2:00 "Rock At Racecourse" - 1st June - Selling Handicap Hurdle (Class 5) (4yo+,0-85) 9 hdles 2m

[off 2:00] £2,740.80, £798.80, £399.60

1 Parisian Playboy A D Brown 7 10-7 b Wilson Renwick 7/1 66 — —

2 1 Discomania K F Clutterbuck 5 10-4 Matt Crawley(10) 16/1 73 — —

3 5 Champagne Rossini (IRE) M C Chapman 5 10-8 b1 David Cullinane(7) 9/1 74 — —

4 7 Leighton Buzzard N B King 5 11-7 Owyn Nelmes(3) 13/2 83 — —

5 5 Ball Boy G Haine 5 10-13 t J A McCarthy 16/1 72 — —

6 5 Flyoff (IRE) Mrs N Macauley 10 10-5 p Liam Treadwell(3) 14/1 67 — —

7 4 Explode Miss L C Siddall 10 10-7 b Tom Siddall 7/1 66 — —

8 9 Purr M Wigham 6 9-7 3p Mr S Rees(7) 8/1 59 — —

9 2½ Blackcurrant (FR) J R Turner 7 10-10 v1 Ewan Whillans(7) 25/1 76 — —

10 12 Franceschiella (ITY) Lady Susan Watson 6 9-11 2b1 C D Thompson(7) 40/1 63 — —

11 9 Turftanzer (GER) Lady Susan Watson 8 11-5 b Michael Gallagher(7) 20/1 85 — —

12 39 General Hopkins (IRE) G R Pewter 12 10-4 Mr G Pewter(7) 28/1 70 — —

REF Queen Tara Mrs C A Dunnett 5 11-1 p Matty Roe(7) 10/1 81 — —

PU Brilliant (GER) M F Harris 4 10-8 b Charlie Poste(5) 9/2F 78 — —

14 ran TIME 4m 2.40s (slow by 14.40s) TOTAL SP 119%

1st OWNER: John L Holdroyd BRED: Paul Scholes TRAINER: A D Brown

2nd OWNER: The T Class Partnership

3rd OWNER: R A Gadd

TOTE WIN £13.20 PL £2.90, £3.90, £2.50; Ex £217.20; CSF £105.77; TRICAST £1025.96

There was no bid for the winner.

A poor seller but a welcome first success for PARISIAN PLAYBOY. He had run a reasonable race on his previous visit to the course last month and after coming through to lead two out, kept on to hold the threat of the runner-up. He was well suited by this faster ground and not surprisingly was retained without a bid.

Discomania was another with no career wins on the board, which sums up this race neatly enough, and he at least kept on quite well under pressure in the closing stages. He is only rated 73 but could find a very weak event of this nature.

Champagne Rossini made the running after the third but could only keep on at one pace when headed by the winner, but did at least run respectably in the first time blinkers.