. HUNTINGDON (02 Nov 2005)

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4:05 Sponsor At Huntingdon Handicap Hurdle (Class D) (4yo+,0-125)

[off 4:06] £4,775.40, £1,401.94, £700.97, £350.12 12 hdles 3m2f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Tomina Miss E C Lavelle 5 11-12 B Fenton 5/2F 125 75 138+

2 12 Phar From Frosty (IRE) C R Egerton 8 11-12 R Thornton 11/1 125 65 121+

3 12 Burren Moonshine (IRE) P Bowen 6 10-3 G Lee 5/1 102 33 84

4 3½ Heir To Be Mrs L Wadham 6 10-11 L Aspell 4/1 110 38 89

5 3½ Diletia R H Alner 8 10-3 P J Brennan 10/1 102 28 77

6 dist Marlborough Sound N G Richards 6 11-2 A Dobbin 3/1 115 — —

PU Valley Henry (IRE) R Gurney 10 11-5 R Lucey-Butler(7) 28/1 125 — —

PU Green Prospect (FR) M J McGrath 5 10-6 N Fehily 40/1 105 — —

8 ran TIME 6m 34.10s (slow by 36.10s) TOTAL SP 113%

1st OWNER: Paul G Jacobs BRED: P G Jacobs TRAINER: Miss E C Lavelle

2nd OWNER: Mrs Sandra A Roe

3rd OWNER: G P O'Gara

TOTE WIN £2.70 PL £1.10, £3.10, £2.20; Ex £26.50; CSF £28.72; TRICAST £127.25Place 6 £206.95, Place 5 £47.92

JACKPOT Not won. £3,505.50 carried over to Musselburgh today

PLACEPOT £389.50 to a £1 stake. Pool: £46,527.15. 87.20 winning tickets.

QUADPOT £18.10 to a £1 stake. Pool: £4,211.20. 171.60 winning tickets.

ANALYSIS: Returning from a short break after a fair effort of the Flat, TOMINA absolutely routed his opposition in style. Barry Fenton was keen to get on with things in front after the early pace looked sedate, and he gradually wound it up to win going away. Plans for a chasing career have been firmly put on hold, and he could well develop into a smart staying hurdler, with the Pertemps Final at the Festival a possible target.

To his credit, Phar From Frosty kept tabs on the easy winner for the final part of the race, but had no answer to his turn of foot, and time will almost certainly tell he had little chance at the weights.

Graham Lee had only one ride on the card, and his mount Burren Moonshine fared reasonably well on her first start for the now in-form Bowen stable. All of her best form had come on much quicker ground, but she kept on nicely and won the race for the also-rans.