Race Result Stratford Thu, 18th Aug, 2011

Going - Good to Firm (Good in places).

Placepot Pool - £43,206.20 Winning Units - 25.5 Dividend - £1,236.80. Quadpot Pool - £4,134.31 Winning Units - 23.6 Dividend - £129.60. Place Six Dividend - £426.13. Place Five Dividend - £312.13.

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2m. 7f. Hcap Chase 1st - £3249.00, 2nd - £954.00, 3rd - £477.00, 4th - £238.00 OFF 15:56. 5 Ran.

1st		I'm The Decider (IRE) 12-3 (Mr John P McManus) (Morning price: 7/4) SP 9/4 Tote Win £2.10 Place £1.50	Jonjo O'Neill A P McCoy
		tracked leaders, jumped slowly 6th, not fluent next, ridden 11th, challenged next, left in lead 3 out, hung left and clear before last, stayed on
2nd	11L	Oscar Royal (IRE) 11-12 (Mr Bob Coles) (Morning price: 12/1) SP 13/2 Place £2.40	P Hiatt Felix de Giles
		led until after 5th, led 12th, headed when hampered 3 out, no impression approaching last, just held on for 2nd
3rd	0.5L	Royal Tender (IRE) 9-7 (Mrs Pauline Yardley) (Morning price: 25/1) SP 16/1	Mike Hammond Mr J A Best(7)
		tracked leader, led after 5th, hit next, not fluent and headed 12th, soon ridden, outpaced 4 out, left 3rd and no impression from next, closed and almost snatched 2nd flat, no chance with winner
fell		Chase Gate (GB) 11-7 (Mrs J F Bury) (Morning price: 9/4) SP 85/40fav	J D Frost Hadden Frost
		raced in 5th, headway 6th, challenged 13th, led narrowly when fell 3 out
b.d.		Gaelic Flight (IRE) 11-11 (The Town & Country Partnership) (Morning price: 2/1) SP 11/4	J Scott W Kennedy
		tracked leaders, struggling from 11th, not fluent 13th, soon behind, hampered 3 out, inconvenienced by adjacent hurdle and brought down

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