Horse Alert

21 Jan 2008 14:30 Wolverhampton

Winner: £3,000 (Penalty: £2,048); Distance: 1m 141y; Class: 6; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Standard.

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Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1⁽⁵⁾	-	Arctic Desert (GB) (Gelding, Bay, 130lbs)	7134-41 / 25	Flat (12)	Hayley Turner	Miss Gay Kelleway Whispering Winds	3/1
		held up, smooth headway to go 2nd over 1f out, led over 1f out, easily
2^nd	5⁽⁶⁾	4 L	Pianoforte (USA) (Gelding, Bay, 125lbs)	00206-3 / 7	Flat (12)	J Quinn	E J Alston Nigel & Val Leadbeater	13/2
		held up, pushed along over 3f out, headway when not clear run and switched right just over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd last strides, no chance with winner
3^rd	2⁽¹⁾	NK	Louisiade (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 130lbs)	51519-1 / 9	Flat (15)	M Coumbe	John Harris Ph & Lh Racing	5/1
		in touch, headway and hung left over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
4^th	4⁽⁷⁾	1¾ L	Circus Polka (USA) (Colt, Brown, 129lbs)	90016-4 / 8	Flat (12)	C Catlin	W M Brisbourne Miss S L Bailey	7/2
		soon led, clear 5f out, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon beaten, lost 2nd and edged left well inside final furlong
5^th	6⁽⁴⁾	5 L	Sarraaf (IRE) (Gelding, Chestnut, 125lbs)	904230- / 13	Flat (31)	T Eaves	Miss L A Perratt Mr Gordon McDowall	20/1
		chased leaders, went 2nd 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
6^th	7⁽³⁾	3 L	Spence's Choice (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 124lbs)	475004/ / 4	Flat (394), Jump (25)	N Lawes	G P Kelly Mr E A Brook	66/1
		chased leaders until 4f out, soon weakened
7^th	3⁽²⁾	1 L	Northern Desert (IRE) (Gelding, Bay, 130lbs)	5042-21 / 10	Flat (11)	P Doe	S Curran Mr Clive Roberts	2/1
		held up in rear, headway over 4f out, weakened well over 1f out