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Saturday January 19 2008
Race Result Ascot 14:20 - Result
Montpelier Group Lightning Novices' Chase (grade 2)
£42000 added, 5yo plus, 2m 1f, Class 1, £23948 penalty, 6 ran
Soft, Heavy in places
Winning Time Winning Time: 4m 21.6s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Wee Robbie 11-0 N Fehily N J Gifford 8 4/1
  tracked clear leaders, mistake 6th, 12 lengths down in 2nd approaching 3 out, every chance last, stayed on under pressure to lead close home opened 9/2 touched 9/2 £2000-£500 £1200-£300
2 nk Mahogany Blaze (FR) 11-7 P J Brennan N A Twiston-Davies 6 2/1
  with leader, mistake 4th, led 7th, hit 3 out, strongly challenged approaching last, headed and no extra towards finish opened 2/1 touched 2/1 £2250-£1000 £900-£400 £2000-£1000 (x3) £1200-£600 £1000-£500
3 2½ Orpen Wide (IRE) 11-0 L Vickers M C Chapman 6 25/1
  held up well in rear, headway before 3 out, soon 15 lengths adrift in 4th, steady headway approaching next, every chance last, no extra flat opened 20/1 touched 25/1
4 27 Marodima (FR) 11-4 T J Murphy P F Nicholls 5 10/11 f
  led at strong gallop, not fluent early, jumped left 5th, headed 7th, weakened approaching 3 out, beaten when jumped badly left 2 out opened 5/6 touched 10/11 £600-£500 £2200-£2000 (x3) £1650-£1500 £1100-£1000 (x2) £880-£800 £770-£700 £550-£500 £2000-£2000 £1000-£1000 (x3) £800-£800 £500-£500
5 1¾ Monzon (FR) 11-0 J E Moore C Gordon 8 150/1
  held up well in rear, mistake 4th, not fluent next, hung left and jumped badly left from 9th, soon beaten opened 100/1 touched 150/1
6 30 Premiership (IRE) 11-0 T Scudamore M Scudamore 12 100/1
  held up in rear, not jumped well throughout, never a factor opened 100/1 touched 100/1