Full Result 3.35 Sandown | 17 September 2003

Bunzl Novice Stakes Class D

(Class 4) (2yo) 7f Good

1st £4,784 2nd £1,472 3rd £736 4th £368

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	1. Tashkil (IRE) 3/1 Richard Hills John Gosden	Richard Hills John Gosden	2	95	84	97	103	–
b c Royal Applause - Surprise Visitor (IRE) (Be My Guest)
Tracked leading pair, swept into lead well over 1f out, hanging right after but soon clear, 4 lengths ahead entering final furlong, ridden out (tchd 7-2 and 4-1 in a place)

2⁽⁵⁾ 1¼	5. Notable Guest (USA) 9/4 Richard Hughes Sir Michael Stoute	Richard Hughes Sir Michael Stoute	2	89	–	83	93	–
b c Kingmambo (USA) - Yenda (Dancing Brave)
Held up in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, effort to chase winner just over 1f out, ran on but never able to challenge (op 5-2 tchd 11-4 in places and 2-1)

3⁽²⁾ 4 [5¼]	3. Fort 7/4F Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	Joe Fanning Mark Johnston	2	92	–	78	87	–
ch c Dr Fong (USA) - Chief's Quest (USA) (Chief's Crown)
Tracked leader, upsides from over 2f out to well over 1f out, soon outpaced (op 6-4 tchd 15-8 in places)

4⁽¹⁾ 5 [10¼]	2. Billy Allen (IRE) 11/2 Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon Snr	Pat Dobbs Richard Hannon Snr	2	92	87	63	75	–
b c Night Shift (USA) - Daintree I (IRE) (Tirol)
Made most to well over 1f out, not much room on inner soon after, weakened (op 9-2 and 16-1 in a place)

5⁽³⁾ 4 [14¼]	4. First Note (USA) 40/1 Jamie Mackay Brian Meehan	Jamie Mackay Brian Meehan	2	812	–	47	61	–
ch c Pioneering (USA) - Angelic Note (USA) (The Minstrel)
Reluctant to enter stalls, always last and never going well, weakened 2f out (op 50-1 tchd 66-1 in a place)

5 ran Off time: 3:39:00 Winning time: 1m 29.82s (slow by 3.12s) Total SP: 110%
1st owner: Hamdan Al Maktoum (Tashkil) 1st breeder: Farmers Hill Stud
2nd owner: K Abdullah (Notable Guest)
3rd owner: Highclere Thoroughbred Racing IX (Fort)
Tote win: £3.70 PL: £1.70 £1.70 Ex: £9.60 CSF: £10.10

3:35 Sandown 17 Sep 2003

Bunzl Novice Stakes Class D