Full Result 3.40 Sandown | 8 November 2003

Daytona Sandown Park Handicap Chase Class C

(Class 3) (0-135, 5yo+) (2m4f10yds) 2m4f Good To Firm 17 fences

1st £5,068 2nd £1,448 3rd £724

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	1. Iris Royal (FR) 5/6F Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson	Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson	7	1112	128	48	136	–
b g Garde Royale (IRE) - Tchela (FR) (Le Nain Jaune)
Tracked leader, led 6th, drew clear from 3 out, comfortably (op 4-5 tchd 10-11)

2 8	4. Wise King 15/2 Leighton Aspell Jim Old	Leighton Aspell Jim Old	13	108	110	22	107	–
b g Rakaposhi King - Sunwise (Roi Soleil I)
Tracked winner from 6th, not fluent 11th, upsides from 14th to 3 out, soon outpaced and beaten (op 11-2 tchd 8-1 in places)

3 dist [38]	2. Zafarabad (IRE) 11/4 Paul W Flynn Philip Hobbs	Paul W Flynn Philip Hobbs	9	1112 b	128	–	–	–
gr g Shernazar - Zarafa (IRE) (Blushing Groom)
Led, blundered 4th, headed 6th and soon driven, last after slow jump next, left third at 10th, tailed off from 4 out (op 3-1 tchd 7-2, 4-1 in a place)

UR	3. Mersey Beat I 7/1 Eamon Dehdashti ⁷ Gary Moore	Eamon Dehdashti ⁷ Gary Moore	9	103	112	–	–	–
ch g Rock Hopper - Handy Dancer (Green God)
Took keen hold, held up, about 6 lengths third when mistake and unseated rider 10th (op 5-1 tchd 8-1 in places)