28 Apr 2006 08:10 CHEPSTOW
Winner: £ (Penalty: £1,473); Distance: 3630; Class: 5; Eligibility: 4yo plus; Going: Good.
Braceys Builders Merchant Maiden Hurdle
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 0 |   | - | Lysander (GER) (Gelding, , 151) | / 26 | C Poste | Claire Metcalfe The Piranha Partnership | |||
| held up mid-division, headway 5th, chased leader 3 out, just got up to share the spoils | ||||||||||
| 1st | 0 |   | DHT | Smokey Mountain (IRE) (Gelding, , 151) | / 7 | D A Jacob | Tim Armstrong Mr Roy Swinburne | |||
| led 1st, soon headed, stayed prominent, led 4 out, ridden 3 out, pressed close home, joined on line | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 0 |   | 0.75 L | Recount (FR) (Gelding, , 156) | / 6 | Dave Crosse | A Slattery Mr Dave Howe | |||
| held up mid-division, headway 4 out, ridden to chase leaders 3 out, hung left and every chance last, no extra flat | ||||||||||
| 4th | 0 |   | 7 L | Argonaut (GB) (Gelding, , 156) | / 6 | V Slattery | G W Briscoe Mr Saeed Suhail | |||
| mid-division, headway 4 out, ridden to chase leaders 3 out, soon weakened | ||||||||||
| 5th | 0 |   | 2.5 L | Smoothly Does It (GB) (Gelding, , 156) | / 9 | Andrew Tinkler | Steven L Moyer Chrisco Syndicate | |||
| mid-division and keen, headway 4 out, weakened 2 out | ||||||||||
| 6th | 0 |   | 9 L | Storm of Applause (IRE) (Gelding, , 156) | / 10 | R Johnson | R D Chugg RP Racing | |||
| keen in rear, headway 4 out, one pace when mistakes 3 out and 2 out | ||||||||||
| 7th | 0 |   | 1.5 L | Supreme Copper (IRE) (Gelding, , 156) | / 8 | B Fenton | 2153 Mr N Collison | |||
| held up in rear, headway 4th, ridden and weakened 3 out | ||||||||||
| 8th | 0 |   | 2 L | Sun Hill (GB) (Gelding, , 149) | / 8 | Mr Rhys Hughes | J Castle Mrs D McCabe | |||
| in rear, effort 3 out, some progress until weakened flat | ||||||||||
| 9th | 0 |   | 1 L | Lyster (IRE) (Gelding, , 151) | / 12 | J Diment | J Farrant Mr M D Jones | |||
| mid-division, ridden 4 out, weakened 2 out | ||||||||||
| 10th | 0 |   | 14 L | Gala Evening (GB) (Gelding, , 151) | / 8 | J M Maguire | W Brannigan Mr W E Sturt | |||
| in touch, ridden and weakened 3 out | ||||||||||
| 11th | 0 |   | 11 L | Mount Butler (IRE) (Colt, , 144) | / 4 | R Spate | Dr J J Sager Ambrose Turnbull,… | |||
| held up in touch, ridden and weakened 4th | ||||||||||
| 12th | 0 |   | 0.75 L | Chaplin (GB) (Colt, , 146) | / 4 | T Bailey | Anthony Carango Mr K Abdulla | |||
| always in rear | ||||||||||
| 13th | 0 |   | 21 L | Mardonicdeclare (GB) (Gelding, , 151) | / 5 | S Walsh | Elwood E Erickson Mr F K Baxter | |||
| tracked leaders, weakened after 4th, behind when mistake 3 out | ||||||||||
| 14th | 0 |   | Dist | Jobsworth (IRE) (Gelding, , 156) | / 6 | Paul Moloney | Anthony Carango Dapper Racing Syndicate | |||
| in touch, weakened 3rd, soon behind | ||||||||||
| 0 |   | - | Financial Future (GB) (Gelding, , 156) | / 6 | O McPhail | Lucy Pinney Mr Markus Graff | ||||
| lost touch from 3rd and pulled up | ||||||||||
| 0 |   | - | Diafa (USA) (Filly, , 139) | / 4 | Mr S Crawford | Mrs A M Woodrow Hamdan Al Maktoum | ||||
| led soon after 1st and clear, headed and weakened approaching 5th, no chance when pulled up | ||||||||||
