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3:35 Stan James Telebetting Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (Class H) (4-6yo)

[off 3:35] £2,041.89, £595.11, £297.70 (2m110y) 2m½f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Apollo Lady A King 4 10-4 Mr G Tumelty(7) 9/1 — —

2 1 Theatre Dance (IRE) C Tinkler 4 11-4 T Doyle 11/4F — —

3 2 Adlestrop R T Phillips 5 10-11 J A McCarthy 8/1 — —

4 5 Maryscross (IRE) O Brennan 5 10-11 H Oliver 14/1 — —

5 2 Carnival Town Jonjo O´Neill 4 10-11 Mr A J Berry(7) 5/1 — —

6 4 Navelina T J Fitzgerald 5 10-4 D N Cullinane(7) 100/1 — —

7 2 Persian Native (IRE) C C Bealby 5 11-4 J P McNamara 20/1 — —

8 nk Blackbriery Thyne (IRE) H D Daly 6 10-6 T Greenway(5) 11/2 — —

9 6 Hunters Ridge (IRE) O Sherwood 4 11-1 O Nelmes(3) 33/1 — —

10 2½ Reflector (IRE) Miss H C Knight 4 11-4 S Stronge 7/1 — —

11 6 Mange Tout (IRE) K J Burke 6 11-1 T J Phelan(3) 20/1 — —

12 ½ Latin Player (IRE) B G Powell 6 11-4 V Slattery 66/1 — —

13 1¾ Just Touch Wood B G Powell 4 10-13 J F Levins(5) 25/1 — —

14 3½ The Piker (IRE) T R George 4 10-11 W McCarthy(7) 10/1 — —

15 dist Master Tanner Miss C Dyson 5 10-11 Miss C Dyson(7) 66/1 — —

16 dist Charley Brown (IRE) Mrs L Wadham 5 10-8 M Roe(10) 20/1 — —

16 ran TIME 3m 59.40s (slow by 24.40s) TOTAL SP 133%

NON RUNNERS: Boston Strong Boy (IRE) ,Single Player (IRE) (2nd preference)

1st OWNER: Jerry Wright & Andy Longman BRED: Mrs J M Bailey TRAINER: A King

2nd OWNER: George Ward

3rd OWNER: The Listeners

TOTE WIN £13.70 PL £3.00, £1.80, £4.10; Ex £55.10; CSF £34.25Place 6 £5,045.05, Place 5 £2,667.97

PLACEPOT £8,439.60 to a £1 stake. Pool: £16,763.60. 1.45 winning tickets.

QUADPOT £244.30 to a £1 stake. Pool: £759.40. 2.30 winning tickets.

ANALYSIS: Only a couple of those to have raced had shown better than modest form and they went a typically modest pace for much of the way in this NH Flat race so that several spoilt their chances by pulling hard.

Newcomer APOLLO LADY also raced keenly early on but she showed plenty of promise in the way she moved up smoothly to lead over 2f out, and though she betrayed her inexperience slightly in the latter stages, kept on well enough to hold on. She should improve for the experience and is unlikely to be overfaced this season as she is seen as a long-term prospect.

Flat-bred Theatre Dance showed ability on his debut, keeping on to chase the winner home ahead of Adlestrop, who did better than on her debut last spring, and point-to-point winnerMaryscross, who did well to finish as close as she did given how keenly she raced early on.

Carnival Town and Navelina should both improve for their debut efforts - they are each stoutly bred and shaped as though they would be suited by a stiffer test.