Full Result 5.15 Thirsk | 19 June 2007

Silks Restaurant Handicap

(Class 4) (0-80, 4yo+) (1m4f8yds) 1m4f Good To Soft

1st £5,181.60 2nd £1,541.60 3rd £770.40 4th £384.80

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁶⁾	6. Charlotte Vale 9/4 Greg Fairley ³ Micky Hammond	Greg Fairley ³ Micky Hammond	6	83	65	49	74	–
ch m Pivotal - Drying Grass Moon (Be My Chief)
Tracked leading pair, headway to lead well over 2f out and soon ridden, driven over 1f out and kept on well under pressure inside final furlong (op 11-4)

2⁽³⁾ 1¾	7. Press Express (IRE) 2/1F Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey	Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey	5	82	61	42	67	–
ch g Entrepreneur - Nawaji (USA) (Trempolino)
Held up, steady headway 4f out, chased winner 2f out, soon ridden and every chance until driven and one pace inside final furlong (tchd 9-4 in places)

3⁽²⁾ 1 [2¾]	4. Sporting Gesture 6/1 Dale Gibson Michael Easterby	Dale Gibson Michael Easterby	10	88	67	46	71	–
ch g Safawan - Polly Packer (Reform)
Held up, pushed along halfway, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out and stayed on final furlong (op 9-2 tchd 13-2 in a place)

4⁽¹⁾ nk [3]	3. Shape Up (IRE) 6/1 Pat Cosgrave Ray Craggs	Pat Cosgrave Ray Craggs	7	90 b	73	52	77	–
b g Octagonal (NZ) - Bint Kaldoun (IRE) (Kaldoun)
Close up, led 4f out, ridden along and headed well over 2f out, soon driven and kept on same pace entering final furlong (op 13-2)

5⁽⁷⁾ 28 [31]	2. Gloucester 11/2 Graham Gibbons John Quinn	Graham Gibbons John Quinn	4	94	77	8	36	–
b g Montjeu (IRE) - Birdlip (USA) (Sanglamore)
Led, pushed along and headed 4f out, ridden 3f out, soon weakened and eased (op 9-2)

5 ran Off time: 5:15:00 Winning time: 2m 37.65s (slow by 5.95s) Total SP: 109%
Non-runners: Cotton Eyed Joe (vet's certificate), Just Lille (vet's certificate)
1st owner: Peter J Davies (Charlotte Vale) 1st breeder: Snailwell Stud Co Ltd
2nd owner: Mark A Leatham (Press Express)
3rd owner: Steve Hull (Sporting Gesture)
Tote win: £2.80 PL: £1.40 £1.60 Ex: £5.70 CSF: £6.86