2:20 Taunton 3 Feb 2004
Taunton Racecourse Seminar Centre Novices' Hurdle Class E (Div II)
(Class 4) (2m104yds) 2m½f Soft 9 hurdles
1st
£4,303 2nd
£1,324 3rd
£662 4th
£331
| Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
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Jockey
Trainer
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Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 112 t | – | 99 | 123 | – | |||||
| b g Monsun (GER) - Suivez (FR) (Fioravanti) | ||||||||||
| Held up, smooth headway approaching 6th, hit 3 out, led on bit approaching 2 out, soon clear, easily (op 7-4 tchd 5-2 and 3-1 in a place) | ||||||||||
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4 | 1013 v | 106 | 93 | 106 | – | ||||
| b g Groom Dancer (USA) - Merlin's Fancy (Caerleon) | ||||||||||
| Prominent, outpaced approaching 3 out, rallied approaching 2 out, kept on flat, no chance with winner (op 20-1 tchd 33-1 in a place) | ||||||||||
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7 | 112 t | – | 95 | 108 | – | ||||
| b g Indian Ridge (IRE) - Adatiya (IRE) (Shardari) | ||||||||||
| Held up in touch, ridden approaching 2 out, one pace (tchd 16-1, 25-1 and 28-1 in a place) | ||||||||||
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5 | 112 | – | 86 | 100 | – | ||||
| b g Mujadil (USA) - Schonbein (IRE) (Persian Heights) | ||||||||||
| Behind, ridden 4th, headway approaching 2 out, never troubled leaders (op 7-1) | ||||||||||
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7 | 112 | – | 86 | 102 | – | ||||
| b g Reprimand - Stock Hill Lass (Air Trooper I) | ||||||||||
| Always prominent, led after 3 out, soon ridden and headed, weakened approaching last (op 13-8 tchd 7-4 and 15-8 in places) | ||||||||||
| 7 | 112 | – | 73 | 89 | – | |||||
| b h Polar Falcon (USA) - Sarabah (IRE) (Ela-Mana-Mou) | ||||||||||
| Led 2nd until after 3 out, soon weakened (op 16-1) | ||||||||||
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5 | 1011 | – | 71 | 87 | – | ||||
| b g Paris House - Mafiosa (Miami Springs) | ||||||||||
| Held up, headway approaching 6th, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out (op 25-1 tchd 33-1 in places) | ||||||||||
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5 | 1013 | – | 63 | 80 | – | ||||
| ch g Pharly (FR) - Hicklam Millie (Absalom) | ||||||||||
| Led until after 1st, prominent until weakened 3 out | ||||||||||
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4 | 912 | – | 29 | 49 | – | ||||
| b f Perugino (USA) - Dane's Lane (IRE) (Danehill) | ||||||||||
| Held up and behind, short-lived effort approaching 3 out (op 40-1 tchd 100-1 in a place) | ||||||||||
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4 | 106 | – | 5 | 31 | – | ||||
| b g Groom Dancer (USA) - Opera Lover (IRE) (Sadler's Wells) | ||||||||||
| Held up in touch, weakened approaching 6th, tailed off (op 50-1 tchd 100-1 in a place) | ||||||||||
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7 | 112 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| bb g Doyoun - Sheriya (USA) (Green Dancer) | ||||||||||
| Behind from 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (op 50-1 tchd 100-1 in a place) | ||||||||||
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8 | 112 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| gr g Rock Hopper - Forgiving I (Jellaby) | ||||||||||
| Soon well behind, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out, broke blood vessel (jockey said gelding bled from the nose) (op 100-1) | ||||||||||
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5 | 112 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| b g Turtle Island (IRE) - Nora Yo Ya (Ahonoora) | ||||||||||
| Held up in mid-division, blundered and dropped to rear 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out | ||||||||||
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7 | 112 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| b g Executive Perk - Minimum Choice (IRE) (Miner's Lamp) | ||||||||||
| Always behind, pushed along approaching 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out (tchd 20-1) | ||||||||||
- 14 ran Off time: 2:20:00 Winning time: 4m 11.40s (slow by 24.40s) Total SP: 127%
- 1st owner: The Macca & Growler Partnership (Simoun) 1st breeder: Baron G Von Ullmann
- 2nd owner: The Reims Partnership (Downtherefordancin)
- 3rd owner: B J Llewellyn (Frontier)
- Tote win: £3.40 PL: £1.20 £6 £4.70 Ex: £70.60 CSF: £58.91
