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  3. Sun, 5th Aug, 2012
  4. Newbury
  5. 3.50
Going: Good to Firm (Good in places). 
Jackpot: Not Won. Pool £37,999.15 carried forward to Carlisle on Mon, 6th Aug
Placepot: Pool £80959.73  | Units £526.15  | Dividend £112.3
Quadpot: Pool £5983.89  | Units £369.75 £11.9  |  Place Six: £61.29  |  Place Five: £7.42
Summary
1st
silks
Pasaka Boy (GB) 2, ch g 9-6 (Rwh Partnership)
(Drawn 4) Rated 79
Haafhd (GB) - Shesha Bear (GB)(Tobougg (IRE))
Breeder - Mr G. Wickens and Mr J. Homan

(Morning price: 14/1 10/1)
SP 7/1

J Portman
Matt Davies
Tote Win £9.30 Place £3.40
loading past form
chased leaders, led inside final 3f, soon edged right towards near side rail, ridden clear final furlong, stayed on well
2nd
4.5L
silks
Front Page News (GB) 2, ch f 9-1 (Gurnett,rayment,anderson & Lammin)
(Drawn 1) Rated 74
Assertive (GB) - Branston Berry (IRE)(Mukaddamah (USA))

(Morning price: 9/2)
SP 7/2Jfav

R Eddery
Andrea Atzeni
Place £1.50
loading past form
took keen hold tracking leaders, chased winner 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no chance final furlong, just held on for 2nd
3rd
shd
silks
Rated (GB) 2, b g 9-5 (Mr M Channon)
(Drawn 2) Rated 78
Sixties Icon (GB) - Arasong (GB)(Aragon)

(Morning price: 22/1 16/1)
(Ring price: 18/1 16/1 18/1) SP 18/1

Mick Channon
M Harley
Place £4.10
loading past form
steadied start, took keen hold, held up, headway towards near side when not clear run and switched left over 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on pressing for 2nd last strides, no chance with winner
4th
4L
silks
Magic Channel (USA) 2, ch c 8-7 (Mr Abdulla Al Mansoori)
(Drawn 5) Rated 66
English Channel (USA) - Arabian Peninsula (USA)(Mr Prospector (USA))

(Morning price: 4/1)
SP 7/2Jfav

R Hannon
K T O'Neill
loading past form
led for 2f, chased leader, led again halfway until inside final 3f, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
5th
0.75L
silks
Poetic Verse (GB) 2, gr m 7-13 (The Links Partnership)
(Drawn 7) Rated 58
Byron (GB) - Nina Fontenail (FR)(Kaldounevees (FR))

(Morning price: 13/2)
SP 8/1

B R Millman
N Mackay
loading past form
tracked leaders, headway to lead 5f out, headed halfway, ridden edged right and weakened over 1f out
6th
1.25L
silks
Ronaldinho (IRE) 2, b g 9-0 (Macdonald,wright,creed,smith & Jiggins)
(Drawn 3) Rated 73
Jeremy (USA) - Spring Glory (GB)(Dr Fong (USA))

(Morning price: 10/3)
(Ring price: 4/1 9/2) SP 9/2

R Hannon
R Hughes
loading past form
held up tracking leaders, pushed along and one pace over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out
7th
4L
silks
Haatefina (GB) 2, b m 8-12 (Ushers Court)
(Drawn 6) Rated 71
Haatef (USA) - Felona (GB)(Caerleon (USA))

(Morning price: 7/2 4/1)
(Ring price: 5/1 11/2) SP 6/1

M D I Usher
David Probert
loading past form
chased leaders, keeping on same pace when hampered on near side rail entering final 2f, lost place and no chance after
8th
23L
silks
Star Breaker (GB) 2, b c 9-7 (Mr J C Smith)
(Drawn 8) Rated 80
Teofilo (IRE) - Bunditten (IRE)(Soviet Star (USA))

(Morning price: 10/1 8/1)
SP 9/1

S Kirk
James Doyle
loading past form
steadied start, pulled hard, headway to join leaders and raced towards nears side rail 5f out, weakened rapidly over 2f out, behind and eased over 1f out, tailed off
Off 3.51
Time 1m. 27.36 secs, which is 1.86 secs slower than the course average on today's going

2011 Dare To Dream 2 8-10 R Hughes 15/8Fav (R Hannon) (Drawn 7)
2010 Arabian Star 2 9-0 A Munro 11/2 (Mick Channon) (Drawn 2)
2009 Desert Auction 2 9-6 R Hughes 11/2 (R Hannon) (Drawn 9)
2008 Lahaleeb 2 7-11 M Geran (5) 17/2 (Mick Channon) (Drawn 4)

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