2.10 RICHARD MERTON HAPPY RETIREMENT HANDICAP CHASE of £6,400.00 5-y-o plus 3m. 2f.

Devon Exeter Results Thu, 17th Dec, 1998

Going - Soft, Good to Soft in places.

RICHARD MERTON HAPPY RETIREMENT HANDICAP CHASE of £6,400.00 5-y-o plus 3m. 2f.

1st - £5,035.00, 2nd - £1,511.00, 3rd - £728.00, 4th - £337.00 10 Ran

1st

Royal Barge (GB) 10-10
(0:41.31 18.35 secs slower on today's going )
Nearly a Hand - April Airs

SP 4/1

Peter Bowen

R Dunwoody

4th Dec, 98 Devon Exeter
2nd Hcp Chs This
Race 4th Mar, 99 Ludlow
p.u. Hcp Chs

2nd

Saxon Duke (GB) 10-0 (Incl 5lbs overweight) (Saxon Duke Partnership)

Saxon Farm - Bucks Princess(Buckskin (FR))

SP 9/2

Philip Hobbs

R Widger(5)

1st Dec, 98 Newton Abbot
fell Hcp Chs This
Race 1st Jan, 99 Devon Exeter
1st Hcp Chs

3rd

1.5L

Flaked Oats (GB) 11-13

Oats - Polly Toodle(Kabale)

SP 7/2

Paul Nicholls

J Tizzard

10th Nov, 97 Fontwell
1st Hcp Chs This
Race 1st Jan, 99 Cheltenham
u.r. Hcp Chs

4th

35+L

Palosanto (IRE) 11-1 (Mr B A Kilpatrick)

Torus - Winterwood

SP 11/1

M C Pipe

C Maude

29th Mar, 97 Newton Abbot
1st Hdl This
Race 1st Jan, 99 Devon Exeter
6th Hcp Chs

p.u.

Scotby (BEL) 10-13 (Mrs E B Gardiner)

Scottish Reel - Two Seasons

SP 3/1fav

R Buckler

B Powell

4th Apr, 98 Hereford
1st Hcp Chs This
Race 11th Mar, 99 Towcester
1st Hcp Chs

p.u.

Hold Your Ranks 10-5 (Mr Brian Seward)

Ranksborough - Holdmetight

SP 20/1

R Frost

J Frost

3rd Dec, 98 Wincanton
p.u. Hcp Chs This
Race 1st Jan, 99 Devon Exeter
5th Hcp Chs

p.u.

Steel Moss (IRE) 10-5 (Mr Tony Fiorillo)

Le Moss - Iron Star(General Ironside)

SP 7/1

C Barwell

A P McCoy

4th Dec, 98 Devon Exeter
6th Hcp Chs This
Race 25th Mar, 99 Wincanton
2nd Hcp Chs

p.u.

Rocky Park 10-0 (Mr & Mrs Tony Geake)

Derrylin - Songe d'Inde

SP 11/1

G B Balding

A Maguire

3rd May, 97 Hereford
fell Hcp Chs This
Race 1st Jan, 99 Devon Exeter
u.r. Hcp Chs

p.u.

Robsand (IRE) 10-0 (Sir Brian McGrath)

Sandalay - Remindful(Bargello)

SP 50/1

G B Balding

B Clifford

4th Dec, 98 Devon Exeter
7th Hcp Chs This
Race 14th May, 02 Hereford
fell Chs

fell

Otter River (GB) 10-0 (Mr O J Carter)

Celtic Cone - Ottery News(Pony Express)

SP 100/1

O J Carter

S Burrough

4th Dec, 98 Hereford
p.u. Nov Chs This
Race 3rd Feb, 99 Newton Abbot
p.u. Hcp Hdl

Off
Time 6m. 53.10 secs, which is 18.35 secs slower than the course average on today's going