SALISBURY (18 May 2006)

Good To Soft

4:35 Jordan Brookes Chartered Accountants Handicap (class 5) (3yo,0-70)

[off 4:38] £3,562.35, £1,059.85, £529.65, £264.55 6f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Patavium Prince (IRE) (3) J R Best 3 8-12 T Quinn 14/1 63 68 75

2 1½ Arculinge (8) M Blanshard 3 8-4 Nicky Mackay 20/1 55 55 63

3 1¼ Catherines Cafe (IRE) (14) Mrs P N Dutfield 3 9-2 Robert Havlin 20/1 67 63 71

4 2 Guilded Warrior (20) W S Kittow 3 9-4 Fergus Sweeney 6/1 69 59 67+

5 ½ Buzzin´Boyzee (IRE) (17) P D Evans 3 8-8 Richard Mullen 14/1 59 47 55

6 ½ Mull Of Dubai (13) J S Moore 3 8-10 L P Keniry 12/1 61 47 56

7 ¾ George The Second (10) Mrs H Sweeting 3 8-7 6 Adam Kirby(3) 7/2F 61 45 54

8 ¾ Tamino (IRE) (15) H Morrison 3 8-11 Steve Drowne 7/1 62 43 52+

9 ½ Montzando (19) B R Millman 3 8-8 James Millman(7) 20/1 66 46 55

10 shd Bingo One (IRE) (4) W J H Ratcliffe 3 9-1 Saleem Golam(3) 14/1 69 49 57

11 nk Billy Bling (IRE) (12) R Hannon 3 9-1 Ryan Moore 8/1 66 45 54

12 1¾ Fratt´n Park (IRE) (7) J J Bridger 3 9-1 T P Queally 14/1 66 39 48

13 2 Miss Redactive (16) M D I Usher 3 8-4 Hayley Turner 33/1 55 21 31

14 2½ Hang Loose (18) R Charlton 3 9-4 b1 Dane O´Neill 12/1 69 27 38

15 2½ Sprouston (FR) (1) J S Moore 3 8-2 Joseph Walsh(7) 40/1 60 10 21

16 3½ Bella Bertolini (11) T G Mills 3 9-4 Ian Mongan 25/1 69 7 20

16 ran TIME 1m 15.24s (slow by 2.04s) TOTAL SP 125%

NON RUNNERS: Bellabelini (IRE) ,Bollywood (IRE) ,Ceredig ,Piccostar

1st OWNER: Mr B Cains Mr C Purnell Mr Clements BRED: J P Hardiman TRAINER: J R Best

2nd OWNER: D I Thomas

3rd OWNER: Mrs Nerys Dutfield

TOTE WIN £16.10 PL £3.30, £4.60, £4.90, £2.10; Ex £275.70; CSF £281.04; TRICAST £5727.05

ANALYSIS: This was a modest contest with little winning form in evidence up front at the finish and it was notable for a fierce pace from the stalls set by first-time-blinkered, with many keen to get a good pitch in the big field.

This produced a rapidly changing picture in the final furlong as the frontrunners emptied and maiden PATAVIUM PRINCE went from toiling under pressure to ready winner as he stayed on when switched left widest out, mowing them down. He is due to go down 3lb in future and he has notlooked to stay 7f when tried before, which limits his opportunities as a fast-run six looks needed.

Arculinge ran a more conventional race, winding up into the last two furlongs to come through strongly to beat the rest well enough without looking like repelling the winner's burst. She again hinted at an upcoming success.

Catherines Cafe chased the pace against the inside rail and plugged on for third but looks to need further help from the handicapper.

Those who covered the strong pace and paid the price included George The Second and that, as much as his 6lb winner's penalty, sunk his chances.