8.05 MERIDIAN TONIGHT NOVICES´ HURDLE of £5,000.00 5-y-o plus 2m. 4f.

Ascot Results Tue, 29th Apr, 1997

Going - Good to Firm.

MERIDIAN TONIGHT NOVICES´ HURDLE of £5,000.00 5-y-o plus 2m. 4f.

1st - £3,501.00, 2nd - £1,060.00, 3rd - £518.00, 4th - £246.00 9 Ran

1st

Country Lover (GB) 11-0
(0:29.91 4.24 secs faster on today's going )
Thatching - Fair Country(Town And Country)

SP 4/5fav

Lord Huntingdon

A P McCoy

22nd Apr, 97 Chepstow
1st Hdl This
Race 3rd May, 97 Haydock
p.u. Hdl

2nd

Samanid (IRE) 11-5

Shardari - Samarzana (USA)(Blushing Groom (FR))

SP 10/1

T McGovern

O Pears

17th Apr, 97 Ayr
7th Hcp Hdl This
Race 16th May, 97 Aintree
2nd Hdl

3rd

Physical Fun (GB) 11-0

Phardante (FR) - Running Game

SP 11/2

A Blackmore

R Dunwoody

13th Feb, 97 Sandown
3rd Hcp Hdl This
Race 12th May, 97 Towcester
3rd Hdl

4th

Leap Frog (GB) 11-0

Gildoran - Caer-Gai

SP 16/1

W Marston

2nd Apr, 97 Worcester
5th Hdl This
Race 23rd May, 97 Towcester
5th Hdl

5th

shd

Over The Way (IRE) 11-0

Over The River (FR) - Biddy the Crow

SP 6/1

M A Fitzgerald

12th Apr, 97 Ascot
2nd Hdl This
Race 26th Mar, 99 Kelso
3rd Chs

6th

12L

Harlequin Chorus (GB) 11-0

Jester - Raise The Dawn(Rymer)

SP 14/1

G Upton

6th Mar, 97 Towcester
2nd Hcp Hdl This
Race 11th Nov, 97 Newbury
3rd Hcp Hdl

7th

Eden Roc (GB) 11-0

Dragon Palace (USA) - Aunt Livia

SP 33/1

B De Haan

D Gallagher

17th Apr, 96 Cheltenham
16th Hdl This
Race

8th

Pat Buckley (GB) 11-0

Buckley - Raheny(Sir Herbert)

SP 12/1

C Llewellyn

19th Apr, 97 Stratford
3rd Hdl This
Race

9th

The Phantom Farmer (IRE) 11-0

Phardante (FR) - Good Calx

SP 33/1

J R Kavanagh

14th Feb, 97 Sandown
12th Bmpr This
Race 8th Nov, 97 Wincanton
fell Hdl

Off
Time 4m. 59.10 secs, which is 4.24 secs faster than the course average on today's going