5.00 Greg Banham ´national Hunt´ Novices´ Hurdle of £7,000.00 4-y-o plus 2m. 110yds.

Sandown Results Fri, 7th Mar, 2008

Going - Good (Good to Soft in places on home straight).

1st - £4,554.00, 2nd - £1,337.00, 3rd - £669.00, 4th - £334.00 5 Ran

1st

Supreme Duke (IRE) 11-2 (Mrs Karola Vann)
(4:04.50 1.71 secs faster on today's going )
Supreme Leader - Shelikesitstraight (IRE)(Rising)

SP 6/1

Philip Hobbs

R Johnson

Tote Win £5.80 Place £2.00

tracked leaders, slightly hampered 2nd, ridden 2 out, left in lead last, ridden out

2nd

0.75L

Woolcombe Folly (IRE) 11-2 (The Hon Mrs Townshend)

Presenting (GB) - Strong Gara (IRE)(Strong Gale)

SP 8/11fav

Paul Nicholls

R Walsh

Place £1.20

tracked leaders and keen, wandered and jumped left 2nd, ridden 2 out, every chance after last, out battled

3rd

24L

Val du Ciron (FR) 11-2 (The Hon Mrs Peter Tower)

True Brave (USA) - Dix Huit Brumaire (FR)(General Assembly (USA))

SP 25/1

Miss H C Knight

S Thomas

held up, headway approaching 2 out, weakening when slowly hampered 2 out

4th

3.75L

Francis Dunstan (IRE) 10-9 (Miss V M Brown)

Shernazar - Audrey's Turn(Strong Gale)

SP 100/1

A Carroll

A Coleman(7)

held up and keen, ridden 2 out, no impression on leaders

fell

Blackthorn Boy (IRE) 11-7 (Mr John B Hobbs)

Zaffaran (USA) - First And Foremost (IRE)(Boreen (FR))

SP 9/4

G L Moore

J E Moore

led, ridden 2 out, narrow lead when fell last

Off 5.02
Time 4m. 4.50 secs, which is 1.71 secs faster than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £11.50.