Race Result Bath Sat, 22nd Aug, 2009

Going - Firm (Good to Firm in places).

Placepot Pool - £38,517.02 Winning Units - 771.55 Dividend - £36.40. Quadpot Pool - £5,919.59 Winning Units - 257.36 Dividend - £17.00. Place Six Dividend - £60.53. Place Five Dividend - £35.20.

Bath Ales Salamander Maiden Stakes of £4150.00 3-y-o plus

1m. 5yds. Flat Maiden 1st - £2688.00, 2nd - £800.00, 3rd - £400.00, 4th - £200.00 OFF 17:45. 8 Ran.

1st		Sahaal (USA) 9-3 (Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum) (Time 1:39.72) 2 (Drawn 2) SP 5/2 Tote Win £3.80 Place £1.20	M P Tregoning G Baker
		in touch, steady headway on inside over 3f out, chased leader inside final 3f, challenged over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to lead final 75 yards
2nd	nk	Bended Knee (GB) 8-12 (Major M G Wyatt) 6 (Drawn 6) SP 14/1 Place £1.70	H Candy J F McDonald
		led, pulled hard and green infront, pushed along and pressed over 1f out, kept on well until headed final 100 yards, stayed on gamely
3rd	6L	Wilfred Pickles (IRE) 9-3 (Mrs Valda Burke & Mrs Amanda Perrett) 5 (Drawn 5) SP 2/1 Place £1.30	Mrs A Perrett S Sanders
		in touch, pushed along over 2f out, driven into modest 3rd over 1f out
4th	2.25L	Papyrian (GB) 9-3 (Gillian) 8 (Drawn 8)(Blinkers) SP 13/8fav	W Jarvis A Munro
		chased leaders in 4th, headway on outside over 2f out, one pace and no impression when lost 3rd over 1f out
5th	2.25L	Fortina's Boy (USA) 9-3 (Mr C J Collins) 1 (Drawn 1) SP 16/1	W R Swinburn A Kirby
		held up in rear, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, weakened after
6th	5L	Turbo Shandy (GB) 9-9 (The Beefeaters) 7 (Drawn 7) SP 25/1	D Burchell V Slattery
		held up in rear, pushed along and struggling final 3f
7th	2.5L	Jay Gee Wigmo (GB) 9-9 (J Wigmore Racing Partnership) 4 (Drawn 4) SP 40/1	A Carroll T Dean
		chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out
8th	1.75L	Castlefish (IRE) 9-9 (Mr S Hyde) 3 (Drawn 3) SP 40/1	D Burchell David Probert
		took keen hold early, chased leader inside final 3f, weakened rapidly over 2f out, tailed off

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5.00 Emirates Equestrian Federation H'cap
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1.45 equisoftlive.com EBF (Fillies) M'dn
Bet365 12/1 20/1

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