Oh well, 2nd is good too.
Hope MS is okay...
Thursday May 8 2008
Chester 14:15 - Result
Grant Thornton Huxley Stakes (group 3)
£60000 added, 4yo plus, 1m 2f 75y, Class 1, £37367 penalty,
6 ran
Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Winning Time: 2m 11.21s 13:45 14:15 14:45 15:15 16:00 16:35 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 4 Championship Point (IRE) 9-0 D Holland M R Channon 5 12/1
led, ridden when pressed over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, gamely regained lead towards finish touched 10/1 £5000-£400
2 1 nk
Maraahel
(IRE) 9-5 R Hills Sir Michael Stoute 7 5/2
chased leader, challenged over 1f out, ridden and took narrow lead inside final furlong, soon edged left, headed towards finish touched 11/4 £5500-£2000 £2750-£1000 £1500-£600
3 5 1½ Spice Route 9-0 J P Spencer M L W Bell 4 8/1
chased leaders, closed 3f out, hung left and not pace to challenge in final furlong touched 9/1 £4000-£400
4 3 1¼ Multidimensional (IRE) 9-0 T E Durcan H R A Cecil 5 5/4 f
held up, pushed along and headway on inside 1f out, soon ridden, never able to challenge opened 6/4 touched 13/8 £6500-£4000 £1300-£800 (x8) £4500-£3000 £3000-£2000 (x2) £900-£600 £2200-£1600
5 6 9 Stotsfold 9-3 A Kirby W R Swinburn 5 5/1
held up, pushed along to close 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out opened 9/2 touched 4/1 £4500-£1000 (x2) £2000-£400
PU 2 Majounes Song 9-0 J Fanning M Johnston 4 40/1
tracked leaders until went wrong and pulled up after 1f, dismounted opened 28/1