Full Result 9.15 Wolverhampton | 13 July 1998

Blackcurrant Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class E

(Class 4) (0-105, 4yo+) 2m Good To Firm 8 hurdles

1st £2,144 2nd £609 3rd £302

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	4. A Thousand Dreams (IRE) 33/1 Warren Marston D J Wintle	Warren Marston D J Wintle	8	102	74	52	80	–
b g Aristocracy (IRE) - Ardellis Lady (Pollerton)
Held up, headway to lead after 4th, ran on from 2 out, eased down run-in (official explanation: A Thousand Dreams had blown up last time out) (op 20-1)

2 1¾	1. Keen Waters 4/5F A P McCoy M C Pipe	A P McCoy M C Pipe	4	1110	99	73	99	–
b f Keen - Miss Oasis (Green Desert)
Held up, headway after 3 out, every chance next, switched right approaching last, no extra run-in (op 4-6 tchd 5-6,10-11 in places)

3 2½ [4¼]	2. Ellamine 5/4 Carl Llewellyn Merrita Jones	Carl Llewellyn Merrita Jones	4	118	97	68	94	–
b f Warrshan (USA) - Anhaar I (Ela-Mana-Mou)
Prominent, outpaced 3 out, kept on under pressure next, no impression (op 13-8 tchd 7-4 in places)

4 29 [33¼]	5. Master Lorien 66/1 Richard Johnson Tom George	Richard Johnson Tom George	6	100 5	72	18	57	–
b g Rymer - Lorien Lady (Tycoon II)
Led, headed after 4th, slightly outpaced next, rallied 3 out, weakened quickly approaching next, tailed off (op 33-1)

F	3. Little Joe I (IRE) 7/1 Timmy Murphy Julian Smith	Timmy Murphy Julian Smith	9	107	79	–	77	–
br g Cataldi - Linanbless (So Blessed)
Close up, not fluent 2nd, slightly outpaced 4 out, rallied under pressure after next, 3rd and no impression when fell 2 out (op 6-1 tchd 8-1)