Result 16:30 · Stratford-on-Avon

Sunday Mercury Handicap Chase

Class 2Handicap2m 1fGood4yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 02.10s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Roman Flight (IRE)	Jamie Bargary	David Dennis	—	4.00	4.50
2	Sharp Rise (IRE)	Graham Watters	C E Longsdon	2¼L	4.33	4.71
3	Parsnip Pete (GB)	Paddy Brennan	Tom George	2½L	5.00	5.48
4	Purple n Gold (IRE)	Tom Scudamore	D Pipe	7L	8.00	9.61
5	Fair Dilemma (IRE)	Tom Cannon	Chris Gordon	11L	8.50	11.5
6	Walden Prince (IRE)	Alain Cawley	David Bridgwater	12L	15.0	16.4
7	Un Beau Roman (FR)	Tom O'Brien	Paul Henderson	15¼L	21.0	26.1
PU	Lightening Rod (GB)	Harry Bannister	Michael Easterby	—	9.00	11.4

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Sharp Rise (IRE)

9yo · 11-9 · OR 149

F61U11 J Graham Watters T C E Longsdon —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Jun 16	Uttoxeter	2m	Good	C2	1/11	—	5.00
04 Jun 16	Worcester	2m 110y	Good	C3	1/7	—	3.50
21 Apr 16	Perth	2m 4f	Good	C2	UR	—	3.00

6 wins from 11 · placed 7

Won 1 of 1 at around this trip

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Fair Dilemma (IRE)

11yo · 11-2 · OR 139

335691 J Tom Cannon T Chris Gordon —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
21 May 16	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C2	1/9	—	19.0
22 Apr 16	Chepstow	2m 3f 110y	Good	C3	9/14	46¼L	21.0
04 Oct 15	Kelso	2m 1f	Good To Firm	C2	6/6	39½L	15.0

1 win from 6 · placed 3

Course winner: 1 win from 3 here

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Parsnip Pete (GB) t

10yo · 11-2 · OR 139

P04213 J Paddy Brennan T Tom George —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Jun 16	Uttoxeter	2m	Good	C2	3/11	1¼L	11.0
10 Jun 16	Aintree	2m	Good To Soft	C3	1/8	—	4.50
21 May 16	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C2	2/9	2½L	5.50

1 win from 10 · placed 3

1 run here without a win

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Purple n Gold (IRE) p

7yo · 10-11 · OR 134

281443 J Tom Scudamore T D Pipe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Jun 16	Worcester	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C3	3/9	16¾L	8.00
04 Jun 16	Worcester	2m 110y	Good	C3	4/7	18¾L	5.50
27 May 16	Worcester	2m 4f	Good	C3	4/9	6¼L	11.0

4 wins from 21 · placed 11

Won 2 of 11 at around this trip

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Un Beau Roman (FR) h

8yo · 10-8 · OR 131

4PP365 J Tom O'Brien T Paul Henderson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Jun 16	Market Rasen	2m 5f 110y	Good	C3	5/7	51½L	17.0
21 May 16	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C2	6/9	30¾L	15.0
02 May 16	Kempton Park	2m 2f	Good	C2	3/9	7L	26.0

1 win from 15 · placed 4

1 run here without a win

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Roman Flight (IRE) v

8yo · 10-3 · OR 131

201072 J Jamie Bargary T David Dennis —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Jun 16	Uttoxeter	2m	Good	C2	2/11	½L	11.0
21 May 16	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C2	7/8	27¾L	7.00
07 May 16	Haydock Park	1m 7f 110y	Good	C1	10/16	18L	41.0

2 wins from 12 · placed 4

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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Walden Prince (IRE) p

9yo · 10-4 · OR 127

P3132F J Alain Cawley T David Bridgwater —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Jun 16	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	F	—	8.00
10 Jun 16	Aintree	2m	Good To Soft	C3	2/8	1L	21.0
15 Nov 15	Fontwell Park	2m 1f 110y	Soft	C3	3/4	73L	5.50

4 wins from 9 · placed 7

Won 2 of 5 at around this trip

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Lightening Rod (GB)

11yo · 9-11 · OR 123

443436 J Harry Bannister T Michael Easterby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Jun 16	Worcester	2m 110y	Good	C3	6/7	28½L	5.50
21 May 16	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C2	3/9	4½L	9.50
21 Mar 16	Kelso	2m 1f	Good To Soft	C3	4/7	13½L	4.50

0 wins from 11 · placed 3

1 run here without a win

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