Race Result Hereford Wed, 21st Mar, 2012

Going - Good (Good to Firm in places).

Placepot Pool - £70,066.21 Winning Units - 6773.18 Dividend - £7.50. Quadpot Pool - £4,039.47 Winning Units - 1053.26 Dividend - £2.80. Place Six Dividend - £8.47. Place Five Dividend - £4.79.

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2m. 3f. Hcap Chase 1st - £1819.00, 2nd - £534.00, 3rd - £267.00, 4th - £134.00 OFF 15:05. 9 Ran.

1st		Kap West (FR) 10-3 (Mrs Sally White) (Tongue Strap) (Morning price: 3/1) SP 2/1fav Tote Win £2.80 Place £1.10	Laura J Young A Glassonbury
		held up, headway after 8th, led after 4 out, clear last, ridden out
2nd	4.5L	Blue Hills (GB) 9-11 (Mr Tom Pratt) (Blinkers) (Morning price: 12/1) SP 20/1 Place £2.60	D Bridgwater T J Phelan(3)
		prominent, hit 9th, challenged 4 out, ridden after 3 out, no impression on winner last, stayed on same pace
3rd	0.75L	Roc De Guye (FR) 11-4 (Cheekpiece) (Morning price: 9/2) SP 11/2 Place £1.90	H J Evans T J Murphy
		held up in rear, hit 8th, steady headway from 10th, went 3rd 3 out, ridden after 2 out, pressed for 2nd after last, stayed on same pace
4th	14L	Local Present (IRE) 9-11 (Morning price: 14/1 12/1 10/1 9/1) SP 15/2	Rob Hodges Mr P Prince(7)
		tracked leader until after 8th, not fluent next, outpaced after 4 out, no impression after, went 4th before last
5th	10L	Hector's House (GB) 10-4 (Iwantaracehorse Com) (Morning price: 4/1 11/2) SP 13/2	Mrs N S Evans Peter Hatton(7)
		held up in rear, headway approaching 5th, lost place after next, not fluent 8th, weakened 10th
6th	4.5L	Western Pride (GB) 9-9 (Mr G E Amey) (Tongue Strap) (Morning price: 14/1) SP 22/1	R J Price Adam Wedge(5)
		in touch in mid-division, not fluent 1st, closed 8th, weakened 3 out, tailed off
7th	15L	Free Speech (GB) 11-12 (Mr Barry Reilly) (Tongue Strap) (Morning price: 6/1 11/2) SP 17/2	Jim Best C Bolger
		led, edged left approaching 10th, headed after 4 out, weakened next, tailed off
8th	21L	Killfinnan Castle (IRE) 10-7 (Mrs Violet M Jordan) (Morning price: 4/1 9/2 5/1) SP 13/2	Violet Jordan W Kennedy
		held up, headway when hit 9th, lost place 4 out, soon weakened
p.u.		Lyon's Hill (GB) 9-9 (Mr David Ashbrook) (Morning price: 33/1 40/1) SP 33/1	M Mullineaux Kielan Woods(5)
		tracked leaders, pushed along 7th, lost place after next, behind 10th, pulled up before 3 out

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