RACE REPORT

Meeting: Plumpton

Date: 24/02/03

Going: soft

Winnings: £3094

Race: Stuart Oliver Memorial Maiden Hurdle

Distance: 2m

1st

 Gin Palace

8/13f

11.2

2nd

 Forest Tune

9/1

11.2

3rd

 Ressource (FR)

9/1

 10.0

Distances: 3½, 5

Time: 4m 10.90s

Ran: 9

Trainer: G L Moore

Jockey: N Williamson

Owner: Patricia Gilmore

 A warm sunny day helped dry out the track with jockeys reporting the ground sticky. This was run at a sound pace thanks to the free running Our Imperial Bay, which suited GIN PALACE, who was well clear of these on ratings, both flat and jumps. The official margins do him no justice as he was double the winning distance clear at the last and was eased down on the run in. He could head for a £12,000 novices 1-130 handicap hurdle at Chepstow on the weekend before Cheltenham, with the proviso the ground in not too testing.

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