁽⁴⁾ 5 [13]	7. Saltimbanco 12/1 N Adams R Akehurst	N Adams R Akehurst	3	81	45	30	27	–
ch c Green Forest (USA) - Tea And Scandals (USA) (Key To The Kingdom)
Always prominent, ridden over 6f out, chased winner 5f out until 3f out, soon weakened

7⁽⁶⁾ 4 [17]	4. Bonne Ville 10/1 T Sprake Bryn Palling	T Sprake Bryn Palling	3	813	57	36	33	–
gr f Good Times (ITY) - Ville Air (Town Crier)
Chased winner 7f, weakened over 3f out