2:30 Sandown 9 Jan 1999
Sun 'King of Punters' Tolworth Hurdle Class A Grade 1
(Class 1) (1m7f216yds) 2m Soft 7 hurdles 1 omitted
1st
£15,699.99 2nd
£5,941.25 3rd
£2,908.13 4th
£1,325.63
| Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
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Jockey
Trainer
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Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
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4 | 109 | – | 134 | 138 | – | ||||
| bb g Arazi (USA) - Behera (IRE) (Mill Reef) | ||||||||||
| With leader until led 4th, drew clear after 2 out, ridden and ran on strongly run-in (op 5-1, 6-1 in a place) | ||||||||||
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7 | 117 | – | 130 | 136 | – | ||||
| b g Buckskin (FR) - Merry Run (Deep Run) | ||||||||||
| Led, not fluent and headed 4th, with winner after until shaken up 2 out, soon struggling, driven to hold 2nd run-in (Trainer reported that the gelding was found to have significant nasal discharge on returning home) (tchd 4-9 and 1-3) | ||||||||||
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7 | 117 | – | 129 | 133 | – | ||||
| ch g Deploy - Shannon Princess (Connaught) | ||||||||||
| Held up last, mistake 3 out, progress to chase leading pair before next, kept on one pace run-in (tchd 40-1 and 66-1 in places) | ||||||||||
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6 | 117 | 128 | 124 | 130 | – | ||||
| b g Be My Native (USA) - Simple Mind (Decent Fellow) | ||||||||||
| Tracked leaders, ridden and beaten before 2 out, one pace (op 5-1 tchd 8-1, 9-1 in places) | ||||||||||
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6 | 117 | – | 118 | 123 | – | ||||
| b g Zaffaran (USA) - Sand MartinI (Menelek) | ||||||||||
| Tracked leaders, close up when blundered badly 3 out, lost place and not recover (op 10-1 tchd 25-1 in places) | ||||||||||
| 7 | 117 b | – | – | – | – | |||||
| b g Air Du Nord (USA) - Kerisandre (FR) (Spring Bird) | ||||||||||
| Tracked leaders, pushed along 4th, ridden next, weakened rapidly and pulled up before 2 out (op 12-1) | ||||||||||
- 6 ran Off time: 2:32:00 Winning time: 4m 9.40s (slow by 17.40s) Total SP: 112%
- 1st owner: The Behrajan Partnership (Behrajan) 1st breeder: His Highness The Aga Khan's Studs S C
- 2nd owner: W V M W & Mrs E S Robins (Hidebound)
- 3rd owner: Mrs Barbara Hogan (Great Crusader)
- Tote win: £5.10 PL: £1.90 £1.20 Ex: £2.40 CSF: £6.39
