1.40 Boylesports.com International Hurdle (Grade 2) of £200,000.00 4-y-o plus 2m. 110yds.

Ascot Results Sat, 20th Dec, 2008

Going - Good to Soft.

1st - £114,020.00, 2nd - £42,780.00, 3rd - £21,420.00, 4th - £10,680.00 5 Ran

1st

Binocular (FR) 11-4 (Mr John P McManus)
(3:46.20)
Enrique (GB) - Bleu Ciel et Blanc (FR)(Pistolet Bleu (IRE))
Breeder - Elie Lellouche

SP 1/1fav

Nicky Henderson

A P McCoy

Tote Win £2.00 Place £1.40

held up behind leaders, smooth headway to lead 2 out, soon clear, readily

2nd

4.5L

Celestial Halo (IRE) 11-4 (The Stewart Family)

Galileo (IRE) - Pay The Bank(High Top)
Breeder - Roncon Churchtown Bloodstock & Lane Ltd

SP 16/1

Paul Nicholls

R Walsh

Place £2.80

led, soon clear, ridden and headed 2 out, kept on, not pace of winner

3rd

12L

Chomba Womba (IRE) 11-1 (Mr & Mrs R Kelvin Hughes)

Fourstars Allstar (USA) - Miss Muppet (IRE)(Supreme Leader)
Breeder - Brittas House Stud

SP 11/2

Nicky Henderson

B J Geraghty

held up behind leaders, ridden after 3 out, stayed on to go 3rd approaching last, not pace of leaders

4th

1.25L

Katchit (IRE) 11-8 (D S J P Syndicate)

Kalanisi (IRE) - Miracle (GB)(Ezzoud (IRE))

SP 7/1

Alan King

R Thornton

chased leader to after 3 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace

5th

Crack Away Jack (GB) 11-2 (GDM Partnership)

Gold Away (IRE) - Jolly Harbour (GB)(Rudimentary (USA))

SP 11/4

Miss E Lavelle

Jack Doyle

held up last, headway to join leaders after 6th, ridden after 3 out, 3rd and beaten when blundered 2 out

Off 1.40
Time 3m. 46.20 secs, which is the same as the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £14.30.