04 Aug 2009 17:00 Newton Abbot
Winner: £5,000 (Penalty: £3,252); Distance: 3m 3f; Class: 4; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Good to Soft.
Camp Viejo Wines Staying Handicap Hurdle
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 |   | - | Knock Em Dead (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 5) | 00P5-31 / 6 | Jump (54) | A P McCoy | J & A O'Neill Mrs Gay Smith | 4/1 | |
| not always fluent, held up in touch, steady headway to track leader from 4 out, challenged and upsides from 2 out, hard driven and stayed on well to assert last 100 yards | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 1 |   | 1¾ L | Arctic Shadow (GB) (Gelding, bay, 11 12) | 8-20111 / 8 | Jump (14) | R Johnson | Tim Vaughan The Magnificent… | 10/3 | |
| chased leaders, led 5th, joined and pressed 2 out, stayed upsides and every chance until not quicken last 100 yards | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 7 |   | Dist | Thirtythreeblack (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 10 1) | 0006P-1 / 6 | Jump (8) | T Scudamore | D Pipe Mr D A Johnson | 5/4 | |
| held up in rear, headway and ridden in 4th after 3 out, kept on to take 3rd approaching last, never near front pair | ||||||||||
| 4th | 8 |   | 2¼ L | Lansdowne Princess (GB) (Mare, bay, 10 0) | 3404F-0 / 12 | Flat (11), Jump (49) | David Bass | G A Ham The Lansdowners | 40/1 | |
| held up, headway to chase leading pair 4 out, driven after 3 out, soon no chance and lost 3rd approaching last | ||||||||||
| 5th | 5 |   | Dist | Bengal Bullet (GB) (Gelding, bay, 11 2) | 3/P8-P53 / 12 | Jump (16) | Nick Scholfield | C Blank Mr C Blank | 12/1 | |
| led to 2nd, chased leader to 7th, weakned 4 out, tailed off | ||||||||||
| 6th | 2 |   | Dist | Bathwick Breeze (GB) (Gelding, chestnut, 11 10) | 9087-3F / 6 | Flat (364), Jump (41) | J W Farrelly | D Pipe Mr W Clifford | 14/1 | |
| in touch, headway to track leaders 5th, went 2nd 7th, reminders after 5th, weakened before 4 out, tailed off | ||||||||||
| PU | 3 |   | - | Amazing Valour (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 7) | 0269P7- / 10 | Flat (14), Jump (225) | Donal Devereux | P & M Bowen Mr Gwilym J Morris | ||
| PU | 6 |   | - | Synonymy (GB) (Gelding, bay, 10 2) | 40/88-1P / 7 | Flat (57), Jump (16) | Jimmy McCarthy | M Blanshard Messrs Chambers… | ||
