2.30 FIRST NATIONAL BANK GOLD CUP LIMITED HANDICAP CHASE (GRD 2) of £40,000.00 5-y-o plus 2m. 3f. 110yds.

Ascot Results Sat, 23rd Nov, 1996

Going - Good to Firm.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK GOLD CUP LIMITED HANDICAP CHASE (GRD 2) of £40,000.00 5-y-o plus 2m. 3f. 110yds.

1st - £25,984.00, 2nd - £9,837.00, 3rd - £4,819.00, 4th - £2,200.00 8 Ran

1st

Strong Promise (IRE) 10-8 (Incl 3lbs overweight) (G A Hubbard )
(0:29.15 8.64 secs faster on today's going )
Strong Gale - Let's Compromise

SP 11/8fav

K Gaule(3)

16th Nov, 96 Cheltenham
2nd Hcp Chs This
Race 26th Dec, 96 Kempton
4th Chs

2nd

Major Bell (GB) 11-1 (Mr Ian T Middlemiss )

Silly Prices - Melaura Belle(Meldrum)

SP 9/2

A C Whillans

Brian Harding

1st Nov, 96 Bangor-on-Dee
1st Hcp Chs This
Race 21st Dec, 96 Ascot
3rd Hcp Chs

3rd

Southampton (GB) 10-6 (Highflyers )

Ballacashtal (CAN) - Petingo Gold(Pitskelly)

SP 13/2

G B Balding

B Fenton

15th Nov, 96 Cheltenham
2nd Hcp Chs This
Race 15th Feb, 97 Warwick
2nd Hcp Chs

4th

12L

Bertone (IRE) 11-7 (Mrs Harry J Duffey )

Montelimar (USA) - Lady Of Eilat(Cut Above)

SP 10/1

K C Bailey

J Osborne

2nd Nov, 96 Wetherby
3rd Hcp Chs This
Race 14th Dec, 96 Cheltenham
4th Hcp Chs

5th

Plunder Bay (USA) 10-4 (Mr W V Robins )

Cutlass (USA) - La Ninouchka (USA)

SP 16/1

D Nicholson

M A Fitzgerald

9th Nov, 96 Sandown
u.r. Nov Chs This
Race 29th Jan, 97 Leicester
4th Hcp Chs

6th

35+L

Pimberley Place (IRE) 10-11 (Mr A J Cresser )

Spanish Place (USA) - Pimberley Shades(Pollerton)

SP 20/1

Nigel Twiston-Davies

C Llewellyn

5th Nov, 96 Devon Exeter
3rd Hcp Chs This
Race 13th Mar, 97 Cheltenham
7th Chs

7th

Cumbrian Challenge (IRE) 11-1 (Cumbrian Industrials Ltd )

Be My Native (USA) - Sixpenny

SP 9/1

M H Easterby

A Maguire

2nd Nov, 96 Wetherby
5th Hcp Hdl This
Race 7th Dec, 96 Wetherby
2nd Hcp Chs

p.u.

Senor El Betrutti (IRE) 11-10 (Gerard Nock )

Roselier (FR) - Rambling Gold(Little Buskins)

SP 9/1

Mrs S Nock

G Bradley

2nd Nov, 96 Ascot
5th Hcp Chs This
Race 17th Jan, 97 Kempton
3rd Hcp Chs

Off
Time 4m. 51.50 secs, which is 8.64 secs faster than the course average on today's going