Full Result 2.45 Southwell | 10 April 2000

Marco Polo Handicap Class D

(Class 4) (0-80, 3yo) 7f Good To Soft

1st £4,121 2nd £1,268 3rd £634 4th £317

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽¹⁵⁾	10. Celebration Town (IRE) 20/1 Ray Cochrane Dave Morris	Ray Cochrane Dave Morris	3	810	67	–	75	–
bb g Case Law (IRE) - Battle Queen (Kind Of Hush)
Held up and behind, good headway on inner 2f out, ridden to lead inside last, ran on (Official explanation: stewards considered improved form, interviewed trainer and forwarded his comments to Jockey Club for previous racing reviews)

2⁽²⁾ 1¼	2. Sahara Spirit (IRE) 6/4F Gary Carter Ed Dunlop	Gary Carter Ed Dunlop	3	95	76	–	81	–
b g College Chapel - Desert Palace (Green Desert)
Always prominent, headway 3f out, led 1 1/2f out, soon ridden, headed and not quicken inside last (op 9-4 tchd 5-2, 11-4 in a place)

3⁽¹¹⁾ ¾ [2]	12. Heathyards Lad (IRE) 14/1 Paul Quinn ⁵ Reg Hollinshead	Paul Quinn ⁵ Reg Hollinshead	3	80	62	–	65	–
b g Petardia - Maiden's Dance (Hotfoot I)
Chased leaders on outer, effort 2f out, soon ridden and stayed on well final furlong (tchd 16-1)

4⁽¹²⁾ 1¾ [3¾]	4. Groesfaen Lad 25/1 Gavin Faulkner ³ Bryn Palling	Gavin Faulkner ³ Bryn Palling	3	812	72	–	71	–
b g Casteddu - Curious Feeling (Nishapour)
Led, ridden along over 2f out, headed 1 1/2f out, gradually weakened (op 16-1)

5⁽¹⁾ shd [3¾]	5. Pinheiros Dream (IRE) 7/1 Pat Eddery Brian Meehan	Pat Eddery Brian Meehan	3	91	72	–	70	–
ch f Grand Lodge (USA) - Nikki's Groom (Shy Groom)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace approaching last (op 6-1 tchd 9-1)

6⁽¹⁶⁾ 2 [5¾]	3. Celebes 14/1 Fergal Lynch I A Balding	Fergal Lynch I A Balding	3	93	74	–	67	–
b g Weldnaas (USA) - Shift Over (USA) (Night Shift)
Close up, ridden over 2f out, gradually weakened (op 12-1)

7⁽⁶⁾ nk [6¼]	1. Mana D'Argent (IRE) 3/1 Darryll Holland Mark Johnston	Darryll Holland Mark Johnston	3	97	78	–	71	–
b g Ela-Mana-Mou (IRE) - Petite-D-Argent (Noalto)
Held up and behind, headway over 2f out, soon ridden and not pace to challenge (op 7-2 after 4-1 in places)

8⁽³⁾ 1¼ [7½]	6. Noble Pasao (IRE) 14/1 C Lowther Andy Turnell	C Lowther Andy Turnell	3	813	70	–	60	–
b g Alzao (USA) - Belle Passe (IRE) (Be My Guest)
Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, gradually weakened (tchd 16-1)

9⁽⁷⁾ 1¼ [8¾]	9. The Prosecutor 8/1 Kevin Darley B A McMahon	Kevin Darley B A McMahon	3	811	68	–	54	–
b c Contract Law I (USA) - Elsocko (Swing Easy)
Midfield, effort 3f out, soon ridden along and no impression (op 6-1 tchd 10-1 in places)

10⁽⁴⁾ 2 [10¾]	14. Soba Jones 11/1 Paul Fessey Tim Easterby	Paul Fessey Tim Easterby	3	712	55	–	36	–
b g Emperor Jones (USA) - Soba (Most Secret)
Midfield, headway on inner 3f out, soon ridden and beaten 2f out (op 10-1 tchd 12-1)

11⁽¹⁰⁾ 8 [18¾]	8. Ocean Song 14/1 George Duffield Roy Bowring	George Duffield Roy Bowring	3	812	69	–	30	–
b f Savahra Sound - Marina Plata (Julio Mariner)
Behind, effort on outer and hung left 2f out, soon ridden and no headway (op 10-1)

12⁽¹³⁾ 2½ [21¼]	16. Moose Malloy 16/1 M Baird M J Ryan	M Baird M J Ryan	3	710	53	–	8	–
ch g Formidable I (USA) - Jolimo (Fortissimo)
Slowly into stride and behind, effort and some headway on outer 3f out, soon weakened (op 12-1)

13⁽¹⁴⁾ nk [21½]	11. Fantasy Adventurer 33/1 Tony Culhane John Quinn	Tony Culhane John Quinn	3	88	65	–	19	–
b g Magic Ring I (IRE) - DeliciousI (Dominion)
In touch, ridden along 3f out, soon weakened

14⁽⁵⁾ 2½ [24]	13. Priceless Second 20/1 B Sooful ⁷ Jeremy Glover	B Sooful ⁷ Jeremy Glover	3	76 v	56	–	4	–
b g Lugana Beach - Early Gales (Precocious)
Always rear (op 16-1)

15⁽⁸⁾ 2 [26]	7. MarvelI 20/1 Kim Tinkler Nigel Tinkler	Kim Tinkler Nigel Tinkler	3	813	70	–	13	–
b f Rudimentary (USA) - Maravilla (Mandrake Major)
Slowly into stride, always behind

16⁽⁹⁾ 2½ [28½]	15. Dorothea Sharp (IRE) 20/1 Dale Gibson Nick Littmoden	Dale Gibson Nick Littmoden	3	711 1	54	–	–	–
bb f Foxhound (USA) - Captain's Niece (Vitiges)
Behind from halfway

16 ran Off time: 2:46:00 Winning time: 1m 29.90s (slow by 3.30s) Total SP: 156%
1st owner: Meadowcrest Limited (Celebration Town) 1st breeder: Newlands House Stud
2nd owner: Stars And Stripes (Sahara Spirit)
3rd owner: L A Morgan (Heathyards Lad)
Tote win: £26.10 PL: £6.60 £1.10 £4 Ex: £462.80 CSF: £53.18 Tricast: £508.21
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-5] 56 (47%) M [6-11] 39 (37%) H [12-16] 55 (16%)

2:45 Southwell 10 Apr 2000

Marco Polo Handicap Class D