Race Result Ascot Sat, 9th May, 2009

Going - Good to Firm (Good in places on the Round Course).

Jackpot Placepot Pool - £109,128.73 Winning Units - 19.5 Dividend - £4,085.30. Quadpot Pool - £7,161.57 Winning Units - 12.3 Dividend - £430.80. Place Six Dividend - £1,668.97. Place Five Dividend - £857.25.

Mcgee Group Maiden Stakes of £12000.00 2-y-o

5f. Flat Maiden 1st - £7771.00, 2nd - £2312.00, 3rd - £1156.00, 4th - £577.00 OFF 14:53. 6 Ran.

1st		Little Perisher (GB) 9-3 (Mr Christopher Shankland) (Time 1:03.10) 6 (Drawn 6) SP 7/2 Tote Win £4.80 Place £2.00	A P Jarvis N Callan
		prominent, led over 2f out, ran on final furlong, ridden out
2nd	2.5L	Absolute Music (USA) 8-12 (Mr Khalifa Dasmal) 2 (Drawn 2) SP 5/1 Place £2.70	R M H Cowell E Ahern
		prominent, ridden when ran green and lost place over 2f out, ran on again inside final furlong
3rd	1L	Monsieur Joe (IRE) 9-3 (Mrs Helen Checkley) 1 (Drawn 1) SP 7/4fav	W R Swinburn Dane O'Neill
		led until over 2f out, soon ridden to chase winner, held when drifted left and lost 2nd inside final furlong
4th	0.75L	Key Art (IRE) 9-3 (The Sangster Family & Mr M Green) 5 (Drawn 5) SP 9/2	J Noseda S W Kelly
		slowly into stride, chased leaders, driven over 2f out, kept on same pace
4th	Dht	Jira (GB) 8-12 (Mr Saeed Manana) 3 (Drawn 3) SP 16/1	C E Brittain S Sanders
		tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, pressed on same pace
6th	0.5L	Master Of Dance (IRE) 9-3 (Mr P D Merritt) 4 (Drawn 4) SP 8/1	R Hannon R Hughes
		tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace

Market Movers

Roscommon Monday 20th

Halls Bridge 8/1 18/1

8.00 Kepak INH Flat Race
CORAL.ie 8/1 18/1

Lethal Weapon 11/4 7/2

7.30 Connolly's Red Mills H'cap (Rated 50-80)
Ladbrokes 11/4 7/2

Gallery - Best Pictures of the week

Gallery 12th May
Pic of the week. Bondage (right) pops over a hurdle, with Gold Bullet in second, before going on to win at Down Royal on Monday last under Davy Condon for trainer Gordon Elliott. 06-05-13 More »
Gallery 5th May
Pic of the week. The Pat Hughes trained Prince Of Fowards comes through on the outside under Tim Carroll to beat Captain Luke (centre) and Count Salazar (left). Kilbeggan 03-05-13 More »

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Sidelined Jockeys

Injured Jockeys

Mr J J Codd - Fractured left wrist in a fall at Inch pt-to-pt Wed, 27th Mar
B Hayes - Fractured right arm (radius) in a fall at Thurles Thu, 4th Apr
M P Butler - Fractured right arm (humerous) in a fall at Fairyhouse Tue, 16th Apr
E F Power - Fractured three vertebrae in a fall at Kilbeggan Fri, 3rd May
Mr D O'Connor - Fractured left leg in a fall at Dawstown pt-to-pt Mon, 6th May
P T Enright - Fractured both hands in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
B J Cooper - Fractured left leg (femur) in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May

Suspended Jockeys

R Dawson - Two year ban (15 months of which are suspended) for failing a drug test, starts Wed, 29th Aug
L A McKenna - Seven day ban for use of the whip at Ayr Wed, 8th May
D G Hogan - Two day ban for using whip with excessive frequency at Sligo Mon, 20th May
A P Thornton - One day ban for careless riding at the Curragh Mon, 20th May

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