4.20 WEATHERBYS VAT SERVICES STAKES (ESHER STAKES) (LISTED) of £26,000.00 4-y-o plus 2m.

Sandown Results Sat, 7th Jul, 2007

Going - Round: Good to Soft-Soft in plcs; Sprint: Soft-Good to Soft in plcs.

1st - £14,763.00, 2nd - £5,595.00, 3rd - £2,800.00, 4th - £1,396.00 4 Ran

1st

Balkan Knight (GB) 9-3 (Mr Raymond Tooth)
(0:21.87 0.93 secs slower on today's going ) (Drawn 3)
Selkirk (USA) - Crown Of Light (GB)(Mtoto)

SP 11/4

David Elsworth

J F Egan

held up, tracked leading pair 4f out, led inside final furlong, driven and stayed on

2nd

0.5L

Alambic (GB) 8-9 (Lady O'Reilly)
(Drawn 2)
Cozzene (USA) - Alexandrine (IRE)(Nashwan (USA))

SP 9/1

Sir Mark Prescott Bt

S Sanders

in touch, strong challenge from 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, stayed on

3rd

Finalmente (GB) 9-0 (Mr Edward M Kirtland)
(Drawn 1)
Kahyasi - Sudden Spirit (FR)(Esprit du Nord (USA))

SP 9/4

N A Callaghan

J Fortune

led, pushed along early straight, strongly pressed 2f out, headed inside final furlong, unable to quicken

4th

The Geezer (GB) 9-0 (Godolphin)
(Drawn 4)
Halling (USA) - Polygueza (FR)(Be My Guest (USA))

SP 11/8fav

Saeed Bin Suroor

L Dettori

tracked leader, ridden to challenge 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

Off
Time 3m. 38.70 secs, which is 0.93 secs slower than the course average on today's going