4.40 Matty Bown Veterans Handicap of £8,000.00 6-y-o plus 1m.

Pontefract Results Wed, 6th Aug, 2008

Going - Good (Good to Firm in places).

Matty Bown Veterans Handicap of £8,000.00 6-y-o plus 1m.

1st - £5,181.00, 2nd - £1,542.00, 3rd - £770.00, 4th - £385.00 8 Ran

1st

Major Magpie (IRE) 9-7 (Mrs Patsy Monk)
(1:46.70 0.60 secs slower on today's going ) (Drawn 7)
Rossini (USA) - Picnic Basket(Pharly (FR))

SP 7/2Jfav

M Dods

D Holland

Tote Win £4.30 Place £1.80

held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on

10th Jul, 08 Nottingham
6th Flat Hcp This
Race 28th Aug, 08 Ayr
4th Flat Hcp

2nd

0.5L

Motafarred (IRE) 9-4 (Mr R D Bickenson)
(Drawn 3)
Machiavellian (USA) - Thurayya (GB)(Nashwan (USA))
Breeder - Shadwell Est.Co.Ltd

SP 11/2

Micky Hammond

F Lynch

Place £2.00

prominent, driven to lead and hung left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home

29th Jul, 08 Beverley
5th Flat Hcp This
Race 14th Aug, 08 Beverley
4th Flat Hcp

3rd

Champain Sands (IRE) 8-8 (Geoff & Astrid Long)
(Drawn 8)
Green Desert (USA) - Grecian Bride (IRE)(Groom Dancer (USA))

SP 9/1

Eric Alston

D Allan

Place £2.70

held up in rear, headway over 1f out, not much room entering final furlong, switched right and stayed on towards finish

2nd Aug, 08 Thirsk
5th Flat Hcp This
Race 23rd Sep, 08 Beverley
8th Flat Hcp

4th

Dispol Isle (IRE) 9-2 (Mr W B Imison)
(Drawn 2)
Trans Island (GB) - Pictina (GB)

SP 9/1

David Barron

J Fanning

steadied at start and held up, headway on inner 2f out, not much room when switched right over 1f out, stayed on final furlong

2nd Aug, 08 Thirsk
9th Flat Hcp This
Race

5th

1.75L

Prince Samos (IRE) 9-1 (Mrs Dian Plant)
(Drawn 5)
Mujadil (USA) - Sabaniya (FR)(Lashkari)

SP 7/2Jfav

Ed McMahon

T E Durcan

prominent, ridden along when outpaced over 2f out, stayed on towards finish

13th Jul, 08 Haydock
2nd Flat Hcp This
Race 15th Sep, 08 Leicester
3rd Flat

6th

Royal Storm (IRE) 8-13 (Mrs H Brain)
(Drawn 4)
Royal Applause (GB) - Wakayi(Persian Bold)

SP 9/1

B R Millman

J Millman(3)

led, ridden and headed over 1f out when hampered soon after, no extra final furlong

18th Jul, 08 Nottingham
5th Flat Hcp This
Race 6th Sep, 08 Wolverhampton
8th Flat

7th

Nevada Desert (IRE) 9-7 (Mr J Barry Pemberton)
(Drawn 1)
Desert King (IRE) - Kayanga (GB)

SP 5/1

R M Whitaker

M Stainton(3)

in touch, driven to challenge and every chance over 1f out when badly hampered, not recovered

29th Jul, 08 Beverley
1st Flat Hcp This
Race 25th Aug, 08 Ripon
5th Flat Hcp

8th

1.5L

Bahiano (IRE) 9-9 (Mr C E Brittain)
(Drawn 6)
Barathea (IRE) - Trystero(Shareef Dancer (USA))

SP 9/1

C E Brittain

Liam Jones

towards rear, effort over 3f out, no impression

23rd Jun, 08 Lingfield
7th Flat Hcp This
Race 13th Oct, 08 Kempton
12th Flat Hcp

Off 4.41
Time 1m. 46.70 secs, which is 0.60 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £29.00.