Full Result 4.40 Towcester | 19 March 1997

Empress Elizabeth Of Austria Open Hunters' Chase Class H

(Class 6) (5yo+) (2m5f153yds) 2m5½f Good To Firm 16 fences

1st £1,605.50 2nd £448 3rd £216.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	4. Star Oats 7/1 Mr A Kinane ⁷ Mrs R M Lampard	Mr A Kinane ⁷ Mrs R M Lampard	11	117	–	62	90	–
ch g Oats - Starproof (Comedy Star)
Held up and pulled hard, mistakes 5th and 6th, led 2 out, ridden clear flat

2 4	1. Hickelton Lad 7/2 Seamus Durack ⁷ Dai Williams	Seamus Durack ⁷ Dai Williams	13	1111	–	63	90	–
ch g Black Minstrel - Lupreno (Hugh Lupus)
Led 2nd to 6th, every chance when hampered 2 out, hit last, soon beaten

3 1½ [5½]	2. Bollinger 4/7F Mr P O'Keeffe ⁷ Mrs J T Gifford	Mr P O'Keeffe ⁷ Mrs J T Gifford	11	117	–	58	84	–
ch g Balinger - Jolly Regal (Jolly Good I)
Prominent, blundered and dropped rear 10th, soon ridden, rallied approaching 3 out, one pace approaching last

4 4 [9½]	3. Charlies Delight (IRE) 8/1 Mr A Sansome ⁵ Mrs C M Hicks	Mr A Sansome ⁵ Mrs C M Hicks	9	119	–	57	80	–
b g Welsh Term (IRE) - Pilgrim SoulI (Tudor Melody)
Led to 2nd, led 6th to 2 out, soon ridden and weakened