Full Result 3.20 Towcester | 14 March 2010

PP Business Improvement Handicap Hurdle

(Class 3) (0-120, 4yo+) (1m7f181yds) 2m Good 8 hurdles

1st £6,337 2nd £1,872 3rd £936 4th £468 5th £234

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	4. Akarshan (IRE) 10/1 D P Fahy ³ Evan Williams	D P Fahy ³ Evan Williams	5	114	115	103	123	–
b g Intikhab (USA) - Akdara (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
Held up in touch towards rear, headway before 3 out, led 2 out, soon ridden, good jump last and in command flat, ran on well (tchd 11-1)

2 2½	11. Smoothly Does It 10/1 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams	Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams	9	109	103	88	109	–
b g Efisio - Exotic Forest (Dominion)
Tracked leaders, not much room on inner before 2 out, ridden to chase winner between last 2, not fluent last, no extra flat

3 8 [10½]	5. Olympian (FR) 17/2 Andrew Glassonbury Phil Middleton	Andrew Glassonbury Phil Middleton	8	117	115	90	113	–
b g Video Rock (FR) - Attualita (FR) (Master Thatch)
Held up towards rear, ridden and headway after 3 out, edged right and every chance next, weakened before last, faded flat (op 15-2)

4 ½ [11]	14. Spider Boy 18/1 Gemma Gracey-Davison ⁷ Zoe Davison	Gemma Gracey-Davison ⁷ Zoe Davison	13	97 4 b	94	68	91	–
b g Jupiter Island - Great Dilemma (Vaigly Great)
In touch in midfield, pushed along 6th, ridden before next, stayed on well under pressure between last 2, not going pace to reach leaders

5 hd [11¼]	10. Phantom Lad (IRE) 16/1 Philip Hide Brendan Powell	Philip Hide Brendan Powell	7	1013 t	107	81	105	–
b g Desert Prince (IRE) - Phantom Waters (Pharly)
With leader until led 3 out, ridden and headed next, weakened under pressure before last (op 14-1)

6 1½ [12¾]	9. Playing With Fire (IRE) 17/2 Wayne Kavanagh ³ Robin Dickin	Wayne Kavanagh ³ Robin Dickin	6	1013	110	82	106	–
gr m Witness Box (USA) - Smokey Path (IRE) (Scallywag)
Held up in touch in rear, effort on outer 3 out, outpaced well before next, edged right entering straight, plugged on but never going pace to threaten leaders (op 9-1 tchd 8-1)

7 ¾ [13½]	2. Ostland (GER) 15/2 Felix De Giles Charlie Longsdon	Felix De Giles Charlie Longsdon	5	1110	118	89	113	–
b g Lando (GER) - Ost Tycoon (GER) (Last Tycoon)
Took keen hold, held up in touch, ridden and weakened before 2 out (op 14-1)

8 nse [13½]	12. Nomadic Warrior 15/2 Tom Messenger John Holt	Tom Messenger John Holt	5	108	102	73	97	–
b g Nomadic Way (USA) - Jesmund (Bishop Of Cashel)
Held up in touch, ridden and effort after 3 out, no progress and well held next (op 9-1)

9 11 [24½]	13. Crouch End Flyer 7/1F Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies	Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies	8	104	98	55	85	–
b m Overbury (IRE) - Edithmead (IRE) (Shardari)
In touch in midfield, pushed along 3rd, never going well after, reminders 5th, ridden and dropped to rear quickly before 3 out, well beaten after (vet said mare was struck into) (op 6-1)

10 6 [30½]	1. Sunday City (JPN) 33/1 Jason Maguire Donald McCain	Jason Maguire Donald McCain	9	1112 p	120	70	100	–
ch g Sunday Silence (USA) - Diamond City I (USA) (Mr Prospector)
Led until 3 out, ridden and struggling when not much room well before 2 out, soon weakened

11 9 [39½]	6. Abey M'Boy 22/1 Sam Jones Oliver Sherwood	Sam Jones Oliver Sherwood	7	117	115	53	87	–
b g Alflora (IRE) - See More Furrows (Seymour Hicks)
Held up in rear, ridden and no progress after 3 out, well beaten when jumped left 2 out (op 20-1)

12 14 [53½]	7. Dinarius 8/1 Warren Marston Alex Hales	Warren Marston Alex Hales	5	116 p	114	34	73	–
b g Bertolini (USA) - Ambassadress (USA) (Alleged)
Taken down early, held up towards rear, headway on outer after 6th, ridden and beaten well before 2 out (tchd 7-1)

13 12 [65½]	3. Ordre De Bataille (FR) 14/1 Mr William Biddick ⁵ Henry Daly	Mr William Biddick ⁵ Henry Daly	8	114 p	117	21	65	–
gr g Ungaro (GER) - Hache De Guerre (FR) (Royal Charter)
Chased leaders on outer, weakened under pressure after 2 out, well behind next

PU	15. Midnight Spirit 40/1 Liam Treadwell Frederick Sutherland	Liam Treadwell Frederick Sutherland	10	100 10 tb	94	–	–	–
b g Midnight Legend - West-Hatch-Spirit (Forzando)
Chased leaders, ridden to press leaders when not much room before 2 out, 5th and weakening when blundered 2 out, well beaten when pulled up last

PU	8. Farmers Cross (IRE) 10/1 Paul Gallagher ⁷ Ferdy Murphy	Paul Gallagher ⁷ Ferdy Murphy	6	1011	112	–	–	–
b g Old Vic - Ace Conqueror (IRE) (Lashkari)
Mistake 2nd, lost touch 6th, tailed off when pulled up 2 out (op 9-1 tchd 11-1)

15 ran Off time: 3:20:00 Winning time: 3m 55.90s (slow by 10.90s) Total SP: 124%
1st owner: Andrew Turton & Paul Langford (Akarshan) 1st breeder: His Highness The Aga Khan's Studs S C
2nd owner: Chrisco Syndicate (Smoothly Does It)
3rd owner: P W Middleton (Olympian)
Tote win: £14.30 PL: £4.70 £4.80 £3.10 Ex: £225.10 CSF: £106.33 Tricast: £903.33

3:20 Towcester 14 Mar 2010

PP Business Improvement Handicap Hurdle