Full Result 7.50 Stratford | 28 June 2002

Mayflex Handicap Hurdle Class D

(Class 3) (0-120, 4yo+) (2m70yds) 2m½f Good To Firm 8 hurdles

1st £3,562 2nd £1,096 3rd £548 4th £274

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	2. Bering Gifts (IRE) 10/1 Noel Fehily Charlie Mann	Noel Fehily Charlie Mann	7	120	111	111	118	–
b g Bering - Bobbysoxer (Valiyar)
Held up in rear, still plenty to do 4 out, rapid headway after 3 out, chased leaders 2 out, led last, ridden, flashed tail and pushed clear run-in (tchd 12-1 and 14-1 in places)

2 3	1. Shamsan (IRE) 2/1F Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs	Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs	5	120	111	108	116	–
ch g Night Shift (USA) - Awayil (USA) (Woodman)
Held up in touch, headway to track leaders 4 out, went 2nd approaching 2 out, every chance last, kept on but not pace of winner (op 3-1 tchd 100-30 in places)

3 1 [4]	3. Dark Fairy 11/2 A P McCoy M C Pipe	A P McCoy M C Pipe	4	1113	113	106	113	–
br f Tragic Role (USA) - Sharp Fairy (Sharpo)
Chased leader, led 4th, ridden 4 out, headed last, weakened run-in (op 9-2 tchd 6-1 in places)

4 2½ [6½]	9. Murrendi (IRE) 9/1 Mattie Batchelor R J O'Sullivan	Mattie Batchelor R J O'Sullivan	4	100 3	88	76	84	–
b g Ashkalani (IRE) - Formaestre (IRE) (Formidable I)
Held up in touch, chased leaders 4 out, disputed 2nd after next, soon ridden, outpaced after 2 out (op 7-1 tchd 10-1 in places)

5 8 [14½]	5. Knight's Emperor (IRE) 7/1 Henry Oliver John Spearing	Henry Oliver John Spearing	5	1110	107	92	100	–
b g Grand Lodge (USA) - So Kind I (Kind Of Hush)
Jumped slowly 2nd, headway 5th, chased leaders 4 out, ridden after next, weakened 2 out (op 6-1)

6 9 [23½]	6. Dabarpour (IRE) 7/1 David Dennis Ian Williams	David Dennis Ian Williams	6	1110 t	107	83	98	–
bb g Alzao (USA) - Dabara (IRE) (Shardari)
Held up in rear, some headway after 5th, never going pace to to reach leaders (op 13-2 tchd 8-1)

7 hd [23¾]	8. Anns Girl 20/1 Sean Fox Jimmy Fox	Sean Fox Jimmy Fox	9	1012 b	96	71	78	–
br m Newski (USA) - Nearly Married (Nearly A Hand)
Chased leaders until weakened 4 out (tchd 25-1 and 33-1 in places)

8 7 [30¾]	7. Pharly Reef 13/2 Warren Marston Dai Burchell	Warren Marston Dai Burchell	10	110	98	66	73	–
b g Pharly (FR) - Hay Reef (Mill Reef)
Jumped slowly 2nd, chased leader 4th to 4 out, weakened after next (op 5-1 tchd 7-1 in a place)

9 4 [34¾]	10. Miss Lacroix 33/1 E Husband Reg Hollinshead	E Husband Reg Hollinshead	7	100 5	85	48	55	–
b m Picea - Smartie Lee (Dominion)
Led to 4th, soon behind (op 25-1)

10 dist [64¾]	4. Homer I (IRE) 14/1 Mick Fitzgerald N M Babbage	Mick Fitzgerald N M Babbage	5	1111 t	108	–	–	–
b g Sadler's Wells (USA) - Gravieres (FR) (Saint Estephe)
Ridden after 4th, always behind, tailed off (jockey said the gelding had a breathing problem) (tchd 16-1 in places)

10 ran Off time: 7:50:00 Winning time: 3m 47.20s (slow by 7.20s) Total SP: 121%
1st owner: J E Brown (Bering Gifts) 1st breeder: Hesmonds Stud Ltd
2nd owner: Jack Joseph (Shamsan)
3rd owner: The Johnson Family (Dark Fairy)
Tote win: £13.70 PL: £2.90 £1.60 £2.10 Ex: £35.70 CSF: £32.28 Tricast: £128.45

7:50 Stratford 28 Jun 2002

Mayflex Handicap Hurdle Class D