Waiting for a miracle

[my miss storm cat]

Oh well... good boy anyway.


Friday August 15 2008
Newmarket 18:00 - Result
Ngk Spark Plugs Handicap
£10000 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 4, £6476 penalty,
13 ran

Going: Good
Winning Time: 1m 11.74s 17:30 18:00 18:35 19:05 19:35 20:05 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP

1 12 Earlsmedic 8-7 Saleem Golam S C Williams 3 5/1
went right start, made all, ridden 2f out, edged left and ridden clear final furlong opened 13/2 touched 7/1
2 11 4 John Keats 9-5 D Tudhope J S Goldie 5 14/1
held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left and chased winner inside final furlong, kept on opened 11/1
3 4 nse Gift Horse 9-11 Dane O'Neill D Nicholls 8 9/1
held up in touch, ridden and not much room over 1f out, squeezed through inside final furlong, ran on to take 3rd towards finish opened 10/1
4 13 ¾ Amicus Meus (IRE) 8-12 D Fox (3) A Bailey 4 7/2 f
hampered start, soon switched left, mid-division, pushed along from halfway, ridden to go 4th inside final furlong, not pace to challenge opened 9/2 £2250-£500 £1800-£400 £4000-£1000 £2000-£500 £2100-£600 £1750-£500
5 9 nk Baunagain (IRE) 9-5 P Cosgrave M Wallace 3 16/1
slowly into stride, soon held up in touch, effort to dispute 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong opened 14/1 £3200-£200 Each Way
6 10 ½ Cornus 9-4 L Dettori A J Mccabe 6 7/1
held up, headway to dispute 2nd over 1f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong opened 13/2 touched 15/2
7 1 nk Brunelleschi 9-1 E Ahern P L Gilligan 5 25/1
held up, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
8 6 nk Glasshoughton 9-7 D Holland M Dods 5 8/1
with winner until over 1f out, ridden and weakened final furlong opened 13/2 £3200-£400 Each Way
9 7 hd Resplendent Alpha 9-0 J Quinn P Howling 4 10/1
towards rear, ridden 2f out, never dangerous opened 12/1
10 5 1 Restless Genius (IRE) 9-2 L Keniry A M Balding 3 20/1
keen, in touch, ridden and weakened 1f out opened 16/1
11 2 ¾ Fantasy Believer 9-2 S Drowne J J Quinn 10 16/1
in rear, pushed along over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, no impression touched 12/1
12 3 ½ Steel Blue 8-12 A Munro R M Whitaker 8 10/1
prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong touched 9/1
13 8 1 Buxton 9-2 R Havlin R Ingram 4 14/1
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out opened 16/1


edit - He was 2nd at hamilton on the 1st..... I didn't know till now!