Race Result Brighton Thu, 3rd May, 2012

Going - Soft (Good to Soft in places).

Placepot Pool - £77,004.26 Winning Units - 349.83 Dividend - £160.60. Quadpot Pool - £9,668.92 Winning Units - 367.3 Dividend - £19.40. Place Six Dividend - £48.92. Place Five Dividend - £25.57.

Betfair Don´t Settle For Less Handicap of £2500.00 4-y-o plus

1m. 3f. 196yds. Flat Hcap 1st - £1617.00, 2nd - £481.00, 3rd - £240.00, 4th - £120.00 OFF 18:40. 9 Ran.

1st		King's Road (GB) 9-5 (Mrs Anabel K Murphy) 4 (Drawn 4)(Tongue Strap) (Morning price: 11/2 9/2) SP 9/2 Tote Win £6.20 Place £2.60	Mrs A L M King G Baker
		chased leaders, led over 2f out, kept on well
2nd	1L	Heading To First (GB) 8-7 (Homewoodgate Racing Club) 7 (Drawn 7)(Cheekpiece) (Morning price: 16/1) SP 7/1 Place £2.00	P Butler Kirsty Milczarek
		took keen hold, chased leaders, racing in 2nd place 5f out, chased winner approaching final 2f, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
3rd	2.5L	Turbulent Priest (GB) 8-8 (Miss P I Westbrook) 2 (Drawn 2)(Blinkers) (Morning price: 20/1 16/1) SP 20/1 Place £9.20	Miss Z Davison J Goldstein
		held up in rear, headway on outside 4f out, went modest 3rd and hung left over 1f out
4th	3.25L	Mossmann Gorge (GB) 8-7 (The Wacky Racing Club) 1 (Drawn 1)(Cheekpiece) (Morning price: 10/1 8/1 7/1) SP 7/1	A Middleton C Catlin
		held up in rear, no chance when slightly hampered 3f out, plugged on to modest 4th inside final furlong, never on terms
5th	1.5L	Barbirolli (GB) 8-4 (Miss Caroline Scott) 3 (Drawn 3) (Morning price: 11/1) SP 16/1	W Stone Adam Beschizza(3)
		held up towards rear, driven and no impression over 2f out
6th	12L	Spiritual Art (GB) 9-5 (Miss Ruth Kennedy) 8 (Drawn 8)(Blinkers) (Morning price: 3/1) SP 9/2	L A Dace T G McLaughlin
		led until over 2f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened over 1f out
7th	11L	Suhailah (GB) 8-4 (Canisbay Bloodstock) 6 (Drawn 6)(Cheekpiece) (Morning price: 16/1) SP 16/1	M J Attwater Kieren Fox(3)
		chased leader, ridden and struggling towards rear 5f out
8th	9L	Visions of Johanna (USA) 9-7 (Willie McKay & Brian Carey) 9 (Drawn 9) (Morning price: 10/3 4/1) SP 5/1	R C Guest W A Carson
		steadied start, held up in rear, some headway on inside rail 4f out, stayed alone on far side in straight, soon struggling and no chance with leaders
fell		Prince Blue (GB) 9-6 (Downlands Racing) 5 (Drawn 5) (Morning price: 4/1 7/2) SP 4/1fav	J Long R Thomas
		chased leaders, injured and fell 3f out

Market Movers

Limerick Sunday 19th

Blazing Sonnet 12/1 8/1

2.55 Join the Tote Go Racing Club H'cap H'dle (Rated 80-116)
Bet365 12/1 8/1

Special Token 20/1 14/1

4.25 Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Mares) S'chase
Bet365 20/1 14/1

Givemeabuzz 8/1 6/1

3.25 Limerick GAA H'cap H'dle (Rated 80-95)
Bet365 8/1 6/1

Pipers Glory 16/1 25/1

4.25 Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Mares) S'chase
PaddyPower 16/1 25/1

Gallery - Best Pictures of the week

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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
D N Russell - Sidelined after operation on punctured lung Mon, 29th Apr
E F Power - Fractured three vertebrae in a fall at Kilbeggan Fri, 3rd May
B J Cooper - Fractured left leg (femur) in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th 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

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 A McCormack - One day ban for use of the whip at Limerick Sun, 19th May

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