Horse Alert

14 Feb 2009 15:10 Wincanton

Winner: £20,000 (Penalty: £12,524); Distance: 2m 6f; Class: 3; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Soft (Heavy in places).

Bathwick Tyres Yeovil Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	7	-	Captain Americo (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 10 10)	2/3-028 / 23	Jump (30)	M D Grant	Andrew Turnell D Coppola J Ewart	11/1
		held up, headway 7th, ridden and chased leader 2 out, hard ridden flat, led close home
2^nd	4	NK	Charity Lane (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 7)	116-11 / 6	Jump (70)	Christian Williams	P F Nicholls Mr M R Johnson	2/1
		in touch, headway 7th and joined leader, ridden and led approaching 2 out, hit last, hard ridden flat, headed close home
3^rd	8	6 L	Snake Charmer (GB) (Colt, bay, 10 8)	U3U215 / 10	Flat (763), Jump (26)	Alex Merriam	M F Harris Racing Roses Partnership	11/2
		prominent, ridden and outpaced 7th, stayed on from 2 out
4^th	6	15 L	Portland Bill (IRE) (Gelding, chestnut, 11 1)	34-94UP / 10	Jump (7)	James Davies	R H & Mrs S Alner Mr Paul Thorman	25/1
		chased leader, led 6th, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, one pace
5^th	2	6 L	Mendo (GB) (Gelding, bay, 11 9)	449-88U / 9	Jump (43)	T Siddall	Noel T Chance Mrs M C Sweeney	7/1
		mid-division, headway 7th, joined leader next, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened last
6^th	3	1 L	Midnight Chase (GB) (Gelding, bay, 11 9)	051111 / 11	Jump (8)	B J Geraghty	N P Mulholland Lady Clarke	11/2
		towards rear, headway 7th, ridden approaching 3 out, chased leaders bend approaching 2 out, weakened after
7^th	1	17 L	Khachaturian (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 12)	214745 / 10	Flat (896), Jump (14)	J M Maguire	D McCain Jnr Mr L Price	9/2
		led to 6th, soon ridden, weakened 3 out
8^th	5	29 L	Ned Ludd (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 11 6)	468-160 / 8	Flat (106), Jump (50)	T J Murphy	J G Portman Mr Anthony Boswood	16/1
		mid-division, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out