LEICESTER (01 Feb 2006)

Soft

3:15 ladbrokes.com Golden Miller Handicap Hurdle (class 3) (4yo+,0-120)

[off 3:15] £7,515.60, £2,220.00, £1,110.00, £555.60, £277.20, £139.20 12 hdles (2m4f110y) 2m4½f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Kilgowan (IRE) Ian Williams 7 11-8 W Hutchinson 7/1 112 18 119+

2 1¾ Heir To Be Mrs L Wadham 7 11-8 L Aspell 9/2 112 16 116+

3 3½ Idiome (FR) Mrs L C Taylor 10 11-6 L Heard(5) 16/1 115 16 115+

4 nk Prince Of Persia R S Brookhouse 6 11-9 p J P McNamara 20/1 113 13 111

5 6 Fred´s In The Know Miss Tracy Waggott 11 11-3 A C Coyle(3) 11/1 110 4 102

6 nk Abzuson J R Norton 9 10-12 L Vickers(3) 40/1 105 — 97

7 25 Devito (FR) G F Edwards 5 11-3 Mr D Edwards(7) 12/1 114 — 98+

8 1½ Jaunty Times H D Daly 6 11-12 R Johnson 9/4F 116 — 91+

F Mazzareme (IRE) Miss Venetia Williams 8 11-6 S Thomas 9/1 110 — —

PU Flying Spur (IRE) M C Pipe 5 10-10 A P McCoy 7/1 100 — —

PU Money Line (IRE) Jonjo O´Neill 7 11-1 N Fehily 40/1 105 — —

11 ran TIME 5m 23.70s (slow by 32.70s) TOTAL SP 115%

1st OWNER: The Ferandlin Peaches BRED: Thomas McParland TRAINER: Ian Williams

2nd OWNER: R B Holt

3rd OWNER: Mrs L C Taylor

TOTE TRIFECTA Part won. Pool: £507.18 - 0.10 winning ticket. Pool of £456.46 carried over to Saturday (4th Feb) WIN £10.40 PL £3.00, £1.90, £3.30; Ex £46.00; CSF £37.74; TRICAST £483.86Part won. Pool: £507.18 - 0.10 winning ticket. Pool of £456.46 carried over to Saturday (4th Feb)

ANALYSIS: A competitive handicap won by previous course and distance winner KILGOWAN. He was disappointing at Cheltenham on his seasonal reappearance but came back wrong that day and physio work since appears to have done the trick. This track clearly suits him and, when it came down to a battle on the run-in, he would not be denied.

Heir To Be ran creditably in a better race than this at Market Rasen last time, and this soft ground was never going to pose him any problems. Still fairly lightly raced over timber, there could be a similar event in him off this sort of mark.

Idiome is getting on a bit now but he retains his ability and is fairly consistent. His performance is probably a reasonable guide to the level of the form.

Different tactics were adopted on Prince Of Persia, who is usually held up, and he ran well considering the ground was softer than ideal. A similar approach back on a decent surface could pay dividends.

Fred's In The Know ran well when unfancied at Newcastle last month but failed to build on that promise, while Jaunty Times was very disappointing, being beaten before the turn into the home straight. This was not his true running.