Around the world with the kids from South Africa

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by brockguy

he sounds quite pissed off.

A wee bit.

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Still can't believe Court Masterpiece is back!

Nice to see this one win...

Saturday June 27 2009
Newmarket 15:25 - Result
John Bovington Memorial Criterion Stakes (group 3)
£65000 added, 3yo plus, 7f, Class 1, £36900 penalty, 9 ran
Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Winning Time: 1m 24.83s 13:50

1 9 Imbongi (SAF) 9-3 K Shea M F De Kock 5 8/1
prominent, led over 1f out, ridden out opened 4/1 £4000-£500
2 3 1¼ Huntdown (USA) 8-8 T E Durcan Saeed Suroor 3 9/1
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd towards finish opened 8/1 touched 6/1
3 5 s.h Balthazaar's Gift (IRE) 9-3 I Mongan C G Cox 6 10/1
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong, lost 2nd toward finish touched 8/1
4 4 2¾ Dream Eater (IRE) 9-3 t F Norton A M Balding 4 5/2 f
pulled hard, tracked leader, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace opened 4/1 £1750-£500 (x2) £5500-£2000
5 2 ½ Court Masterpiece 9-3 G Gibbons J J Quinn 9 6/1
held up, mid-division touched 11/2
6 6 1¼ Al Qasi (IRE) 9-3 R Mullen P W Chapple-Hyam 6 5/1
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong opened 6/1
7 7 1½ Winker Watson 9-3 b1 A McCarthy P W Chapple-Hyam 4 8/1
dwelt, held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong opened 10/1
8 1 ½ Vitznau (IRE) 9-3 R Hughes R Hannon 5 12/1
always in rear opened 16/1
9 8 ¾ Express Wish 9-8 M Hills J Noseda 5 12/1
tracked leader, ridden and every chance entrance final 2f, weakened final furlong opened 11/1


Tote Win: £4.10 Tote Place: £1.80,£2.40,£2.50
Straight Forecast: £77.72 Exacta: £41.30 Trifecta: £154.70
Swingers:1&2:£5.90, 2&3:£10.40, 1&3:£7.00