Race Result Worcester Wed, 20th May, 2009

Going - Good (Good to Firm in places).

Placepot Pool - £63,446.90 Winning Units - 187.76 Dividend - £246.60. Quadpot Pool - £5,496.02 Winning Units - 28.8 Dividend - £141.20. Place Six Dividend - £61.42. Place Five Dividend - £44.41.

Ladbrokes Handicap Chase of £10000.00 5-y-o plus

2m. 7f. Hcap Chase 1st - £6337.00, 2nd - £1872.00, 3rd - £936.00, 4th - £468.00 OFF 20:23. 9 Ran.

1st		Direct Flight (IRE) 10-3 (Top Flight Racing) (Time 5:34.80) SP 16/1 Tote Win £21.30 Place £3.90	J Scott T Siddall
		chased leaders, left 2nd 11th until 13th, 2nd again before 4 out, led approaching 2 out, ridden clear flat
2nd	16L	Le Duc (FR) 10-6 (The Stewart Family) SP 9/4fav Place £1.50	Paul Nicholls Mr I Popham(7)
		held up, headway to go 3rd after 5th, not much room on inside on bend approaching 4 out, weakened approaching 2 out, went 2nd near finish
3rd	1L	Victor Daly (IRE) 11-2 (Mr C B Compton) SP 18/1 Place £3.60	Mrs H Dalton S J Craine
		chased leaders, hit 3rd, lost place 5th, headway 10th, chased winner 2 out, weakened flat, lost 2nd near finish
4th	nk	Scalloway (IRE) 11-5 (Lady Blyth) SP 20/1	C Llewellyn R Johnson
		set strong pace, clear 3rd, jumped left and not fluent 4th, reduced advantage after 9th, headed approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last
5th	1L	Seymar Lad (IRE) 10-12 (Mr Andrew Gemmell) SP 10/3	Miss E Lavelle Jack Doyle
		chased leaders, steadied 3rd, not much room on bend on inside after 9th, struggling in rear next, rallied after 14th, weakened 3 out
6th	10L	The King of Angels (IRE) 11-6 (J C & S R Hitchins) SP 5/1	Jonjo O'Neill A P McCoy
		well in rear, headway 10th, hampered next, soon behind
7th	28L	Stagecoach Opal (GB) 10-7 (John Conroy Jaqueline Conroy) SP 15/2	Sue Smith H Oliver
		jumped right, held up, headway when hampered 11th, weakened 13th, tailed off
p.u.		The Langer (IRE) 10-0 (Mr Simon T Lewis) SP 100/1	S Lewis L Treadwell
		well in rear, pulled up before 11th, dismounted
fell		Seymour Weld (GB) 11-9 (Mr C T Pogson) SP 4/1	C Pogson A Pogson(3)
		chased clear leader, closed after 9th, challenging when jumped right and fell 11th

Non runners Aheadofhistime (Nonrunner), Massini Sunset (Nonrunner)

Market Movers

Roscommon Monday 20th

One Cool Shabra 12/1 6/1

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Sea Master 10/1 13/2

9.00 Frank Hannon Memorial H'cap S'chase (Rated 0-123)
Ladbrokes 10/1 13/2
Boylesport 10/1 7/1
CORAL.ie 12/1 9/1

Commanchewardance 11/1 8/1

9.00 Frank Hannon Memorial H'cap S'chase (Rated 0-123)
BetVictor 11/1 8/1

Lady Boulea 9/1 20/1

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PaddyPower 9/1 12/1
CORAL.ie 8/1 11/1

Fahamore 9/2 7/1

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Boylesport 9/2 7/1
Ladbrokes 9/2 7/1
Bet365 5/1 7/1

Gallery - Best Pictures of the week

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