02 Jun 2009 16:00 Ripon
Winner: £8,000 (Penalty: £5,181); Distance: 1m 1f 170y; Class: 4; Eligibility: 3YO only; Going: Good to Firm.
Weatherbys Finance Handicap
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2(4) |   | - | Fastnet Storm (IRE) (Colt, brown, 9 6) | 5521-78 / 19 | Flat (20) | M Fenton | T P Tate The Kittywake Partnership | 4/1 | |
| tracked leader, led over 2f out, stayed on well | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 6(5) |   | 3 L | Sign of Approval (GB) (colt, bay, 9 2) | 33-3510 / 3 | Flat (48) | Martin Lane | K R Burke Mr Cyril Wall | 14/1 | |
| slowly into stride, held up and keen, chased leaders over 5f out, chased winner 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, kept on | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 1(9) |   | 1½ L | Anthology (GB) (colt, bay, 9 7) | 01-57 / 4 | Flat (10) | R Mullen | B Smart H E Sheikh Rashid… | 7/1 | |
| held up, ridden and headway well over 2f out, stayed on final furlong | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5(8) |   | 1½ L | High Office (GB) (gelding, bay, 9 3) | 325-32 / 9 | Flat (21) | P Hanagan | R A Fahey Boston Park Racing… | 3/1 | |
| tracked leader and keen, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final furlong | ||||||||||
| 5th | 9(7) |   | 1¼ L | Amethyst Dawn (IRE) (Filly, grey, 8 6) | 150-758 / 8 | Flat (24) | D Fentiman | T D Easterby Habton Farms | 33/1 | |
| led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong | ||||||||||
| 6th | 8(2) |   | 1¼ L | Hatta Diamond (IRE) (colt, chestnut, 9 1) | 5164 / 3 | Flat (7) | J Fanning | Charlie & Mark Johnston Sheikh Hamdan Bin… | 3/1 | |
| behind, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out | ||||||||||
| 7th | 7(3) |   | 4½ L | Cornish Castle (USA) (colt, chestnut, 9 2) | 90-7114 / 5 | Flat (33) | Graham Gibbons | T D Walford Mrs D S Wilkinson | 6/1 | |
| held up towards rear, weakened over 2f out | ||||||||||
| 8th | 4(6) |   | Dist | Royal Defence (IRE) (colt, bay, 9 5) | 2-44 / 8 | Flat (14) | Adrian Nicholls | D Nicholls Winks Racing | 11/1 | |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out | ||||||||||
| 3(1) |   | - | Equipe de Nuit (GB) (Colt, chestnut, 9 6) | 22-60 / 3 | Flat (20) | Saleem Golam | S C Williams Skeltools Ltd | |||
