Full Result 5.00 Warwick | 15 April 2008

Mercia's Drive Time With Helen Knott Handicap

(Class 5) (0-75, 3yo) (1m2f188yds) 1m3f Soft

1st £3,238 2nd £963.50 3rd £481.50 4th £240.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽³⁾	11. Black Tor Figarro (IRE) 11/1 Liam Jones Brendan W Duke	Liam Jones Brendan W Duke	3	85	58	22	65	–
b g Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) - Will Be Blue (IRE) (Darshaan)
Slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear, headway 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on (trainer said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that colt had benefited from the step up in trip to 1m 2f and the soft ground.) (op 22-1)

2⁽⁷⁾ 1¾	9. Shaftesbury (IRE) 33/1 Liam Keniry Jane Southcombe	Liam Keniry Jane Southcombe	3	811	64	24	67	–
b g Lomitas - Vivid Concert (IRE) (Chief Singer)
Held up, headway to lead over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken inside final furlong

3⁽¹⁾ 3 [4¾]	4. King Bathwick (IRE) 5/1 J F Egan Rod Millman	J F Egan Rod Millman	3	90	67	22	65	–
b g Golan (IRE) - Princess Sabaah (IRE) (Desert King)
Prominent, chased leader 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 10-1)

4⁽¹¹⁾ 1¼ [6]	1. Tasheba 6/1 Adrian McCarthy Peter Chapple-Hyam	Adrian McCarthy Peter Chapple-Hyam	3	94	71	23	67	–
ch c Dubai Destination (USA) - Tatanka (IRE) (Lear Fan)
Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong (op 11-4)

5⁽⁴⁾ 4 [10]	5. Double On Red 8/1 Richard Mullen James Eustace	Richard Mullen James Eustace	3	813	66	10	55	–
br f Red Ransom (USA) - Rosy Outlook (USA) (Trempolino)
Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong (op 11-1 tchd 12-1)

6⁽⁹⁾ 7 [17]	7. Dusk 3/1F Eddie Ahern John Dunlop	Eddie Ahern John Dunlop	3	812	65	–	41	–
b g Fantastic Light (USA) - Dark Veil (USA) (Gulch)
Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out (op 11-4)

7⁽⁶⁾ 3 [20]	10. Natural Rhythm (IRE) 50/1 Paul Mulrennan Ruth Carr	Paul Mulrennan Ruth Carr	3	88 1 v	61	–	32	–
ch g Distant Music (USA) - Nationalartgallery (IRE) (Tate Gallery)
Prominent, raced keenly, ridden over 4f out, not much room and weakened over 3f out

8⁽⁸⁾ 10 [30]	6. Any Given Day (IRE) 15/2 Fergus Sweeney David Simcock	Fergus Sweeney David Simcock	3	812	65	–	18	–
gr g Clodovil (IRE) - Five Of Wands (Caerleon)
Slowly into stride and went right start, held up, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out (jockey said gelding never travelled) (op 10-1)

9⁽⁵⁾ 20 [50]	8. Desiderio 4/1 Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr	Richard Hughes Richard Hannon Snr	3	812 b¹	65	–	–	–
b c Oasis Dream - Pleasuring (Good Times)
Raced keenly, tracked leader until ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out (jockey said colt had no more to give) (tchd 9-2)

10⁽¹⁰⁾ 1 [51]	2. Ogmore Junction (IRE) 16/1 Eddie Creighton Sophie Leech	Eddie Creighton Sophie Leech	3	93	70	–	–	–
b g Catcher In The Rye (IRE) - Fairy Berry (IRE) (Fairy King)
Held up, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out (op 12-1 tchd 11-1)

10 ran Off time: 5:01:00 Winning time: 2m 29.83s Total SP: 118%
Non-runners: Calistos Quest (self certificate)
1st owner: B W Duke Racing Ms R E Tupper T H Fletcher (Black Tor Figarro) 1st breeder: Sweetmans Bloodstock
2nd owner: K A Parr (Shaftesbury)
3rd owner: Wayne Clifford (King Bathwick)
Tote win: £12.70 PL: £3.10 £5.80 £2.50 Ex: £350.70 CSF: £313.22 Tricast: £2,038.69
Placepot: £4,024.50 to a £1 stake. Pool: £53,477.45. 9.70 winning tickets.
Quadpot: £695.30 to a £1 stake. Pool: £3,570.80. 3.80 winning tickets.
DBI (SP%): L [Stalls 1-4] 85 (31%) M [5-8] 29 (31%) H [9-11] 36 (38%)

5:00 Warwick 15 Apr 2008

Mercia's Drive Time With Helen Knott Handicap