STRATFORD (27 Oct 2005)

Soft

4:00 Real Estate Properties Ltd Handicap Chase (Class D) (for the J.H. Rowe Challenge Trophy) (5yo+,0-120)

[off 4:00] £6,271.30, £2,318.80, £1,159.40, £527.00, £263.50 18 fences 3 omitted 3m4f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Bob Ar Aghaidh (IRE) C Tinkler 9 11-12 T Doyle 9/2F 115 97 128+

2 2½ Jiver (IRE) M Scudamore 6 11-7 T Scudamore 9/1 110 90 120+

3 5 Waterberg (IRE) H D Daly 10 10-12 b M Bradburne 16/1 101 78 109+

4 18 Infrasonique (FR) Mrs L C Taylor 9 11-0 A Thornton 6/1 103 66 101+

5 3 Buzybakson (IRE) J R Cornwall 8 9-12 M Nicolls(5) 13/2 92 53 75

6 6 Spanish Main (IRE) N A Twiston-Davies 11 11-4 C Llewellyn 7/1 107 63 84

7 15 Follow The Flow (IRE) P A Pritchard 9 11-1 O Nelmes(3) 20/1 107 52 69

PU The Sister Jonjo O´Neill 8 11-12 v A P McCoy 9/1 115 — —

UR Uncle Mick (IRE) C L Tizzard 10 11-2 p J Tizzard 8/1 105 — —

F Charango Star W K Goldsworthy 7 11-7 R Johnson 6/1 110 — —

10 ran TIME 7m 22.90s (slow by 34.90s) TOTAL SP 114%

1st OWNER: George Ward BRED: George Ward TRAINER: C Tinkler

2nd OWNER: The Yes - No - Wait Sorries

3rd OWNER: Robert Kirkland

TOTE WIN £5.90 PL £2.80, £2.20, £5.80; Ex £21.30; CSF £43.52; TRICAST £591.11

The first fence in the home straight was omitted on each circuit.

ANALYSIS: A race littered with shoddy jumping and ultimately a pretty impressive performance from BOB AR AGHAIDH, who travelled well throughout, jumped fluently and battled on gamely when push came to shove in the final two furlongs under his big weight. Thisextra yardage on an easy surface clearly suited and he continued the good strike-rate of his stable at this track, but he's sure to get bumped up for this and life will not get any easier.

Jiver was always close to the pace but, despite running another solid race in defeat, he never really looked like challenging the winner.

Waterberg is another who is difficult to win with but shaped with some promise here after travelling well for the most part. Soft ground seems to suit him.

Infrasonique plugged on for fourth but never got in a blow and will probably have needed this after such a long absence.